Birds Eye decision is a blow to British Growers
The announcement that Birds Eye is to stop sourcing peas in East Anglia and
has cancelled their contract with Anglian Pea growers is a huge
disappointment for local growers. The move affects some 180 growers
producing peas covering an area in excess of 4,500 hectares.
Sarah Pettitt, chairman of the NFU's Board for Horticulture said: "This is
terrible news for growers in East Anglia, some of whom will have been
supplying peas to the plant for more than 60 years. The British pea is
renowned the world over for its taste and quality and growers in this region
and in the country as a whole have spent ...
Problems for Irish potato growers
As the worst winter weather for more than fifty years hit Ireland with torrential rain in November and December followed by freezing weather in January, some 6,000 acres (about 25-30 percent) of the potato crop remains in the ground. The fear is that potatoes which have been frozen in the ground in January will rot when everything thaws The Irish ...
Vegetable processor fined
A Norfolk based vegetable processing company has been fined a total of almost £10,000 after a river was heavily polluted.
Watton Produce of Attleborough admitted pollution offences during a hearing before Central Norfolk magistrates. The court heard that the River Thet had been polluted over a period of several months with serious damage to river life.
Claire Bentley, prosecuting ...
Supermarket Ombudsman
The Government announced, that is has accepted the Competition Commission’s recommendation that the new Groceries Supply Code of Practice needs to be enforced independently to prevent retailers being able to pass excessive risks and unexpected costs on to their suppliers, and that any enforcement body should have the important power of hearing anonymous complaints. The Code of Practice comes into ...
Model fruit plant for genome studies
The genome of a model plant related to peach, cherry and cultivated strawberry has been sequenced by a consortium of international researchers that includes scientists at the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS). The scientists announced the sequencing of the genome of woodland strawberry at the Plant and Animal Genome Conference held in mid January in San Diego, California. The project ...
