Andrew Boxall had been growing the finest strawberries in Kent and that in the past 10 years Andrew had been supplying “Local” strawberries to ASDA in Kent.
The sweet, melodious sounds of Xhosa women singing resonates over the strawberry fields on a Geelhoutboom farm where all types of berries thrive alongside a clear mountain stream
A report compiled for the British government’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has further illustrated the crucial role of seasonal migrant workers and the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Scheme (SAWS) to the horticulture sector.
Keep it local, keep it Cornish
As part of Well Pict European`s on going policy to sell local produce, this year their Cornish operation has supplied strawberries to Kensey Foods based in Launceston i...
PINK partner
Kent has always been one of the primary regions in the UK for berry production, Well-Pict European is pleased to be working so closely with a farm whom have been producing fruit in the a...
AMS/ASDA Local Delivery Initiative 2004
As the final "locally" delivered strawberries disappear from ASDA`s shelves in Kent, Scotland and Cornwall, it gives both ASDA and AMS a chance to reflect on t...
You don`t need to be nuts to enjoy our strawberries, but...if you`re local it helps.
The success of the delivered direct to store" scheme in 2003 has been greater than we at AMS could have expected, ...
Good Honest value...celebrating home grown produce
When ASDA rolled our their set of farming pledges, including to buy british where ever possible and to work in partnership with suppliers to improve...
Impressive early results.
Procurement and marketing company Well-Pict European are reporting impressive early results from their attempts to recruit more UK growers to their fold for this season and ...
Locals look set to flourish
Recent research conducted by the grocery think-tank IGD, on behalf of Don Curry, found that 87% of the population considers farming to be important to Britain and see it ...
The Great British Plum
The humble plum has been part of Britain’s heritage for many thousands of years with the earliest recorded cultivation of the fruit during the Roman age. When the Tudor ship th...
ASDA scoops BBC award
Congratulations to ASDA for winning the BBC Food and farming award for best retailer. the BBC Food programme has a strong leaning towards specialist foods and in particular thos...
Locals overtake organics
Attempts at regional branding and differentiation in the UK go back 40-odd years, and in some cases even more. Welsh lamb was first promoted in the UK as a speciality food pr...
Farm Focus - Bielby Berries
Helen and Peter first saw table top strawberry production when on Holiday in Holland in 1992. It took them some time to find the information and growing systems before the...
Regional Branding of Soft Fruit
Nigel Smith and Mike Mallet operate Gosling farm and marketing business just outside Felixstowe, a couple of miles from the coast. Nigel started his farm and PYO/farm ...
SMILES BETTER, SMILES FRESHER Primary School Competition!
The Local Food Alliance are running a competition aimed at Kent Primary schools to win a free supply of UK apples for a term.
It’s all par...