Kale
Microgreens gaining ground at retail
2024-01-25 00:00
“Microgreens are here to stay as a retail item.” So says Eric McClam of City Roots Organic, a certified organic microgreen greenhouse grower located in Columbia, South Carolina that grows 11 varieties of microgreens including kale, broccoli, snow pea, sunflower and more.
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CMR GROUP sponsors campaign
2024-01-18 08:25
CMR Group recently joined a campaign dedicated to informing consumers about the crucial role of the agri-food industry in safeguarding Spain's food security.
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Chinese study suggests antioxidant-rich foods may lower stroke risk
2024-01-18 00:00
Antioxidant-rich foods such as berries, spinach, and kale may decrease stroke risk, recent research suggests. The study, conducted by Chinese researchers, analyzed data from 24,892 U.S. residents to explore the potential "protective effect" of antioxidants against stroke. Their findings
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Winter and holiday celebrations help boost leafy green demand
2023-12-19 00:00
Supply of both bok choy and kale looks to be ample and steady. “There are no major gaps in availability. With the weather cooling down and less wind, quality has improved with darker and fuller leaves, less insect pressure/damage and better yields,” says Megan Ichimoto of San Miguel Produce Inc.
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Florette, el gigante verde
2023-11-14 00:00
Lamb's lettuce. Plain or curly endive. rocket Spinach. Watercress. Kale. Lettuces could not be missing: Iceberg, Romana, Lollo, Batavia... These and more are the vegetables that are grown "without haste" in Florette, the company of Navarrese origin that was born more than 35 years ago to bring to
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NOPEX 2024 – who’s booked already?
2023-10-31 08:00
Returning to ExCeL London on 14-15 April, here are just a few exhibitors who will be taking part in the next edition:
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Greenyard USA/Seald Sweet welcomes Mark Gagnon as the newest addition to its executive team. As senior vice president of sales and sourcing, Gagnon brings a rich experience and record in brands like Del Monte, Dole, Chiquita, Chobani and Kalera.
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Greenyard USA/Seald Sweet has named Mark Gagnon as senior vice president of sales and sourcing. Gagnon brings years of experience in the produce industry, having previously worked for leading brands like Del Monte, Dole, Chiquita, Chobani, and Kalera.
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Greenyard USA appoints head of sales and sourcing
2023-10-12 16:00
Greenyard USA, the parent company of Seald Sweet, has named Mark Gagnon as senior vice-president of sales and sourcing.
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“Kale is my Coca-Cola”
2023-09-13 00:00
When Covid hit, Alex Maseko remembered his lifelong passion for leafy vegetables. In the KwaZulu-Natal town of Peacevale he set to planting vegetables, trialling many but settling on what has become his speciality: kale.
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British cannabis smugglers appear before judge
2023-07-21 00:00
A crime ring with links throughout Europe has been caught red-handed after shipping £2 million of cannabis into Seaforth docks. The drugs were hidden among pallets of broccoli, kale and lettuce.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility seized $38 million worth of methamphetamine within a shipment of kale.
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British Growers was invited to the Prime Minister’s Farm to Fork Summit held at Downing Street in mid-May. The guest list, which amounted to around 70, included a varied selection of guests from Kaleb and Cheerful Charlie from Clarkson’s Farm through to various major retailer bosses. After
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Sakata debuts in kale cultivation with its first Blue Ridge variety
2023-05-05 00:00
The multinational seed company Sakata has just added Kale to its catalog. “As a leading brassica company, we needed to have kale in our portfolio. Blue Ridge is the first kale variety that enters the market with different characteristics. It has the same high quality that we have in other
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Sakata incorporates el kale a su portfolio
2023-05-05 00:00
The multinational seed company has a premiere: Sakata has just added a new leafy crop to its catalogue: kale: 'As a leading company in brassicas, we had to have kale in our portfolio. A challenge that has become a reality with Blue Ridge, the first kale variety to be released in the market.
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Lower Saxony: Kale cultivation recovers only slowly
2023-03-13 00:00
According to the results of the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics (LSN), a total of 830 farms in Lower Saxony cultivated vegetables in the open on an area of about 22,000 ha in 2022. The harvested quantity was around 573,300 t. Compared to the previous year, the number of farms decreased by 4.3 %, the size
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Serbia hopes to have plant protection rights in place to export fruit plants to EU region
2023-03-01 00:00
Ivica Djordjevic, from the family nursery ‘Kalem Djordjevic’ based in central Serbia, hope his government will conclude negotiations with the European plant protection authorities that will enable them to export stone fruit and grape plants to the EU region again.
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German fruit and vegetables: Kale - winter king among the superfoods
2023-02-27 00:00
No sooner have most domestic vegetable products said goodbye to the harvest season than it is in top form: Kale, a vegetable that is also known regionally as brown cabbage, tall cabbage, winter cabbage, curly cabbage, Lippische Palme, Oldenburger Palme, Friesische Palme, moss or even feather cabbage.
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Mimaflor recipe: kale and quinoa pasties by Rodrigo de la Calle
2023-02-27 00:00
Kale, from the cabbage family, has become one of the most demanded vegetables, both for its intense and characteristic flavour, as well as for its great nutritional properties. This vegetable, also known as kale, is rich in protein, fibre and high in calcium,
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Tozer's novelties in celery, kale and spinach
2023-02-20 00:00
Tozer Ibérica has chosen its open days, held at the 'Los Olivos' test field in El Albujón, between 14 and 16 February, to showcase the company's new products. On this occasion, the new products come in three of the categories in which Tozer
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