Tomato news archive – Page 125

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    Tomatoes to get tastier

    2002-04-17T00:00:00Z

    A recent genetic breakthrough by tomato researchers could lead to better tasting fruit on the marketplace.

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    Agrexco season in good health

    2002-03-28T00:00:00Z

    Agrexco's mid-season round-up on potatoes, capsicum, tomatoes, avocados and melons shows healthy figures for the Israeli exporter's UK office.

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    Geest sales are up

    2002-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Growth in prepared foods leads increase in Geest profits. Expansion ahead of market, say bosses.

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    Jersey tomatoes come on stream

    2002-02-15T00:00:00Z

    New Covent Garden Market sees the first new season Jersey tomatoes.

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    Israeli tomato crop situation improving

    2002-02-14T00:00:00Z

    Israeli tomatoes have been hit by unseasonable cold, wet weather in January. Volumes were down but are now improving.

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    Tomatoes get the big freeze at Food & Drink

    2002-02-05T00:00:00Z

    Tomato granules to be launched at major food show

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    Mixed bag for UK exports

    2002-01-02T00:00:00Z

    The latest Food from Britain figures show UK food and drink exports have risen.But fresh produce export volumes are down.

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    Greenery International honoured

    2001-12-21T00:00:00Z

    Produce marketer The Greenery International has won the Dutch Horticulture Entrepreneurs Award Foundation's marketing and sales award for boosting tomato consumption in the Netherlands' second largest retailer.

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    Trade wins Christmas gift

    2001-12-20T00:00:00Z

    The national fruit for schools scheme is to be extended to vegetables amid growing Whitehall confidence in the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC).

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    Arava opens early window

    2001-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Some canny plantings are helping one Israeli exporter gain an advantage in capsicum supply.

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    Free-for-schools project extended to vegetables

    2001-12-17T00:00:00Z

    The department of health's project to give schoolchildren a portion of fresh produce every day will now include vegetables in addition to fruit. The National Farmers Union and the Fresh Produce Consortium have both lobbied for the change.

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    Money for old plants

    2001-11-28T00:00:00Z

    A new recycling technique using cucumber plants could help cut waste for the UK's growers and see the material converted into chipboard.

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    Organic experts join forces

    2001-11-15T00:00:00Z

    The Stockbridge Technology Centre and Newcastle University's Tesco Centre for Organic Agriculture have launched their joint venture glasshouse organic crops centre in Stockbridge.

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    Canaries back on song

    2001-11-08T00:00:00Z

    The first consignments of this season's Canary Islands' tomato crop arrive at UK ports.

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    Kids' diet falls short

    2001-11-06T00:00:00Z

    A report from the Cancer Research Campaign and retailer Iceland finds teenagers eat far too little fresh produce.

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    Tomato chiefs meet up

    2001-10-17T00:00:00Z

    Top brass from the UK tomato industry gathers for its annual conference and dinner.

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    More funds free

    2001-10-11T00:00:00Z

    A boost in government spending on healthy eating is welcomed by the National Farmers' Union.

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    Yet more research to support produce health claims

    2001-10-05T00:00:00Z

    Studies in both the UK and the US provide further evidence that fruit and vegetables are good for us.

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    Belgian spud waxes lyrical

    2001-09-27T00:00:00Z

    An estimated 2,000 tonnes of waxy Flandria potatoes are expected to be available through the Belgian auctions this season.

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    Scientists boast "safe" GM tomato

    2001-09-04T00:00:00Z

    A tomato that will not transmit its changed DNA to other fruit has been developed by a German research institute.