All articles by Gavin Haynes – Page 18
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Defra's carbon promise
The government's ambitious Climate Change Bill throws up hazards and opportunities for growers
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Soil Association and NFU sharpen claws
A simmering spat between the Soil Association and NFU seems to be deepening after the SA issued a press release calling upon NFU president Peter Kendall to withdraw recent allegations that the association was ‘scaremongering’.
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ArticleTesco to start carbon-labelling
Tesco boss Sir Terry Leahy has announced that the company is to start carbon labelling.
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US looks to boost agri-exports
A revised US Farm Bill looks set to stimulate international trade.
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NFU countryside lifts lid on rural life
Levels of contenment are higher in the countryside, according to a new survey.
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Winter Cos makes UK debut
English Village Salads are about to harvest the first crop of hydroponically-grown cos lettuces in the UK.
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Organics market becoming truly international
Organic sales are predicted to top the £20 billion barrier in 2007
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Growers face tangled online web
Growers who sell via the web could face a fresh tangle of EU bureaucracy, following a European Commission suggestion that they comply to all pan-national EC retail rules.
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GMO debate re-opened
The debate about GMO crops has been fanned once more, with the publication of a set of scientific results ‘suppressed’ by the GMO industry for eight years.
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Government tightens labour laws
The government has set out fresh proposals to protect agency workers from exploitation at the hands of cynical employers.
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Texan tatties assailed by new illness
Texan potatoes are under attack from a new mystery ailment. ‘Zebra chip’, named after the dark stripes it leaves in the flesh of raw potatoes, is not harmful to human health, but causes serious and expensive reductions in crop yields and quality.