Sustainability news archive – Page 113
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Jaguar continues its 'clean' citrus project
Dutch company says it will source more oranges from Egypt that have not been treated with chemicals after harvesting
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Act now to prevent Brexit organic calamity
Comment: Roger Kerr, CEO of Organic Farmers & Growers, a director of the Organic Trade Board and chair of the UK Organic Certifiers Group, outlines why mutual recognition of EU-UK regulations must be agreed
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Brakes surpasses 5m charity meals with FareShare
Foodservice giant used FareShare’s Surplus with Purpose Fund during lockdown to cover extra costs of diverting surplus food
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Smurfit Kappa launches BanaBag
Smurfit Kappa has extended its range of sustainable packaging solutions with the launch of the 100 per cent recyclable BanaBag
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Fruitbox: Investors embark on avocado Mission
Mission Produce Mike Browne talks exclusively to Fruitbox about what the company's IPO means for the business
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Wonderful Company’s food waste challenge
Company behind POM Wonderful offers to fund solutions for the pomegranate husks it generates
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Compagnie Fruitière shows commitment
Covid-19 has failed to distract France’s Compagnie Fruitière from its goal of boosting organic production and shifting to an agroecological approach, says CSR manager Paul Bouzon
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Fairtrade takes living wage action
Group has proposed a plan to achieve living wages for workers on Fairtrade-certified plantations
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"Growers benefit from larger school fruit scheme"
Food and farming charity Sustain urges government to increase procurement from British topfruit growers
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Carrefour ditches bioplastic bags
The French retailer is ridding its stores of bioplastic bags for loose produce and replacing them with recyclable and reusable alternatives
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Copa-Cogeca raises concerns
Farmers association Copa-Cogeca has expressed worries over the combined effects of Covid-19 and announcements made in the EU's Farm-to-Fork Strategy
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Harvest London invests in state-of-the-art vertical farm
New facility in Leyton is vertical producer’s second site in north London and the latest construction project by booming tech firm CambridgeHOK
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European sector reviews challenges
Freshfel Europe and AREFLH explore primary challenges facing the European fresh fruit and vegetables sector at online Joint 2020 Annual Event
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FerryFast and Waste Knot rack up 1.5m charity meals
Two organisations have been working with FareShare since launch of its Surplus with Purpose Fund in July 2019
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Tesco commits to plant-based foods
Supermarket pledges to increase plant-based meat alternatives by 300 per cent
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Campojoyma expands organics offer
From October, the company will sell organic broccoli supplied by Murcia’s Medifruver
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Wrap to launch Food Waste Action Week
New initiative in March 2021 aims to tackle the vast amount of wasted food in the hospitality and foodservice sectors
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BOM declares La Niña active
Wet spring and summer ahead for northern and eastern Australia, with increased chances of cyclones and flooding in summer
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Pink Lady predicts promising campaign
Pink Lady Europe has high hopes for the coming apple campaign, which is set to be backed up by TV advertisements in 12 countries
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UK charity fights poverty with farming
Marshal Papworth scholar helps 1000 young Sierra Leoneans out of poverty with sustainable farming