Superior Site Standards at J E Hartley 16th Nov 2011
The beginning of November saw our factory and staff go through one of the toughest assessments in the industry: the BRC Audit. Naturally, we retained our A Grade accreditation and our outstanding Technical Manager Sheena Wright is now preparing for the new BRC audit, version 6, which will come into place next year.
The carrots are making a comeback 3rd Nov 2011
This year’s British Carrot Growers Association show saw 6 major seed companies present 47 varieties of carrot all expertly grown by Roger Hobson, who is one of our main carrot growers. The seeds were sown in April and despite the driest spring on record which Roger combated with low quantities of irrigation, all varieties sown saw good seedling…
British Organic Butternut Squash 10th Oct 2011
It wouldn’t be a normal week in the J E Hartley office without a certain MD asking his staff to find a way to process a new variety of vegetable. So, when a customer asked if we could produce IQF British organic butternut squash to their strict technical specification, we rose to the challenge! If you’ve ever tried to prep a butternut…
Local produce doesn’t get much better than Yorkshire Peas 7th Sep 2011
If you have been watching the news lately then you will have probably seen a piece on this year’s pea harvest. British peas made the headlines all over the country due to the harvest commencing weeks earlier than expected. The warm weather and lack of rain that the UK experienced led to the crops maturing quickly and the beginning of the season…
The Yorkshire Pea Harvest 20th Jul 2011
Yorkshire pea 6.23PM Wed Jul 20 2011 This summer's harvest of the Yorkshire Pea is well underway in fields around Driffield and Bridlington. A group of 40 farms known as the Swaythorpe Growers produce the Yorkshire Peas brand. It's impressed a large supermarket chain so much that a deal's been signed to put the product in 165 stores across…
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