Top Fruit News
Record rainfall impacts 2024 apple harvest
1st December 2024
With growers in parts of the country now suffering the effects of the eighth wettest winter on record in 2023/24, Sarah Kidby spoke to apple and pear growers for an update on this year’s harvest.
Red and pink flesh Kissabel apple variety hits the market
26th November 2024
New variety of apple, Kissabel Rouge, has hit European markets, including the UK.
Future potential for vertical farming of strawberries
23rd November 2024
NIAB’s Katia Zacharaki and Dr Mark Else outline why vertical farming of strawberries has not always been a commercial success and explain how NIAB is using this technology to improve the yield potential and performance of strawberry plants propagated using this approach.
Grower Profiles
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Latest Grower Profiles
Adopting new technology to meet ambitious targets
12th September 2024
The Summer Berry Company, which produces 7,000 tonnes of fruit in the UK a year, has adopted robotics and green energy solutions to help it meet its sustainability goals – and it’s got big expansion plans in the next few years. Sarah Kidby reports.
Vineyard is a true family affair
21st August 2024
Fruit & Vine editor, Rachel Hicks spoke with Ellie Wilson, the latest generation of the Wilson family to work at Little Wold Vineyard in Yorkshire, to find out more about the history of the farming family and their latest diversifications.
FEATURED PROFILE
Small, but perfectly formed
12th July 2024
Having grown 100 vines in their Norfolk garden, where they began their winemaking journey, Michael and Irene Rhodes moved to Suffolk in order to found Hawkswood – possibly the UK’s smallest commercial vineyard and winery – in 2019.
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