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Veg growers have faced a variety of challenges this year, and not just from the weather. Sue Jupe speaks to Hazera Seeds to hear why it’s not all bad news
Haith Group’s factory expansion means more space, more machines and more jobs following a speedy 13-week construction
A new urgency for plastic reduction and recyclable packaging has gripped the food industry, but it will have to overcome a fragmented landscape and environmental rhetoric
UK leaders call on entrepreneurs to overhaul packaging materials and labelling with new investment programme
Not all bananas come from large-scale monocrop farms, with exporters Banabio sourcing a small amount from farmers practising “agroforestry” in the Ecuadorian mountains
Record prices on the banana market this year came to an abrupt halt as the world caught up with a category which enjoyed a consistent start to 2018
Comment: Kantar's consumer insights director Ed Griffiths looks at what's driving the soft-fruit category, and how it can still grow further
Comment: Derek Wilkinson, vice chairman of the NFU Board for Horticulture & Potatoes, explains why more must be done to attract and keep the best staff
Ageing structures and a high initial cost of investment have slowed the uptake of renewable technologies by UK glasshouse growers, but an AHDB sustainability project is trying to spread Dutch knowhow in a bid to save energy and optimise production
A data revolution is prompting an explosion in software and IT services across agriculture. Ed Leahy looks at two companies at either end of the supply chain whose software is transforming the way our food is grown and distributed
