Sustainability news archive – Page 166
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ArticleIkea salad farm hosts Shoreditch pop-up
Urban salad concept will feature tastings, gastronomic workshops and info on the benefits of local sourcing
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ArticleGrowing appetite for on-farm data
Australian ag-tech company The Yield has released a free app growers ahead of the launch of its end-to-end microclimate sensing system
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ArticleGiant F&V drives home sustainability message
The huge sculptures have appeared across Valencia, the FAO’s World Sustainable Food Capital 2017
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ArticleWrap takes food waste fight to next level
Sustainability charity calls for more multi-partner collaboration and greater focus on most wasted products and biggest generators of waste
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ArticleUrban micro herbs debut at M&S
Growing Underground has won four listings for its micro herb mixes at premium retailer
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ArticleStorm leaves Florida in holding pattern
Fresh produce industry waits to see how much damage has been inflicted by Hurricane Irma
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ArticlePutting a price on organics
A pilot programme, backed by the UN and Prince Charles, is seeking to change the way fruit is priced on supermarket shelves
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ArticleSoil Association pilots blockchain technology
Collaboration with tech firm will allow shoppers to tap smartphone on organic products and receive instant supply chain info
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ArticleAyco hibernates as Irma threatens
Florida group temporarily closes operations with hurricane poised to hit the region
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ArticleOrganic drinks brand turns tube into 'train forest'
Little Miracles celebrates start of Organic September by adorning Metropolitan Line train with plants and flowers
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ArticleTesco announces waterway protection project
Retailer is encouraging potato growers in East Anglia to limit run-off from fields by helping to fund environmentally-friendly technology
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ArticleLEAF appoints new education director
Environmental farming body appoints ‘director of education and public engagement’ following tie-up with Farming and Countryside Education
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ArticleGreenyard Frozen to cut emissions with new biomass units
Processing sites in Norfolk and Lincolnshire to be fitted with eco-friendly power systems to reduce Belgian company’s carbon footprint
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ArticleFresh produce is ‘star performer’ in organics
Sales of organic fresh produce were up by 7.4 per cent over the last year, with fruit, tomatoes and salad performing strongly
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ArticleAMT Fruit reaches milestone in FareShare donations
Citrus specialist celebrates sending enough surplus fruit for half a million meals to food redistribution charity FareShare
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AnalysisSingle-use plastics bigger than climate change?
It was the question put to delegates at the Freshcare Forum to kickstart a conversation about food packaging and activism
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ArticleMarket for hydroponic veg set to rise
Urbanisation and growing consumer awareness about the risk of contaminated veg will boost demand for hydroponics
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ArticlePlant & Food in apple biodiversity study
Organisation has compared the biodiversity of modern commercial orchards with organic orchards
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ArticleDistributors landed with new HGV tax
Fruit and veg firms using older HGVs and vans face taxes from early 2019 under new air pollution regulations
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ArticleFatal salmonella outbreak linked to Mexican papayas
A salmonella outbreak that has caused one death and infected over 100 people in the US has been traced to Mexican papayas