Salad vegetables news archive – Page 54
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Lea Valley plans spark outrage
Park development plan would ‘resist’ glasshouse expansions and could use land-purchasing powers to force growers out
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Florette unleashes £600k Baby Kale marketing campaign
A £600,000 mixture of digital, print, press and underground advertising to target more than five million on-the-go health-conscious foodies
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Proexport warns of lettuce shortage
Prices set to rise in the coming weeks as volumes fall by more than 40 per cent
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O’live stars in Whole Foods window
G’s Fresh brand O'Live Organic features in premium London retailer’s first-ever produce window in January marketing push
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Students to grow lettuce on Mars
Pioneering project is among 10 other university projects to be included as payload on an unmanned Mars One craft
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Watercress farm achieves world-first
The Watercress Company’s Spanish farm has become first in the world to have met the M&S Field to Fork v5 standard for fresh produce
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Belgian endives get Popeye support
Belgian producers have employed spinach-munching character Popeye to encourage younger consumers to try endives
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Stubbins remembers WWI with grass memorial cannon
Grower partners with garden designer to produce memorial cannon and raise money for the Royal British Legion
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First Agro sees gap in Indian market
Demand for pesticide-free vegetables set to rise dramatically in coming years, according to one group of entrepreneurs
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Florette brings baby kale to UK retailers
Salad brand says baby kale is a £3.3m opportunity for single leaf sector and confirms “massive marketing” push will follow
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Eurofruit on BBC to discuss Chiquita deal
Eurofruit's Mike Knowles and Chris White were both at the BBC during the past week to offer expert opinion on the chase for Chiquita
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Advisory firms split on ChiquitaFyffes
Influential group ISS says it now supports Chiquita's plan to merge with Fyffes, while Glass Lewis remains opposed
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Chiquita names new vice president for Fresh Express
PMA board member and Chiquita veteran, Craig Stephen, will head up salads convenience arm as it expands value-added and private label
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Fyffes responds to new Brazilian bid
Irish company tells shareholders and analysts that planned merger deal with Chiquita still represents best value
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Freshtime hires Bakkavor-trained marketing manager
Claire Matson joins prepared company Freshtime as MD says more new recruits are ‘expected to follow’
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Pulp-growing isn't fiction for Vitacress
Numerous studies undertaken by Vitacress have identified the wood pulp substrate to be the optimum method of crop production
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IFCO joins salad bar promotion
Reusable packaging solutions specialist contributes salad bars to five Detroit-area schools in the US
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Wild Country Organics and Ocado win organics awards
Organics salad producer and online retailer take prizes for fresh category and best retailer in annual Soil Association awards
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Salad yields boosted by vertical system
A vertical growing system that optimises space in glasshouses has shown it could more than double yields in salads and berries
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Watercress set for £150k PR drive
Good For Every Body's aim is to communicate that watercress is uniquely healthy, delicious, versatile and easy to prepare.