News from FPJ – Page 27
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ArticleNationwide Produce lands BRC Grade AA certification
Supplier’s Evesham packhouse achieves globally recognised standard for food safety and quality management in just three months
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ArticleNFU welcomes Lords’ report
Farmers’ union welcomes House of Lords’ recommendations to government to help grow UK hort sector
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ArticleSeed breeders welcome landmark decision on EDVs
Ruling raises serious questions over the question of uniqueness in horticultural breeding, and could bring cases like the high-profile Nadorcott-Tango dispute to a close
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Article‘Promising future for UK agri-tech’
Comment: In 2013, the UK government launched a £160m ‘agritech strategy’ to leverage world-class scientific research and transform the ag sector. Ten years on, investment commentator Garry White finds out how it’s doing
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Article‘Organic ag must be mainstreamed’
Soil Association outlines ‘Organic For All’ vision at this year’s Organic Trade Conference
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ArticleLords calls for urgent UK hort strategy
The future of the UK horticulture sector looks bleak without urgent steps to safeguard its future, says new House of Lords report
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ArticleGovt rejects EFRA calls for rural mental health help
Westminster has rejected EFRA’s calls for targeted action to safeguard mental health needs of England’s rural communities
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ArticleMP calls for Food Resilience Committee
New joined-up political thinking urgently needed to meet food challenges ahead, says Caroline Lucas MP
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ArticleWilsons’ Country unveils mash offer
Irish potato supplier launches two new ready-to-eat potato mash products exclusively at Tesco Northern Ireland outlets
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ArticleFarm Fresh Revolution named national winner
Love British Food names Staffordshire food charity Farm Fresh Revolution as national community competition winner
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ArticleWelsh farmers fit for the future
NFU Cymru Conference 2023 focuses on producing food for the future in context of climate change
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ArticleM&S teams up with FareShare
M&S Food donates one million fresh and healthy meals to families in new partnership with FareShare
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ArticleNew study endorses wood as the most sustainable packaging for F&V
Wooden packaging was the best performer in terms of cutting greenhouse gas emissions, pollution, ecotoxicity, and water footprint
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ArticleSakata Seed Corporation enters F1 seed strawberry business
Company to develop varieties that combine unique flavour of Japanese strawberries with transportability and disease resistance
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ArticlePro-Force passes with flying colours
The Seasonal Workers Scheme operator has become the first to complete the Responsible Recruitment Progress Assessment
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ArticleRed Tractor stalls on greener standards
The farmed food quality mark puts brakes on new environmental standards until NFU completes review of Red Tractor governance
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ArticleJazz wins again at National Fruit Show
Minette Batters opens show in challenging year for industry
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ArticleExperts reveal scary levels of Halloween waste
As Brits gear up to celebrate Halloween, waste management company Waste Managed highlights festivity’s environmental impact
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ArticleNFU calls for flood action
England’s farming union is lobbying political parties to take action to defend against farmland flooding
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa solves punnet problem
New lattice box solves Isle of Wight Tomatoes’ punnet problem, says packaging manufacturer