All Production & Trade articles – Page 1421
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ArticleA Little Gem for Yorkshire Asda stores
Asda’s wholehead salad supplier English Village Salads (EVS) has started supplying UK-grown Little Gem Lettuce into selected Yorkshire stores - despite recent wet weather and the occasional earthquake.
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Workers Bill could backfire
A Private Member’s Bill intended to protect agency workers would have unintended consequences for workers within the UK food industry the Association of Labour Providers has warned.
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ArticleSainsbury's stocks UK asparagus early
Sainsbury’s will welcome its first delivery of this season’s British asparagus next week and is already promising to break the record again next year by stocking the vegetable in time for Valentine’s Day.
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MRL unity edges closer
Harmonisation of maximum pesticides residue levels (MRLs) in the EU moved a step closer last weekend as three key annexes of EU Regulation 396/2005/EC, fixing pan-EU harmonised MRLs on fresh produce were published in the Official Journal of the EU.
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Chiquita invokes force majeure
In a letter to US customers, Brian Kocher, president of Chiquita Brands North America has invoked force majeure in supply contracts and added $2 to the price of a box of fruit
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ArticleTrade airs plant health rage
Industry players went head to head with Defra officials on fresh produce import legislation on Wednesday, and pushed for answers to their “grave concerns” about whether Defra will be able to implement fully EU plant heath import legislation.
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ArticleFrench issue UK apple warning
The decision of UK multiples to carry on offering poor quality UK Gala and Braeburn into March this season rather than better eating French fruit will lead to a decline in quality across Europe, Sylvain Brard export manager at Blue Whale has warned.
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ArticleWaitrose figures shine bright
Waitrose has experienced a sales increase of 6.8 per cent this year, taking the food retailer’s total sales up to just under £4 billion, according to the John Lewis Partnership’s end of year results.
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Bournemouth to host new food festival
Bournemouth is to host its first food festival on July 12-13, focusing on regional and national food.
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Garden Organic disputes anti-organic claims
Garden Organic is disputing claims made last week on BBC2’s Horizon programme that there is little evidence of organically produced food having any nutritional differences or benefits compared to non-organic food.
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Freshfel reveals consumption data
Freshfel Europe has released its Freshfel Consumption Monitor 2007, analysing trends in the production, trade and supply of fresh fruit and vegetables across the EU-27.
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ArticleAbel & Cole expands into Kent
Organic home delivery company Abel & Cole is expanding its business to Kent, opening a new depot in Aylesford to be used as the firm’s main distribution centre for deliveries across Kent, East Sussex and South East London.
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Farmers reveal climate vision
National Farmers’ Union (NFU) chief renewable energy and climate change adviser Dr Jonathan Scurlock set out the industry’s recommendations for action at the European Parliament as part of the UK Agriculture Industry’s Climate Change Task Force report international launch on March 3.
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Wales encouraged to grow more produce
Welsh farmers have been urged to consider growing fruit and veg, as well as rearing animals and producing milk.
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ArticleMajor Fens study out today
A major new report Why Farming Matters in the Fens is being launched by the National Farmers Union today.
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ArticleMcCain steps up green energy use
McCain Foods is to add an anaerobic digester to its Cambridgeshire site, to turn its food-processing waste into green energy.
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Rid stale air with Solar Star
Solatube International has launched a new solar-powered ventilation system called Solar Star.
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ArticleChiquita in African breakthrough
Banana multi-national Chiquita is to start exporting bananas from Mozambique and Angola to Europe in 2010.
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ArticleSeed potato train takes the strain
A trial to deliver more than 300 tonnes of seed potatoes from Scotland to Norfolk by rail has shown promising results.
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Second chance to hear Thanet Earth broadcast
An edition of BBC Radio 4's Open Country featuring Thanet Earth, the UK’s largest-ever glasshouse development, is due to be repeated on Thursday lunchtime.