Root vegetable news archive – Page 24
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ArticleOrganic growers feeling the heat
increasing pressure on both the demand for available organic land, and the premium retail price differential between organic and conventional produce, is having a significant impact on the entire organic supply chain.
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ArticleMack and Geest sign jv
Mack and Geest have set up a jv to manage their potato and conventional and organic vegetable business with Marks & Spencer.
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ArticleBartlett wins eco award
Airdrie-based potato and root-vegetable supplier Albert Bartlett & Sons has won a coveted environnmental award.
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ArticleBartlett earns sliver
Airdrie-based roots supplier Albert Bartlett & Sons has won silver at the 2005 Green Apple Awards
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ArticleRooster potatoes to crow on TV
The UK’s biggest root vegetable grower and packer, Albert Bartlett & Sons, is launching its first TV sponsorship campaign.
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ArticleUK carrots close hungry gap
It’s a rash grower who predicts a bumper season, but there is an underlying feeling that carrot producers are looking at an upturn this year. Vic Robertson reports.
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ArticleThe kids are alright
With the ongoing focus on school meals, spurred by Jamie Oliver’s campaign, Elspeth Waters looks into the realities of the growing attention directed towards healthy eating among children and some of the fresh produce initiatives happening elsewhere.
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The fascination of descriptions
I am becoming increasingly fascinated by the use of quite legal descriptive terms which keep appearing on fruit and veg
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ArticleWelsh research booster
Welsh researchers are working on a project which could help give a big boost to winter vegetable products.
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ArticleCarrots need added value
Times may be tough for carrot producers, but they are not ready to roll over just yet, said Martin Evans, chairman-elect of the British Carrot Growers’ Association.
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ArticleFate deals a cruel blow
Carrot growers may be forgiven for thinking fate is conspiring against them this year. Heavy rain throughout June, July and August meant summer was a wash-out and the effects are now only just becoming apparent.
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ArticleRoots face differing seasons
Swede and parsnip production face varying fortunes across the UK this season.
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Watton to supply carrots to NSFVS
Watton Produce, specialist grower and packer of root vegetables for the retail, wholesale and foodservice sectors, is supplying carrots for the government's £77 million National School Fruit & Vegetable Scheme.
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ArticleThe snack root
Root crops have the capacity to benefit heavily from the government’s emphasis on healthy eating, particularly carrots, which are now part of the National Schools Fruit and Vegetable Scheme and position themselves as the ideal snacking option, writes Jessica Purbrick-Herbst.
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Watton wins Sainsbury's contract
Root vegetable specialist Watton Produce Company has won a two-year contract to supply Sainsbury's with a large majority of its carrots and parsnips.
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ArticleTio Limited clarifies coding data
Organic fresh produce specialist Tio Limited has bought a Claricom package coding management system (PCMS) to control its coding data.
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ArticleBACTRAC offers new reverse logistics option
Logistics specialist Christian Salvesen has officially launched pioneering reverse logistics software programme - BACTRAC
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ArticleBeacon Foods gets spicy
Specialist fresh and exotic ingredients supplier Beacon Foods has spiced up the British potato into a variety of mouthwatering products.
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ArticleRB Organics rises to top in organic root crops field
The organics market has seen tremendous growth over the last five years, and there has been one supplier who has quickly risen to prominence in the root vegetables market. Emma Hatfield talks to RB Organics.