Fruit Articles

Herefordshire-based rum and gin manufacturer, Penrhos Spirits, is asking local farmers to donate their ‘wonky’ raspberries, which can be used in gin production. 

The Blackcurrant Foundation, which represents 36 growers across the UK, has reported that despite another difficult growing season, the nation’s blackcurrant crop is thriving, with an anticipated yield of over 11,600 tonnes this year.   

The Summer Berry Company (TSBC) has recently announced that it is able to offer year-round strawberry production, lengthening the season by five months.

Nature-friendly farming groups and celebrities have sent an open letter to the prime minister calling him to back and scale up the UK horticulture sector. 

A Kent-based winemaker, Gusbourne, has announced it is considering a sale. 

Hertfordshire-based berry producer-marketer, BerryWorld, is celebrating after its growers scooped numerous awards at the National Cherry and Soft Fruit Show. 

As the cost-of-living crisis continues, retailers and top fruit growers heard from experts about the latest consumer behaviour, as well as discussing key issues facing the apple and pear sector, during the recent British Apples and Pears (BAPL) retailer webinar. Deputy editor Sarah Kidby reports.

Recent trials assessing the impact of various products with physical modes of action on spider mite control have found the results to be “extremely encouraging”.

Ribena’s producer and UK’s soft drinks manufacturer is leveraging AI technology to reveal a remarkable story of biodiversity across a number of its blackcurrant farms this harvest season.  

As the fresh produce industry, retailers and NGOs continue to explore ways to reduce plastic in the supply and sale of fresh produce, British Apples & Pears Limited (BAPL) has published a new report into potential solutions.   

A Welsh soft fruit grower who once lost his entire strawberry harvest to an insect pest is establishing colonies of a predatory bug in the crop before and during the flowering stage in a bid to find an effective biological control alternative to spraying with an insecticide. 

Four teenagers have been charged following a vandalism attack at a Scottish farm, which resulted in the death of more than 4,000 bees.