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  Delegates can offset travel carbon emissions as GlobalGAP pledges support for UN Sustainable Development Goals
- 'Digital future' for farming
  'Digital future' for farming
  Digitalisation, insects and 3D food printing will shape tomorrow’s industry according to a presentation at GlobalGAP Summit
- Spar UK appoints new retail manager
  Spar UK appoints new retail manager
  Former lottery manager joins symbol group as firm looks to boost collaboration with service providers
- Sainsbury’s sales continue to slide
  Sainsbury’s sales continue to slide
  Like-for-like revenues have fallen 1.1 per cent despite an increase in volume sales, as the retailer continues with EDLP strategy
- Awards spotlight: The Lifetime Achievement Award
  Awards spotlight: The Lifetime Achievement Award
  With the UK Fruit & Vegetable Awards 2016 open for entries, we shine a spotlight on the categories and last year's winners
- Maersk orders new reefer containers
  Maersk orders new reefer containers
  Maersk Line has ordered 14,800 reefer containers, driving the average age of its reefer container fleet down to 7.9 years
- 50 per cent sales boost for Langmead Herbs
  50 per cent sales boost for Langmead Herbs
  Turnover at Sussex-based company rises thanks to new business gains and more trade with existing customers
- Moroccan berries on UK mission
  Moroccan berries on UK mission
  A number of exporters of Moroccan berries arrived in London this week for one-on-one meetings with UK importers, with the aim of growing exports to the country

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21 September 2016
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9 September 2016

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Tesco listing for frozen acai brand
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27 September 2016

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NFU calls for European adjudicator
NFU calls for European adjudicator
27 September 2016
Sainsbury’s reduces food waste by 10 per cent
Sainsbury’s reduces food waste by 10 per cent
27 September 2016
Val Venosta: smaller crop but confidence high
Val Venosta: smaller crop but confidence high
27 September 2016

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26 September 2016
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23 September 2016

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New world record for heaviest red cabbage
New world record for heaviest red cabbage
26 September 2016
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Three new directors at Lidl UK
22 September 2016
Zespri reveals CEO succession plan
Zespri reveals CEO succession plan
21 September 2016

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  New chief executive of Covent Garden Market Authority Daniel Tomkinson tells Nina Pullman why he chose a job in fresh produce and how he will steer the market into the future
- Why aren't packed lunches following school food example?
  Charlotte Evans, lecturer in public health nutrition at the University of Leeds, on why parents and pupils are finding healthy packed lunches hard to stomach
- Subscribers onlyA Spanish adventure
  Two former Redbridge employees have set up a new business supplying a wide range of Spanish produce to the UK
- Subscribers onlyWhy it's crucial to engage better with the public
  Engaging with the health agenda and avoiding the word consumer can help the food and farming industries engage with the public
- Subscribers onlyThe motorcycle diaries
  Two men, two bikes and 10,000 miles - The Great Fruit Adventure is going to huge lengths to educate kids about fresh produce
- Subscribers onlySA stonefruit convinces the consumer
  Fred Meintjes reports on why there is optimism that South Africa is entering the new season in a stronger position
- Subscribers onlyOpinion: Environment should be top of the agenda
  Preserving resources and protecting the environment are crucial as the climate changes, writes Duncan Worth of AH Worth
- Do kids who grow kale eat kale?
  Garrett M. Broad, assistant professor of communication and media studies at Fordham University, considers the long-term effects of school gardening
- Growing pains at New Covent Garden
  With work well under way on the revamped New Covent Garden Market, the market authority is trying to minimise disruption to its tenants, but some are still concerned
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  With new global competition, a burgeoning domestic market and the possibilities created by Brexit, Nina Pullman looks at the changing face of UK-Kenyan produce supply
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