Tomato news archive – Page 89
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ArticleWaitrose warms to tomatoes
A new Waitrose store in Hertfordshire is buying all its electricity from a supplier that sources the energy from two Waitrose tomato growers.
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ArticleReducing residues rises up priority list
As consumer demand moves, apparently inexorably, towards pesticide- and residue-free produce, growers, and particularly those involved in protected crops, constantly find themselves facing new challenges, often as a result of innovation in production methods. Despite the loss of a number of agrochemicals, help is at hand for growers, and new solutions are being developed to meet those challenges.
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ArticleThe climate catalyst
In the final article of FPJ’s climate change series, provided by Warwick HRI, the university illustrates the activities of the Defra-funded Innovation Network, which act as a catalyst and focal point for innovation in crop production, supporting adaptation to climate change.
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Supermarkets - subtlety is now their middle name
Endorsement comes in all shapes and sizes, and the produce trade is now no exception when it comes to spreading its message to
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ArticlePressure mounts on Canary tomatoes
Static retail tomato prices coupled with continued weakening of the pound against the euro is putting pressure on growers in the Canary Islands.
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Tough quarter puts suppliers in salad daze
An expected surge in demand for salad products this quarter has failed to materialise. The industry believes that this is just a sign of things to come, and is gearing up for a difficult year. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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Israel licks frosty wounds
Growers in Israel are still assessing the extent of crop damage caused by last week’s sub-zero temperatures in the Arava Valley.
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ArticleFarmers win breakfast challenge
A group of three farmers won the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) supported Breakfast Challenge held to celebrate the Farmhouse Breakfast Week 2008 at Hammersmith and West London College on Tuesday.
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ArticleResistance holds key
The UK seed breeding industry is both a competitive and challenging one. Selecting the right variety is vital to growers, retailers and consumers alike and, with the fresh produce industry’s ever-increasing list of demands, seed breeders have a tall order to continue to deliver the goods. Elizabeth O’Keefe reports.
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ArticleIsrael’s finest gather at Tel Aviv forum
Israeli fresh produce exporters, farmers, technology companies and agricultural bigwigs arrived en masse in Tel Aviv last week for the 18th outing of the country’s annual Agro-Mashov trade fair. Laura Gould was among the visitors.
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ArticleArava frosts cause severe damage
Temperatures as low as -4°C on Monday night have caused severe damage to crops in the Arava Valley in Israel.
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ArticleVolumes down in Rungis
Figures to the end of November 2007 showed tonnages for both fruit and veg down at the Parisian wholesale market.
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NIAB Moldova mission snowed off
A planned agricultural aid trip to Moldova by a team of scientific experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany (NIAB) has been postponed at the last minute due to treacherous snow in the eastern European country.
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ArticleFully functional
The market for functional foods has been billed as one of the most promising for 2008, with UK shoppers eager to tuck in to what they are told is good for them, spurred on by the annual health-kick season. Fresh produce has become a key ingredient in the functional food sector. Anna Sbuttoni reports.
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ArticleHazera set to play ACE card
Israeli seed breeder Hazera Genetics is preparing to launch its ACE pepper variety under the Hazera Vitalis brand at Fruit Logistica in Germany this February.
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Syngenta paints the sprouts red
Crop developer Syngenta’s new range of red Brussels sprouts will be on supermarket shelves by the end of this year.
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ArticleHelping the Moldovans at onions
A team of scientific experts from the National Institute of Agricultural Botany will visit Moldova next month, the poorest country in Europe, and set up an agricultural aid site.
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ArticleEarly Moroccan exports up 41 per cent
Exports of early fruits and vegetables from Morocco had reached 181,000 tonnes by December 16, a 41 per cent rise on the 128,000t exported to the same date last year, said the north African country’s ministry of agriculture.
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Morrisons acts to reduce waste
We all like turkey sandwiches, and some of us even guzzle cold sprouts, but Morrisons has introduced recipe cards to reduce the 230,000 tonnes of food wasted over Christmas.
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ArticleCapital gains
Farming is not the first thing that springs to mind when you think of London, but more than eight per cent of the capital’s land is occupied with food production. Elizabeth O’Keefe finds out what fresh produce London growers offer and how the buy-local trends is being encouraged throughout London’s boroughs.