All United Kingdom articles – Page 261
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ArticleNew Year's honours for catering figures
Chef Thomasina Miers heads list of food industry entrepreneurs to receive awards in Queen's New Year's honours list
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ArticleHow Brexit will affect the EU budget
The EU budget will shrink after Brexit, prompting the bloc to raise funds in new ways, increase member state contributions or simply cut funding, according to an AHDB study
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ArticleTozer seeds back on display in 2019
The international seed company will provide another glimpse into their seed developments across a range of produce
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ArticleWaste reduction powers ‘too wide reaching’, says NFU
Union broadly welcomes environmental plans in Agriculture Bill and Waste Strategy but expresses concerns about use of farmers' data
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ArticleWaitrose to sell Christmas "sproutlets"
Smaller Brussels sprouts resulting from 2018's dry summer are hitting supermarket shelves for the festive season
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ArticleGreenyard completes €120m horticulture sale
The Belgian fresh produce group confirmed the sale has been approved ahead of schedule
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ArticleSlug pesticide to be banned by 2020
Metaldehyde to be phased out over next 18 months due to risk posed to wildlife, Defra announces
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ArticleProducers urged to boost workforce productivity
With labour shortages affecting companies across horticulture, AHDB has issued advice on how to maximise workforce efficiency
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ArticleWaitrose backs laser-bot venture
Growers for the supermarket will trial robot prototypes from British tech firm The Small Robot Company
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ArticleAC Goatham & Son completes major planting operation
Kent topfruit producer plants 220,000 new trees in varieties such as British Royal Gala, Cameo and Conference
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ArticleSoil Association in organic marketing push
Certification body launches new marketing materials and urges producers to sign up to its revamped veg box finder
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ArticleVitacress manager bags award for "huge impact"
Leah Mathias-Collins picked up Female Achiever of the Year for her environmental work at the salad and herb business
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ArticleUK lays out waste strategy
Under the UK government’s new plans to reduce plastic use and waste and boost recycling, extra responsibility and costs are set to fall to retailers and producers
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ArticleOrganic climate report ‘naïve’, says Riverford founder
Guy Singh-Watson says many benefits of organic farming should not be ignored following study claiming organic food has higher climate impact
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ArticleSoloberry's haskap success
Soft fruit specialist makes breakthrough in bid to bring haskap berries to European market
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ArticleFirst bee vaccine could help pollinators
Significant fall in bee numbers has prompted scientists in Finland to develop a groundbreaking vaccine
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ArticleNorovirus discovered in five per cent of lettuces
Vomiting and diarrhoea bug present in 30 out of 568 lettuces tested by FSA, which accuses food industry of “serious negligence”
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ArticleBlackcurrants threatened by warmer winters
Blackcurrants have been described as the "canary in the mine" for effects of climate warming on UK fruit
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ArticleHigh expectations for NH Kissabel campaign
Producers are reporting good quality for the 2018/19 harvest in Europe and the US
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ArticleDry spell wipes estimated £800m of agriculture
Revised government estimates reveal financial effect on agriculture of Britain's wild weather in 2018