Fred Searle
Magazine Editor at Fresh Produce Journal
Magazine editor at Fruitnet Media for Fresh Produce Journal, salad enthusiast and long-suffering Ipswich Town fan. Email: [email protected]
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1 week ago |
fruitnet.com | Fred Searle
Uganda has reinstated direct flights to the UK for the first time since 2015Uganda has relaunched direct flights to the UK in a move expected to increase fresh produce exports to Britain. The new Ugandan Airlines route from Entebbe Airport near Kampala to London Gatwick will run four days a week, with total capacity for passengers as well as 25 tonnes of goods per flight.
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1 week ago |
fruitnet.com | Fred Searle
Major supermarket buyers, importers, wholesalers, and suppliers will be in attendance at Festival of Fresh 2025 as FPJ’s summer festival heads to Lincolnshire on Thursday 5 June. This year’s event, in partnership with Worldwide Fruit and hosted by FreshLinc, brings together some of the biggest names in the business.
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2 weeks ago |
fruitnet.com | Fred Searle
Award-winning chef Kerth Gumbs spoke passionately about Golden Kings at the dinner on 19 MayGreenvale’s Golden Kings brand has reached out to the UK foodservice sector with a glitzy dinner to showcase the versatility of its premium potato variety. Since launching in 2022, the brand has won listings at supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Asda.
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2 weeks ago |
fruitnet.com | Fred Searle
A heartwarming image of five elderly women eating spring rolls in Sichuan Province was the Overall Winner at the 2025 World Food Photography Awards sponsored by Tenderstem. Taken byChinese photographer Xiaoling Li and entitled The Elderly Having Delicious Food, the photo in Shuangliu Ancient Town also prevailed in the Food for the Family category (sponsored by The Felix Project). Li took home a £5,000 prize for her winning photo.
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3 weeks ago |
fruitnet.com | Fred Searle
The thin solar panels are fixed to the top of the polytunnel at regular intervalsRenowned Kent berry grower Hugh Lowe Farms is exploring a new way of using solar power in strawberry and raspberry cultivation through its ‘Electric Berry’ project. In collaboration with Polysolar Ltd and scientists from the University of Greenwich, the producer has installed integrated flexible solar panels to the top of some of its polytunnels.
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