All Production & Trade articles – Page 1412

  • Horticulture growers are the most prepared of UK farmers
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    UK horticulture leading on climate change

    2008-05-16T10:01:01Z

    A survey by Farming Futures has found that growers in the UK horticulture sector are more likely than any other farming sector to be taking action to adapt to climate change.

  • Brian Tompsett, manager of Alan Firmin Ltd, with his wife Norma
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    Alan Firmin Ltd grabs Tesco top spot

    2008-05-16T09:01:01Z

    English fruit grower Alan Firmin Ltd has scooped top prize as the overall best of Tesco’s apple and pear growers, at the retailer’s prestigious UK top-fruit producer awards and conference held in Kent this week.

  • Ramsay
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    Trade blasts Ramsay's ban call

    2008-05-15T15:01:02Z

    The fresh produce trade has slammed chef Gordon Ramsay’s call for a ban on counter-season produce sold in UK restaurants as “preposterous”.

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    BFF to focus on public procurement

    2008-05-15T13:01:02Z

    Now in its seventh year, British Food Fortnight (BFF) will run from September 20 to October 5 this year and is set to focus, for the first time, on public procurement.

  • Andrew Fearne speaking at Re:fresh
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    Produce industry 'in limbo' over organics

    2008-05-14T08:01:02Z

    The fresh produce industry is “in limbo” between conventional and organic products, with most unsure if organic production is an opportunity to be grasped, a passing fad or a threat to the long-term sustainability of the conventional offer, it was revealed at the Re:fresh conference last week.

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    Belize citrus costs spiral

    2008-05-13T11:01:01Z

    The spiralling cost of inputs is likely to lead to contraction in the Belize citrus industry, its leaders are warning.

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    Reversal of fortunes for Irish soft fruit

    2008-05-13T10:01:02Z

    The Irish strawberry industry - once the Cinderella of the country’s horticulture sector, serving mainly processors - has been transformed into a success story, a national soft-fruit conference in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, was told this week.

  • A Rubens orchard in blossom
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    Rubens gears up for mainstream

    2008-05-13T08:01:01Z

    European trademarked apple variety Rubens is on an expansion course in the UK for next season, and is on the path towards becoming a mainstream variety.

  • Chef Rachel Green at last year's Royal Show
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    Lincolnshire heading for royal show

    2008-05-12T16:01:01Z

    Select Lincolnshire and Tastes of Lincolnshire will once again be present at the Royal Agricultural Show, in July, at the Love Food, Love Lincolnshire pavilion.

  • Californian Bing cherries will arrive later this month
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    California beats the freeze

    2008-05-12T11:01:02Z

    California stonefruit has already begun arriving in the UK, despite a late spring chill just two weeks ago.

  • Left to right: Gary Harrison, WWF commercial manager responsible for Jazz, with growers James Highwood and Jeremy Linsell
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    Jazz volumes to soar

    2008-05-12T09:01:01Z

    Volumes of Jazz apples grown in the UK are set to rocket over the next few seasons, with the 2008-09 campaign expected to yield 1,800 tonnes, up from 600t last year.

  • Boyd Park, Parkfresh chairman
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    Parkfresh scoops Regional Foodservice Supplier award

    2008-05-12T08:01:01Z

    Parkfresh plc has won the JP Fresh sponsored Regional Foodservice Supplier of the Year award at the Re:fresh awards this week.

  • Mixed fortunes for Israeli exotics
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    Mixed fortunes for Israeli exotics

    2008-05-11T16:01:01Z

    The first arrivals of Israeli mangoes are expected to hit UK shores at the end of July.

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    Fresh To Go undergoes rebrand

    2008-05-11T12:01:01Z

    South African processed and fresh-cut fruit business Fresh To Go - Fresh Cut (Pty) Ltd has recently rebranded and repositioned itself.

  • Nigel Harris of Fresh Direct
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    Fresh Direct wins National Foodservice Supplier of the Year

    2008-05-10T13:01:01Z

    Fresh Direct has beaten off competitors Reynolds Catering Supplies and Pauleys to win Re:fresh’s National Foodservice Supplier of the Year, as sponsored by JP Fresh.

  • Capespan lands importer trophy
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    Capespan lands importer trophy

    2008-05-09T13:01:01Z

    Leading supplier of fresh produce Capespan scooped the Importer of the Year award at the Re:fresh awards at the London Marriott, on Thursday.

  • Ramsay: **** out-of-season
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    Ramsay calls for out-of-season veg fine

    2008-05-09T12:01:01Z

    Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay has turned his nose up at out-of-season vegetables, by proposing that restaurants which serve them should be fined.

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    Family business receives wholesale plaudits

    2008-05-09T10:01:02Z

    Family business D&F McCarthy Ltd was named the Wholesaler of the Year at the Re:fresh awards, held at the London Marriott, on Thursday.

  • Berry sector gears up for first global congress
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    Berry sector gears up for first global congress

    2008-05-08T08:01:01Z

    The first-ever Global Berry Congress is to be held in London next week.

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    Free workshop for farmers in south west

    2008-05-07T16:01:01Z

    Environmental consultancy ADAS has organised a free workshop on how farmers and food producers across the south west can supply the public sector this month.