Vitacress Salads Ltd.

Visits that cultivate knowledge.(Event review)(Society of Chemical Industry Horticulture Group)(Society of Chemical Industry Bristol and South West Regional Group)(South West Growers Group)
Chemistry and Industry; 8/24/2009; 1076 words; ...Woodborough, where Vitacress Ltd grows baby leaf salad crops to supply supermarkets...and Sainsbury's. Vitacress was originally based...since diversified into salads, with sites in Wiltshire...packed. At peak times Vitacress produces over one...

Sainsbury's helps save bumblebees.(fresh produce)(Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd.)(Brief article)
Grocer; 6/28/2008; 727 words; ...Syngenta, 300 fresh produce suppliers have established bumblebee habitats on their farms so far. One, leafy salad grower Vitacress, has reported the first sighting of one endangered bee species for 50 years. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The initiative...

award for long sutton farmer.
Fenland Citizen (Wisbech, England); 12/7/2007; 480 words; ...came back to manage the 500ha family farm G H Hoyles Ltd for his father and uncle three years ago. After graduating...Following placements with such companies as Fyffes, Vitacress Salads and Winchester Growers, David joined G's Marketing...

PLANT MAINTENANCE: Spinach on the FrontLine.
What's New In Industry; 9/30/2007; 603 words; Baby-leaf salads place huge demands on...processing time. Typically, Vitacress have just 24 hours to...such tight timescales Vitacress relies on Shire Systems...input fault-codes allow Vitacress to follow the trail of...Centaur Communications Ltd. and licensors

Spring fresh salad for Sainsburys.(CONTROLS AND INSTRUMENTATION)(Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd.)(Brief article)
Plant & Works Engineering; 6/1/2007; 877 words; ...often provided by salad, and increasingly...is that most bagged salads have been washed in...Sainsburys with the help of Vitacress Salads and Apollo...spring fed water. Vitacress Salads, Europe's leading salad grower and packer...