Salad vegetables news archive – Page 88
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ArticleCarter claims chicory crown
Amateur chef Susie Carter was crowned queen of chicory last week when she scooped the £5,000 first prize at the final of the Chicory Challenge.
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ArticleDutch success for Syngenta
S&G brand’s first International Open Day in Andijk, the Netherlands, last month, was a great success, according to Syngenta Seeds.
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ArticleIntercrop introduces Simply Fresh salad bags
A new range of branded bagged salads has been unveiled by the Intercrop Group.
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Almeria gets ICM budget boost
The regional executive in Andalusia has promised to increase its budget to growers in Almería from €6 million (£4.1m) to €10m, in support of integrated crop management (ICM) systems and biological control.
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ArticleFresh herbs unveiled as stress-busters
New research from Cardiff University has revealed a daily diet of fresh herbs can help combat a range of serious stress-related conditions, including high blood pressure, insomnia and anxiety.
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ArticleWatercress Company plans expansion
Successful marketing in the spring and growth in the watercress market forecast at 20 per cent this year have led The Watercress Company (TWC) to invest in expanding its spring and autumn production.
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ArticleSalads get greener
Morrisons’ salads are greener than ever with new environmentally friendly R-Apet salad bar packs.
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ArticleTastiest Tomato winner unveiled
Despite stiff competition, a contest launched find the nation’s tastiest tomato has reached its conclusion.
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ArticleFresca plans glass revolution
A major new glasshouse development has been unveiled that will radically increase the UK production capacity for UK salads.
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ArticleTGA seeks tastiest tomato
The British Tomato Grower’s Association is setting out on a quest to find the nation’s most delicious tomato.
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ArticleNaked truth for cues
Customers in the produce aisles at the Co-op may wish to avert their eyes from October 1, as the supermarket becomes the UK’s first retailer to launch ‘naked’ cucumbers.
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ArticleSweet music at Southport
Flavour Fresh Salads faced the music at the recent Southport Flower show.
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ArticleNew wholehead on market
Langmead Farms has launched the new wholehead lettuce, Dolce Verde, onto the UK marketplace.
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New composting programme for Wight
A new composting programme has been introduced at Wight Salads to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfill.
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ArticleKids encouraged to play with food
The Fresh Prepared Salads Producer Group has launched a Salad Bag Art competition as part of this year’s ‘Bring on the Salads’ PR campaign.
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ArticleFlorette TV campaign blooms
Florette is driving brand awareness to new heights as recent market research carried out on behalf of the company shows its £2.8 million TV campaign this summer has surpassed expectation.
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Almeria faces crop delays
Unauthorised pesticide use on protected salad crops in Almeria last winter and adverse press coverage in key markets such as Germany have turned growers in the Spanish region on to integrated production techniques, but also causing delays in plantings.
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Electronic tongue trial
Trials on electronic taste-tesing procedures for Flandria tomatoes are underway in Belgium.
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ArticleTomato specialist gains new shareholder
Wight Salads Group (WSG) yesterday acquired a new majority shareholder. RAR Group, a private Portuguese company, now controls 70 per cent of the WSG shareholding.