Potato news archive – Page 78

  • Traders celebrated root vegetables
    Article

    London markets back to their roots

    2010-02-04T12:01:02Z

    Traders on London’s Portobello and Golborne Road markets linked up with New Covent Garden Market for the second time to celebrate home-grown roots last week.

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    St Nicholas mash raises Tesco cash

    2010-02-04T09:01:02Z

    Kent potato company St Nicholas Court Farms joined forces with Tesco last Friday in raising funds for the Help For Heroes charity with a special event.

  • Article

    Fairtrade moves forward as category shows resistance

    2010-01-29T10:20:42Z

    The rise of Fairtrade has been one of the biggest success stories in the produce industry in the last two decades. With the recent addition of melons to the Fairtrade offer, coupled with the category’s strength in the face of the recession and an impressive line-up at its conference, 2009 was a positive year for the Fairtrade Foundation. Alex Lawson caught up with executive director Harriet Lamb to find out more

  • How can the industry future proof fresh produce for tomorrow?
    Article

    How can the industry future proof fresh produce for tomorrow?

    2010-01-29T10:19:56Z

    Future proofing any industry is a difficult challenge and substantial skills are required to ensure ongoing survival and growth. Doris Lee Butterworth reports

  • Production rise for US sweet potatoes
    Article

    Production rise for US sweet potatoes

    2010-01-27T10:01:01Z

    US sweet potato production rose in 2009, with severe losses in some areas tempered by record yields elsewhere.

  • early potatoes
    Article

    Joint promotion for Spanish potatoes

    2010-01-26T13:19:31Z

    Spanish potato group Andalusian Early Potatoes is to run a promotional campaign with major packers aimed at shoppers

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    NIAB unveils new glasshouses

    2010-01-26T10:01:01Z

    The National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) is to officially open its new modern glasshouse development, the MacLeod Complex, this month.

  • 10,000 primary schools have already registered to take part in the potato scheme
    Article

    Potato campaign gathers speed

    2010-01-24T13:01:01Z

    Grow Your Own Potatoes, the largest primary school growing project from the potato industry, is well on its way to smash targets for 2010 - but there is still time for industry to recruit local schools before registration closes on 5 February.

  • British Roasties make comeback at Sainsbury's
    Article

    British Roasties make comeback at Sainsbury's

    2010-01-20T10:01:02Z

    Sainsbury’s and Greenvale AP have teamed up to create the Roasties range from traditional British potato varieties that were popular when home cooking peaked.

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    Innovation nominations unveiled

    2010-01-18T10:01:01Z

    The 10 Fruit Logistica 2010 Innovation Award (FLIA) finalists have been selected by a panel of experts.

  • New potatoes battle to reach UK consumers’ plates
    Article

    New potatoes battle to reach UK consumers’ plates

    2010-01-15T10:17:37Z

    The imported new potato season usually offers UK consumers that extra special something to push away those post-Christmas doldrums, but this year tells a different tale. With UK stored maincrop in abundance, exporters are finding it tough to tempt the market back to new product. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports

  • The terrible weather is hitting growers hard
    Article

    Irish potatoes suffer in big freeze

    2010-01-12T08:01:01Z

    Potato growers in the Irish Republic are facing financial ruin, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), after what has been described as the worst weather for more than 50 years.

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    Korean potatoes enter Singapore

    2010-01-12T02:22:25Z

    Korean sweet potatoes have hit the Singaporean market with a shipment of 17.5 tonnes

  • Fresh produce players reveal their expectations for 2010
    Article

    Fresh produce players reveal their expectations for 2010

    2010-01-08T10:38:19Z

    As the fresh produce industry gears up for 2010, FPJ catches up with leading figures from across the sector to find out their New Year’s resolutions for the industry and their expectations for the next 12 months

  • Mark Bullen
    Article

    Potato seed in spotlight

    2010-01-04T10:01:01Z

    New developments in potato seed treatment and the technology for its application could provide growers with better control of skin diseases and reduce incidences of common scab, new findings have shown.

  • Celebrity chef James Martin opens the Branston factory
    Article

    The freshinfo year - July

    2009-12-30T12:01:01Z

    MBM in administration... All change at Total Produce... Branston unveils prepped factory... Keelings man retires... What else did July throw up?

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    Egyptians back UK loyalty

    2009-12-28T16:01:01Z

    The UK will never abandon Egyptian produce due to traditional trade links, despite considerable competition from rival exporting countries and the pressures of recession, according to Charripak’s president Antoine Chaer, who is also a board member of the Egyptian British Chamber of Commerce.

  • 'Supercarb' bid officially launched
    Article

    'Supercarb' bid officially launched

    2009-12-23T09:01:01Z

    The potato industry officially launched its campaign for spuds to be renamed as ‘supercarbs’, in order to clarify their standing with UK consumers at British Potato 2009.

  • Andy Clarkson has heralded the projects success
    Article

    Greenvale Cascades to green success

    2009-12-21T08:01:01Z

    Greenvale AP has said its radical new vegetable-cleaning system, Project Cascade, could save the industry billions of litres of water.

  • Article

    WarmStor introduced to trade

    2009-12-20T14:01:01Z

    A revolutionary store-warming system was introduced on a wider scale last month.