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Victorian tastes in vegetables are clearly changing. Today, the cabbages or broccoli have gone, making way for baby cos lettuce, baby endive, baby wombok and radicchio. Peter Schreurs believes his baby vegetables have great appeal in smaller households who value the convenient size and attractive, tender leaf quality, with far less waste. “Our baby products are becoming very popular” says Peter The Schreurs 160ha property is operated by Peter and sons Darren, Mark and Paul. About 60 staff help plant, The last ten years has also seen a change in the way the business manages comASCmon insect pests in their crops. The Schreurs Integrated Pest Management approach is an example for the future where pest damage is minimised in a natural way by encouraging beneficial insects to control pest numbers . Peter is disappointed when the fresh produce he is so proud of, is sometimes rejected by supermarket buyers. “Just one insect on a vegetable “The only way we can remove every single insect from the crop is to use more chemicals, but these would also destroy the very beneficial insects we are trying to encourage to help control pests in our crops.” Peter Schreurs feels the community would benefit from learning more about the food we eat.
Source: Lyndal Reading, Weekly Times – 29 Jan 10 |
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