News from FPJ – Page 194
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ArticleClean report on Covid working conditions
GLAA and police visit Kent fruit farms and packhouses to check workers' rights are being upheld, with no reported infractions
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ArticleLidl to open 25 new UK stores by Christmas
Openings will amount to one per week over next six months, with discounter planning 100 additional stores in 2021 and 2022
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ArticleNew campaign backs school fruit and veg scheme
Sustain launches e-petition urging the government to reinstate School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme after it was dropped in March
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ArticleEast Anglia Early Potatoes hit shelves at Aldi
Grown locally in southern Lincolnshire, the early-season Marris Peer potatoes are now available to Aldi shoppers in East Anglia
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ArticleDover unveils Freeport vision
Port's plans include the creation of the UK's first Global Trade and Innovation Zone to boost the post-Covid and Brexit economy
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ArticleCoronavirus outbreak at Herefordshire farm
Up to 200 seasonal workers have been quarantined after 73 tested positive for Covid-19 at beans and Tenderstem grower A S Green & Co
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ArticleCovid exacerbates child food insecurity
Actress Emma Thompson calls alarming scale of food insecurity among young people 'a scar on our nation's conscience'
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ArticleTrade & Agriculture commission unveiled
New body is a collaboration between government and industry, promising to protect British interests in future trade deals
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ArticleAldi and Puffin Produce launch new potato line
Pembrokeshire Earlies will go on sale in local Aldi stores across Wales
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ArticleMark Haynes steps down at G's
Haynes, who has worked at G's in a number of roles since 1983, is looking to pursue new opportunities
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ArticleQuality raspberry crop to last until November
British raspberry season continues to expand, while 2020 crop looks to be a sweet one
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ArticleScotland set for new vertical farm
New facility will be built in Aberdeenshire in late 2020 following deal between Intelligent Growth Solutions and Vertefarm
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ArticleAsda launches fruit and veg box
Asda says new fresh produce delivery box is the best value fruit and veg box from supermarkets
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ArticleAldi to cut plastic use by 50 per cent
Ambitious target gives the supermarket five years to take 74,000 tonnes of plastic out of its product range
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ArticleRegister for the Big 50 Products webcast
Beanstalk.Global to host free discussion of the big trends affecting fresh produce consumption on Tuesday 14 July
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ArticleNew chillis launched by Bedfordshire firestarter
Tesco announce it will stock three of the world's hottest chilli peppers, grown by Salvatore Genovese
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ArticleAgriculture Bill back in the Lords
Bill returns for its second reading as ministers hope to bring it into law by 2021
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ArticleUK applies for border control posts in Northern Ireland
Defra makes formal request for EU to establish border checkpoints at Northern Irish ports as UK prepares for end of Brexit transition period
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ArticleRPA simplifies BPS over-claim penalties
Government says new rules mean farmers will be less heavily penalised for making small over-claims
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ArticleBosch UK joins forces with Fieldwork Robotics
Tech giant to help University of Plymouth robotics specialist accelerate development of its ‘soft robotic arms’ for picking soft fruit and veg