All Environment articles – Page 74
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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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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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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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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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ArticleAvo association refutes water concerns
World Avocado Association fights back after reports that some UK restaurants have stopped serving the fruit due to concerns over the environment and Mexican drug crime
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ArticleMorrisons launches end of shelf life veg boxes
£1 boxes of assorted fruit and veg will help fight to food waste and make unusual produce more affordable, says retailer
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ArticleSpecial Fruit picks up green award
The Belgian importer has been awarded the Lean and Green star from the Flemish Institute for Logistics for reducing its carbon footprint by 20 per cent
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ArticleFirst harvest of Dutch bananas
An experimental crop of 60 bananas have been grown inside a greenhouse in Wageningen in a bid to curb disease
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ArticleMorrisons to sell "wonky" sprouts stalks
Morrisons offer shorter stalks this Christmas after the summer heatwave stunted sprouts growth across the country
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ArticleNFU pushes for climate change resilience measures
Union advises government and farming industry on how to safeguard agriculture from extreme weather events following this summer’s drought
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ArticleGovernment reveals £60m "bioeconomy" fund
UK leaders call on entrepreneurs to overhaul packaging materials and labelling with new investment programme
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ArticleEnd ‘violence’ against soil, urges Riverford founder
Guy Singh-Watson releases video rant calling for better treatment of soils to mark World Soil Day
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ArticleCoal mines suggested for underground farms
Abandoned mines and air defence tunnels could be used for large-scale hydroponic production, say academics at University of Nottingham
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ArticleGreengrocers gain from "Blue Planet effect"
Smaller shops with less plastics on produce are benefitting from millennial buying habits in the wake of anti-plastic trend
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ArticleWild bees boost blueberry quality
Using electric toothbrushes to mimic their buzz, scientists in the US revealed how wild bumblebees improve blueberry size
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ArticleChop’d to switch to recycled plastic containers
Salad bar chain will start using 100 per cent recycled PET from January, hoping to influence others to follow their lead
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ArticleFood charity launches cookbook with celebrity chefs
FoodCycle, which tackles loneliness, food poverty and food waste, teams up with top chefs to launch digital recipe book
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ArticleWonky houmous producer launches seasonal flavour
ChicP unveils UK’s first garlic-free houmous made with rescued veg, with 10 per cent of pricetag to be donated to sustainable food charity
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ArticleOliver Kay looks to compostable future
Wholesaler has started speed-composting its food waste for use by growers, as well as switching to various forms of compostable packaging
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ArticleHaygrove rolls out recycling scheme
The soft-fruit grower and tunnel manufacturer will provide free recycling for plastic films used in tunnel crop production