News from FPJ – Page 443
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ArticleOrganic market grows for third year in a row in UK
Market is now worth £1.95bn, as sales of organic - including strong fruit sales - continue to outperform the non-organic grocery market
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ArticleTruss backs Britain in the EU
Defra secretary of state claims it is in farming's best interests to remain in the European Union
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ArticleTop retailers on fence about Brexit
Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Tesco have not signed a joint letter from Britain’s biggest firms to urge the UK to stay in the EU
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ArticleGrowers 'will be unprofitable in three years'
NFU president Meurig Raymond claims fruit and vegetable producers are facing 'devastation' as a result of NLW rises
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ArticleNew British Herbs chairman states his chief goals
Charles Seddon, who replaced Nigel Stangroom as the boss of the body, wants to see better promotion of herbs
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ArticleNew online platform matches produce buyers and sellers
Fruitspot allows real-time trading of fruit and veg by asking buyers and sellers to fill in simple forms for what they need
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ArticleGreen Party appoints first-ever agri spokesperson
Organic farmer Oliver Dowding has said farmers need better stability from market prices and would not benefit from leaving EU
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ArticleOpen Farm Sunday offers free training
Growers thinking of hosting an Open Farm Sunday can sign up for free workshops or information events to help prepare
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ArticleSpitalfields unveils new superintendent
Ben Milligan, 34, is a chartered environmental health practitioner (EHO) who has worked in both the public and private sectors
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ArticleAldi and NFU Scotland promote Scottish produce
Retailer has partnered with farming union to host in-store promotional days and in-store tastings of Scottish produce
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ArticleAsda posts biggest quarterly sales fall on record
Asda's figures for the trading period comprising Christmas contrast with those of the other 'big four' UK supermarkets
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ArticleSurvey tracked shopper habits from 1974 to modern day
First-ever figures from National Food Survey show fresh potatoes are less popular while fresh fruit sales are rising
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ArticleBoy, 2, ill after bite from spider 'hiding in Aldi bananas'
Evan Waters spent time in hospital after being bitten on the fingers by the spider; his family claim it came from a bag of Aldi bananas
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ArticleDouble milestone for key watercress farm
To coincide with 30 years of production, Royalcress expects to hit the 10 million kilo harvest mark this year
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ArticleLeeks growers seek St David’s Day tie-up
Leek Growers Association want leeks to be eaten on Welsh national day to replicate Haggis and Burns Night association
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ArticleGarton takes up new role at Iceland
Former Morrisons man takes up the position of fresh food trading director at frozen food specialist
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ArticleBranded Canadian blueberries launch in UK
Marketing duo have launched wild Canadian blueberries in the UK under new retail brand Bart ‘n’ Lainy
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ArticleSuppliers urged to partner with tech start ups
City Food Lecture: The future of food consumption is centred around a partnership between food and technology
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ArticleCommercial tomato varieties have ‘less pest resistance’
New study finds whitefly is 80 per cent less likely to settle on wild tomatoes compared to modern high-yielding varieties
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ArticleJaffa celebrates reaching 10,000 milestone
The citrus brand - working in conjunction with the Tesco Eat Happy Project - has visited 10,000 school pupils