<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Horticulture Week: Latest Edibles Production News</title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/</link><lastBuildDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:56:12 GMT</lastBuildDate><language>en</language><copyright>Haymarket © 1957 – 2009</copyright><image><title>Horticulture Week: Latest Edibles Production News</title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/</link><url>http://www.hortweek.com/_images/logoHortweek.gif</url></image><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/991213/Defra-chief-scientific-adviser-quizzed-horticultural-R-D-Parliamentary-select-committee/</guid><title><![CDATA[Defra chief scientific adviser quizzed on horticultural R&amp;D at Parliamentary select committee]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/991213/Defra-chief-scientific-adviser-quizzed-horticultural-R-D-Parliamentary-select-committee/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:15:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Professor Bob Watson, Defra's chief scientific adviser,  was grilled on funding for horticultural research and development during a select committee evidence session yesterday (17 March).]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/990737/European-Parliament-committee-votes-favour-country-of-origin-labels-fruit-vegetables/</guid><title><![CDATA[European Parliament committee votes in favour of country-of-origin labels on fruit and vegetables]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/990737/European-Parliament-committee-votes-favour-country-of-origin-labels-fruit-vegetables/</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Consumers are now one step closer to having country-of-origin labeling on many food products - including fruit and vegetables - after ministers in Europe voted in favour of changing the rules.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/991005/Herefordshire-Council-planning-committee-approves-fruit-grower-S-As-plans-workers-accommodation/</guid><title><![CDATA[Herefordshire Council planning committee approves fruit grower S&amp;A's plans for workers' accommodation]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/991005/Herefordshire-Council-planning-committee-approves-fruit-grower-S-As-plans-workers-accommodation/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:53:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Plans for workers' accommodation at fruit grower S&amp;A Produce's site in Marden, Herefordshire, have been given the green light by the county council's planning committee.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/990664/Grow-your-own-retailer-Grown-ties-Healthy-London-Living-website/</guid><title><![CDATA[Grow-your-own retailer Grown For You ties up with Healthy London Living website]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/990664/Grow-your-own-retailer-Grown-ties-Healthy-London-Living-website/</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Online grow-your-own retailer Grown For You has teamed up with lifestyle website Healthy London Living.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/990661/Potato-growers-set-pay-higher-levy-rate-Defra-approves-new-figures/</guid><title><![CDATA[Potato growers set to pay higher levy rate as Defra approves new figures]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/990661/Potato-growers-set-pay-higher-levy-rate-Defra-approves-new-figures/</link><pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:59:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Defra has approved the Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB)'s proposed levy rates for growers for the next financial year -  from 1 April 2010 until 31 March 2011.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989083/Former-president-East-Kent-Fruit-Society-Basil-Neame-CBE-dies-aged-88/</guid><title><![CDATA[Former president of the East Kent Fruit Society Basil Neame CBE dies aged 88]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989083/Former-president-East-Kent-Fruit-Society-Basil-Neame-CBE-dies-aged-88/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Tributes are being paid to Basil Neame CBE - the "godfather of the fruit industry" who died on 25 February aged 88.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989082/Transcend-offers-better-apple-scab-control/</guid><title><![CDATA[Transcend offers better apple scab control]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989082/Transcend-offers-better-apple-scab-control/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Improved apple scab control has been achieved with the help of a special adjuvant in an Agrovista trial. Transcend has the ability to ensure that fungicides reach leaf surfaces early in the season when the leaves are still very small and hairy and very prone to infection.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989402/Health-link-fresh-produce-debated-conference/</guid><title><![CDATA[Health link to fresh produce to be debated at conference]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989402/Health-link-fresh-produce-debated-conference/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Experts will look at the science behind how eating more fruit and vegetables can help prevent disease.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989401/Vote-means-suppliers-step-nearer-gaining-supermarket-ombudsman/</guid><title><![CDATA[Vote means suppliers are a step nearer to gaining supermarket ombudsman]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989401/Vote-means-suppliers-step-nearer-gaining-supermarket-ombudsman/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Growers are one step closer to getting a "guardian" to police the new Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) after dozens of MPs voted in favour of a bill that calls for the appointment of an ombudsman.]]></description></item><item><guid>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989379/Self-seeding-potato-sales-unaffected-bad-weather/</guid><title><![CDATA[Self-seeding potato sales unaffected by bad weather]]></title><link>http://www.hortweek.com/channel/EdiblesProduction/rss/article/989379/Self-seeding-potato-sales-unaffected-bad-weather/</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Garden centre consultant Roger Crookes says the wet summer and cold winter do not seem to have dampened enthusiasm for selling seed potatoes - with some garden centres now offering more than 70 varieties.]]></description></item></channel></rss>
