Broccoli

As heavy rainfall puts Britain’s produce at risk, Labour has pledged to protect farms from flooding. Yields have collapsed, leaving consumers across the country facing acute shortages of potatoes, sprouts, carrots, parsnips, broccoli and cauliflower following the flooding in recent months.
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Asda was selling vegetables at the chain’s lowest-ever price of 15p in the run up to Christmas.  read more

A video depicting a piece of broccoli twitching after being injected with liquid falsely claimed to be an 'artificial' vegetable from a lab run by Bill Gates is actually part of a food art project. This misinformation was spread through posts on various social platforms, misleadingly captioned
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The +Broccoli association is launching a new campaign in establishments across the country, as an integral part of the European project 'Cute Healthy', which will run from today until 29 December. The main objective of the initiative is to promote the consumption of

Broccoli

Broccoli

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If all goes according to plan, Top Seeds will inaugurate its broccoli portfolio in 2023/24 with BRC-104, its first commercial variety. read more

Tenderstem broccoli is getting a PR boost this month thanks to its appearance in a new cocktail. read more

We are witnessing cold mornings in which winter vegetables are beginning to show positive trends. Yesterday, we went to the Bologna agri-food centre (Caab) to check the trend for these products, and we can testify to a discrete demand. For broccoli and cauliflower we see
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With over 40 cultivated hectares of brassicas, Ortofrutta Bernardi supplies white cauliflowers, Savoy cabbage, broccoli, kohlrabi and Roman Romanesco broccoli. "We produce almost all products and the weather has not caused too many problems," reports Christopher Bernardi. read more

The broccoli and cauliflower season was delayed in Murcia due to the heat and hail storms in some of the higher growing areas. Now the volumes have gone back to normal, but the demand has soared in Europe and it is difficult to find any supply outside of already established programs. read more

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According to new research, co-led by Dr Konstantinos Tsilidis from the School of Public Health at Imperial College London. Increasing the amount of folate through our diet or taking supplements could help to reduce bowel cancer risk. It suggests that increasing the intake of folate – which can
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Automation as a solution to reduce costs and increase efficiency for the process of cutting broccoli, known as flaking. The best practice comes from a collaboration between Ait, a Spanish company specialising in the production of machinery for the food industry, and Eaton,
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In outdoor cultivation, frost has damaged O+G, affecting not only currently grown winter vegetables such as spinach, beetroot, cabbage varieties and broccoli, but also citrus fruits that are ripe and in the middle of harvest, as well as bees, which were able to stay for a long time due to the previous warm days.
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Until a few weeks ago, Apulian producers were complaining about the prolonged heat putting a spoke in the wheels of seasonal products such as broccoli, artichokes and citrus fruits. Even up until the end of October, the almost summer-like temperatures were driving demand for typical products
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Analysis of the nutritional content of broccoli read more

In the Netherlands, Oxin Growers and its broccoli growers recently reviewed the past season and looked ahead to next year. "We concluded that, generally, it's greatly challenging. Growers face substantial cost increases, the weather significantly affects production, and there's limited available
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According to estimates, the Region of Murcia will produce 195,000 tons of broccoli this season, making it the largest producer of this vegetable in Spain. Last year, broccoli exports increased by 4.7%, and forecasts for this year are positive, according to the Minister of Water, Agriculture,
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Harrison Mullins, a three-year-old from Rossendale, Lancashire, is an avid fan of broccoli, not for eating but as a companion. He sleeps with a real broccoli every night, replacing the usual teddy bear, and refuses to eat it, considering it his 'best friend'. His obsession includes a broccoli
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The 18th Labelling Campaign promoted by +Broccoli began this Tuesday, 21 November, with a symbolic broccoli cutting ceremony that has already become a tradition to mark the start of this special annual campaign. The Regional Minister for Water, Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries,
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Last season there was speculation about the possibility of a significant drop in the cauliflower production, and while official figures certainly reveal a 12.4% drop compared to the previous year, the reduction is not as significant as that of other open ground productions, such as broccoli,
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