"High demand for early glasshouse produce in direct marketing"
On May 22, about the same time as last year, Lower Rhine horticultural company Hoffmann could offer the first blueberries of this year's season. The home-fresh produce from unheated glasshouses is

Rijk Zwaan will bring innovation to the small fruit market
Rijk Zwaan starts breeding programmes for small fruit, strawberry, blackberry and raspberry, a fast growing market. With this in mind, the construction of a new dedicated greenhouse at the

"I can’t remember a year when things have been so bleak going into the season"
Despite the recent sunshine, the weather in England has been pretty gloomy, leading to a delay in the strawberry harvest. “Glasshouse crops are slower than normal, and berries from tunnels

First Scottish strawberries already in the retailers
The first of this season’s Scottish strawberries were picked last week at Seahills Farm just north of Arbroath. Owned by Peter J Stirling, the farm is one of the biggest strawberry producers in

New domestic tomato season takes off in Poland
A new season of domestic greenhouse tomatoes (round red) is starting slightly earlier than a year ago. As far as raspberry tomatoes from Polish glasshouses are concerned, they are available all