All Food waste articles
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NewsLidl expands food waste partnership to nearly 200 UK stores
Discounter’s partnership with giving platform Neighbourly and food-sharing app Olio aims to save 5,000 tonnes of food
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FeaturesBarfoots celebrates 50 years of ‘forever farming’
Barfoots’ Keston Williams takes Fred Searle on a sustainability journey, from energy self-sufficiency to water resilience, as the pioneering producer marks its 50th anniversary
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NewsFarm donations to food banks jump 55 per cent
Farms salvaged 228,000 tonnes of surplus produce in 2025 as global reliance on food banks increased
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NewsCharities pledge to treble food redistribution in next decade
Felix, City Harvest and The Bread and Butter Thing among the redistributors joining forces on governance, programme management, food sourcing, logistics and allocation
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NewsResearch to help cut tomato waste through smarter forecasting
Partnership between University of Portsmouth and Isle of Wight Tomatoes aims to reduce food waste, improve forecasting and boost sales
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NewsNew robot uses AI to ‘read’ entire orchards
Developed by Porto-based ViField, Orioos uses cameras and algorithms to predict yields and detect diseases more accurately
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NewsWales announces ‘transformational’ new food strategy
Ambitious plan for food in Wales aims to take a ’transformational systems-based’ approach and connect food production, processing, retail, health and education
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NewsChiquita steps up effort to eliminate ‘immoral’ fruit waste
Multinational expands partnership with Dutch company The Banana Factory to rescue more than two million bananas per year
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CommentComment: As ripening tech matures, what next for avocados?
Experts predict even more dramatic changes for the fruit’s supply network, as rapid market growth continues
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NewsConsumers buying less food to counter inflation
New government data has found over half of Brits are buying less food as rising prices top list of consumer concerns
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CommentComment: Are fruit and veg breeders ready to enter the NGT maze?
Horticultural IP specalist Darron Saltzman reflects on the EU Parliament’s decision to approve a new legal status for gene editing
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NewsNew market for broccoli surplus cuts harvest costs
East of Scotland Growers is partnering with food tech company Upcycled Plant Power to supply broccoli waste into ingredients, protein and fibre
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NewsFrench potato sector clears path for 2026 harvest
Surplus potato volumes from last year’s record harvest in France are set to be shifted quickly, as the French sector works together to prepare the market for the new season
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NewsWrap appoints new chief programmes officer
Former Hubbub CEO joins environmental action NGO to oversee work across resource management, circular economy and food systems transformation
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NewsAI platform promises more accurate berry forecasts
GreenView AI says it can improve forecast accuracy to 90 per cent or more using footage of about three per cent of a grower’s crop
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NewsWrap aims to ‘change narrative’ on food waste through series of events
Key message is that we have ‘everything to gain – nothing to waste’ by acting on one of the world’s biggest economic, environmental and social issues
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NewsCo-op and Deliveroo fight food waste with £3 mystery produce bags
Each ‘Second Chance Saver Bag’ contains six to eight fruit and veg products worth up to £32 from a selected Co-op store
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FeaturesJabs present uncertain dilemma for fruit and veg
The sudden rise of weight loss drugs, or GLP-1s, in the UK is creating uncertainty across the food industry, as analysts assess the likely impact
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FeaturesAbel to succeed: Hannah Shipton marks 10 years
As she reaches 10 years in the role, the MD of Abel & Cole tells Nina Pullman how she plans to grow the business, and what gets her customers talking
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NewsOddbox releases third ‘wonky’ gin with Penrhos Spirits
Veg box scheme’s third tie-up with farm-made craft gin brand uses out of spec apples and imperfect fennel and lemon to capitalise on summer spritz trend