Salad vegetables news archive – Page 89
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ArticleFlorema appoints new directors
Dutch grower Florema Young Plants has appointed John van der Zwaan and Cor Bremmer as directors.
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ArticleTough times for tomatoes
Demand for tomatoes in the UK has plummeted due to variable weather, and pushed sales right down in the peak of the domestic season.
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ArticleTigerPaw finds its roar
A recently-introduced variety of pepper is being touted for commercial success due to its combination of pungency and nematode resistance.
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ArticleCook Bus visits STC
The Yorkshire Cook Bus made a stop at Stockbridge Technology Centre last week, with more than 100 pupils from the local area getting involved in both harvesting crops and cooking.
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Matsafeni Trust qualifies for UK market
Avocado growers from the Matsafeni Trust outside Nelspruit, South Africa, have become the first emerging farmers in the region to qualify to market their fruit in the UK.
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ArticleSyngenta buys Zeraim Gedera
Syngenta has bought leading Israeli seed company Zeraim Gedera for £47.16 million from Markstone Capital Partners, the Israeli private equity group.
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Article"Superfood" sales soar
Sales of named “superfoods” have boomed as UK consumers attempt to eat their way to good health, new research shows.
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Keelings acquires IVG White
Keelings has announced an agreement with IVG White (Sales) Ltd to acquire the latter’s fresh produce business in Burton Latimer, Northamptonshire.
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Scotts launch Exemptor
Scotts has launched Exemptor, a new contact and systemic insecticide for the control of major soil and foliar pests in container-grown ornamentals.
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Co-op customers welcome British produce
Stubbins Marketing Ltd promoted the “Best of British Produce” on May 14, at the Co-op store in Epping.
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ArticleCulture club
As the nation becomes increasingly multicultural, the emerging market for ethnic produce could provide an alternative stream of trade for UK growers. Emma Twyning investigates.
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ArticleGrowers urged to Defy their problems
A new herbicide could minimise any check in establishing leeks and onions, according to new trials.
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ArticleBelgian Barons in niche drive
Belgian tomato growers producing under the quality assured Flandria label are carving out a niche for themselves as traditional suppliers of beef tomatoes.
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Chiquita reports steady progress in 2007
Chiquita Brands International has released financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2007, revealing a 3 per cent year-over-year increase in net sales to $1.2 billion (£602 million).
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ArticleTremayne to leave G's
Jonathan Tremayne will leave his position as md of G’s Marketing to join a rival supplier.
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Salmonella scare in lettuce
Lamb’s lettuce produced by Florette has been recalled after a risk of salmonella contamination was detected.
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ArticleIceberg gets scientific immunity
A team of scientists at the US department of agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has developed seven kinds of parent iceberg lettuce that resist corky root disease and attack by lettuce mosaic virus.
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ArticleCherry tom Shakeel appeal
The family of a North London schoolboy who died last year are hoping to get a cherry tomato named after him.
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Genebank set up with EC funding
A new EC-funded project has been set up to stimulate the use of rare genebank material in leafy vegetable production.
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ArticleWestland takes top prize for Microleaf
Evesham-based plant propagation business HumberVHB and Westland Nurseries scooped the Salad Grower of the Year award at the national Grower of the Year Awards ceremony held in London on February 22.