Cauliflower
New Zealand: Ice cream made from cauliflower
2023-04-19 00:00
Jenni Matheson and Mrinali Kumar's New Zealand company EatKinda processes surplus New Zealand-grown cauliflower into vegan ice cream. Jenni Matheson experimented with pumpkins from her garden and made the discovery that cauliflower is much better suited for processing into ice cream than
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"We began harvesting the first new crop of size six winter cauliflower this week, so we have it available too," says Ruud Slagter of P.N. Slagter. This Dutch company grows cauliflower on 180 hectares and markets it and fellow growers' cabbage. Winter cauliflower cultivation has always been
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Growers are warning of shortages on supermarket shelves after freezing temperatures in December and January wiped out 40 per cent of the UK cauliflower crop. According to Martin Tate, commercial director at Lincolnshire Field Products and chairman of the Brassica Growers Association, a
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Carantic, the Seminis cauliflower for late harvests
2023-04-06 00:00
Late harvest time for cauliflower and once again this year Carantic, the Seminis-Vegetables by Bayer cauliflower with a cycle of 200-205 days after transplanting, is back in the news.
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Rijk Zwaan campaign reaches 762,000 Brits
2023-04-04 13:00
Dutch vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan is celebrating the success of its consumer-facing ‘Love My Salad’ campaign, created to encourage British shoppers to buy and cook more vegetables.
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Rijk Zwaan offers cauliflower clubroot resistance
2023-03-27 17:00
Rijk Zwaan has championed its Paxton RZ cauliflower variety as an option for growers facing up to the threat of the clubroot pathogen.
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By mid-April, the first domestic open ground produce from southern Hesse should be available
2023-03-24 00:00
The first sets of vegetable plants are in the ground. At the BEHR farm in southern Hesse, planting of iceberg lettuce began at the end of February. The Gresse site in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania started on February 28. Here, iceberg and mini romaine seedlings were also planted. Frisée
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AMI: Market situation for cauliflower eases up in Germany
2023-03-24 00:00
The cauliflower supply at the German wholesale markets is currently mainly covered by goods from France, Spain and Italy. In recent weeks, however, the availability of goods has been very tight due to the cold weather in the growing regions. With rising temperatures, it is now
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BEHR starts the outdoor season
2023-03-23 00:00
The first sets of vegetable plants are in the ground. At the BEHR farm in southern Hesse, planting of iceberg lettuce already started at the end of February. The Gresse site in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania started on 28 February. Here, too, iceberg and mini romaine seedlings were planted in the soil.
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Growers predict cauli crisis
2023-03-22 16:00
The UK could be facing a cauliflower shortage from mid-April onwards, warn suppliers, after freezing winter temperatures wiped out domestic yields.
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Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 6 March
2023-03-07 00:00
The strawberry campaign got off to a good start with good quantities and excellent quality, while the tarocco orange campaign is coming to an end. Prices for artichokes, cauliflowers, lettuces, tomatoes, peppers and courgettes are falling.
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After the severe storm that hit Sicily at the beginning of February, supplies on the Italian vegetable market are tight and prices have risen. "The damage to greenhouse crops in the province of Ragusa is enormous, and lower temperatures mean that the product ripens at a slower pace, causing
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"Cauliflower shortage still gripping market"
2023-03-06 00:00
In Europe, the Spanish and French cauliflower supply has been limited for weeks. According to Jurgen Ratelband and Danny Duijs, Tolpoort Vegetables' sales representatives, there is no end in sight yet, either. "Everyone had hoped the supply would pick up a bit more," begins Danny, "but frost hit
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"Trading is the best job in the world"
2023-03-03 00:00
In the Netherlands, Bakker AGF's Jan Bakker recently celebrated his 70th birthday. Of those seven decades, he has been trading fruit and vegetables for six. "I started peddling cauliflower at ten, and I've never stopped," Jan begins, laughing.
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Prices of vegetables, garlic, ginger and green chilli have witnessed further prices hikes in the last seven days, augmenting sufferings of the commoners. Prices of brinjal, okra, snake gourd, tomato and leafy vegetables rose by Tk5.0-15 a kg or bunch while prices of cauliflower, cucumber and
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Portugal: Cost of fruit and vegetables up 30%
2023-02-27 00:00
According to a price monitoring by Portugal’s DECO Proteste, the prices of fruit and vegetables have increased by more than 30% in the space of a year, with buying exactly the same products now costing €7.21 more than in 2022.
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Retail and wholesale markets in Sweden, are seeing elevated fruit and vegetable prices, mainly due to shortages from their main supplying countries, Spain and Italy. According to an update from Tradegardshalle Stockholm and Ewerman AB, two large importers and distributors in Sweden, cauliflower
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In the wake of the tomatoes and cauliflower, the soft fruit supply is now also lagging far behind. "Supply is very low, and demand is very high," observes Maxim De Roeck of Fruitful- Berries from Venlo. "The Chilean blueberry season is mostly over. We will receive the last blueberries from Chile
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'Expensive cauliflower is traded very cautiously'
2023-02-23 00:00
Besides the extreme price increases for fruit vegetables from protected cultivation in Mediterranean countries, the equally expensive cauliflower is traded very cautiously. Italian deliveries prevailed, but lost overall relevance. The importance of complementary Spanish unloadings had also
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Vegetable prices go through the roof in Netherlands
2023-02-23 00:00
The cost of out-of-season fruits and veggies, like bell peppers, broccoli, and lettuce, is rising for Dutch consumers, with some supermarkets charging an average of €3.50 for a cauliflower. Gerard van den Akker of produce auction Bilthoven said that a combination of high gas prices, which have
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