It’s fair to say that the last 12 months have been a challenge on all sorts of fronts, but one thing remains on the up in 2021, and that is organic farming. Growth of organic sales in the UK in 2020 was up at a record increase of 13%, vastly outperforming growth in non-organic, and […]
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Those of us in the fruit industry are no strangers to the impact of adverse weather conditions, but the severe frost episodes seen across France and nearby countries earlier this month have been particularly disastrous in many of Europe’s fruit growing areas and have had a devastating effect on harvests, particularly stone fruits. The French
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We’re now several weeks post transition period and like many others, we are starting to see what business actually looks like, this side of Brexit. Though experiences differ subject to our industries and the way we run our businesses, we thought it might be quite interesting to share how we’ve been impacted, now that reality
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We are always looking for ways to run our factory more efficiently with less waste generated. A few years back we replaced our coal-fired boiler with a hydrogen boiler. Coal-fired boilers were the powerhouses of Chinese factories for years, and although we had a fairly low-emission boiler it was time to retire it. The only
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Global freight largely goes unnoticed, no news is good news so to speak, and we take for granted the (apparent) ease of shipping goods from A to B. Enter Corona virus and political complexities in Brexit and US-China trade.
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What is a yumberry? The Chinese name is yangmei 杨梅, the Latin name is Myrica rubra and the English name is red bayberry or waxberry. “Yumberry” was coined by an American nurseryman in 2003 who thought yangmei sounded like “yummy” and set the yumberry name in use.
How we started our organic farming operation in Shandong, China
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The season in Shandong and the other main strawberry growing provinces is likely to be reduced due to very warm weather from the 18th of May. Prior to that the Spring was cool and just enough rain had fallen. The crop looked good but was all over in Shandong by 30th May rather than extending until the 10th of June as happens in some years. Fruit quality is nice. After strawberries we are straight into apricots.
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Update from David following his November trip.
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I have just returned from a delayed Spring visit to China and hope that you will find some points of interest.
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