All United Kingdom articles – Page 168
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ArticleAHDB confirms levy ballot
Threshold to trigger ballot is reached after campaign by group of horticultural growers, with vote expected in January
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ArticleRaymond Blanc launches British topfruit season
The UK harvest is underway with 1.6 billion apples forecast and fantastic eating quality expected
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ArticleAct 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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ArticleActivity book to boost veg engagement
New Eat Them To Defeat Them initiative aims to engage kids with fun activities
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ArticleBrakes 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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ArticleAldi scraps single-use fruit and veg bags
Initiative is part of wider commitments to reduce plastic at the discounter and will take out 100 tonnes
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ArticleCrop Science Centre opens in Cambridge
New facility is a tie up between University of Cambridge and NIAB, and hopes to develop and share global plant solutions
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ArticleCompagnie 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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ArticleTozer Ibérica launches marketing push
Seed specialist is looking to expand its customer base in the Spanish market
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Article"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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ArticleMorrisons helps small suppliers with cashflow
Retailer says it will continue making immediate payments to its small farmers and food producers to support them through the pandemic
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ArticleNew protections for British seed potatoes
Amendments to Red Tractor’s Safe Haven certification scheme provide added protection against pests and diseases introduced by seed
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ArticlePML appoints youngest-ever board director
Perishable logistics firm rewards 25-year-old Ryan Parr with promotion to operations director and strengthens imports division ahead of Brexit
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ArticleMeasuring the impact of Brexit
Trade and logistics experts Andrew Morgan and Dr Stavros Karamperidis are appealing to produce businesses to tell them about the impact of Brexit on importing goods from Europe
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ArticleKissabel campaign kicks off
The European partners of the Ifored project have begun marketing the first pink-flesh apples of 2020, with Kissabel Red going on sale in October
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ArticleHarvest 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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ArticleAHDB receives formal ballot request
Group of horticulture growers submit request for ballot on levy future, as AHDB welcomes opportunity for open debate
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VideoFPJ Stories: Caroline Drummond
In Episode 3 of the video and podcast series, Michael Barker chats to LEAF chief executive Caroline Drummond
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ArticleFerryFast 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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ArticleTesco commits to plant-based foods
Supermarket pledges to increase plant-based meat alternatives by 300 per cent