Tomato news archive – Page 100
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ArticleTomato conference in high spirits
English tomato sales have boomed due to the baking hot summer, according to confident growers at last week’s Tomato Growers’ Association (TGA) conference, in Coventry.
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A match made in the salad sector
As well as being the brains behind salad company SCSMB, Steve Cornwell and Morna Blair-Cornwell are also happily married. Elspeth Waters chats to them about their business and juggling family life and two young sons with their commercial lives.
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Sent to Coventry is no punishment
Having listened to the hopes and fears of the British tomato industry at its annual conference in Coventry last week, I was
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French seeds spread to Israel
French seed company Vilmorin Seed has gained control of Israel’s largest and oldest seed company Hazera Genetics.
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Toms line up for National Fruit Show
Tomatoes, pumpkins and walnuts will be included for the first time in the National Fruit Show 2006 - and the exhibition is set to be the bigger than ever, according to its organisers.
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ArticleEcuador prepares for Euro push
Ecuadorian roses are some of the finest in the world, with the heat of the equator crossing the altitude of the Andes to make for ideal growing conditions. And Ecuadorian flower producers are now looking to export more product to Europe ahead of trade preferences with the US ending in December. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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Food robotics centre unveiled
The University of Salford has announced the opening of the UK’s first centre for robotics in the food industry.
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ArticleDeluge damage quantified
Heavy rainstorms and high winds have caused extensive damage to crops in Italy, flooding the countryside while they have brought mixed fortunes to growers in Spain.
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ArticleGreenery gets more Tradizionale
The Greenery is expanding its Tradizionale tomato range by increasing production and introducing new varieties.
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ArticleCanary salads suffer the heat
Sweltering heat in the Canary Islands is damaging new tomato plants.
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ArticleSpain’s salad hopes
As the first supplies of Spanish salads trickle through to the UK, growers are generally optimistic about the impending season. However, with last year’s cold temperatures still on the minds of many, overcoming the changeable weather is the sector’s major challenge. Emma Twyning reports.
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Does knowledge equal power or just confusion?
we live in an era when there is an almost insatiable demand for information, and perhaps no more so than when it comes to food
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ArticleSun shines on new tomato
Israel's Hazera Genetics has developed a new breed of tomato which it says “has the taste and colour of honey”.
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SOLA for Oberon
A new treatment against spider mite and whitefly in pepper and cayenne pepper crops has been approved by the Pesticides Safety Directorate (PSD).
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ArticleNutritious veg being thrown away
The parts of vegetables that are commonly thrown away contain valuable levels of vitamins and minerals, according to new research.
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F1 champ to speak at tomato conference
Champion F1 driver-turned organic grower Jody Scheckter will speak at this year’s annual tomato conference in September.
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ArticleSomerfield stages price bonanza
Somerfield is staging a two-week price bonanza on a wide range of its fruit and vegetables in a bid to increase consumption in the run up to the start of the autumn school term.
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Retailers roll out all things bright and beautiful
there always seems to be something new going on in the salad market. What is particularly interesting is the way the sector is
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US industry faces labour crisis
US producers fear the government’s post-9/11 clamp-down on immigration could result in huge labour shortages that would severely compromise the industry.