All articles by Fred Searle – Page 20
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ArticleGE food ‘doesn’t need special labelling’, says minister
Government reiterates support for gene editing and says Genetic Technology Bill will remove barriers to research
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ArticleLEAF welcomes ELMs pledge but calls for more clarity
Organisation welcomes additional environmental support for farmers but calls for more detail on schemes and their duration
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ArticleInflation fuels supermarkets' first ever £12bn Christmas
Year-on-year sales growth of 9.4% in December ensures record Christmas sales as inflation continues to shape retail sector
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ArticleExperienced seedsman joins Tozer to open up new sales regions
UK vegetable seed company appoints Dick Visser to help it enter new markets outside Europe and the Americas
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ArticleAldi enjoys record Christmas sales
Discounter’s December sales exceeded £1.4 billion for first time, spurred by cost-of-living crisis and World Cup
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ArticleBatters urges government to ‘get serious’ about British farming in 2023
NFU to focus on bringing resilience and profitability to British farming over the next 12 month
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ArticleNFU lobbies PM on food and energy security
Batters urges Rishi Sunak to honour commitment made during leadership race to establish food security target
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ArticleZayndu seed treatment can boost baby leaf yields ‘by up to 27%’
Amid intensifying cost pressures, plasma technology can help salad and herb growers increase yield by as much as a quarter, company claims
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ArticleFruPro calls for Christmas fresh produce donations
New campaign with City Harvest London and FareShare UK aims to divert 23,000 meals worth of fruit and vegetables to charity this Christmas
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ArticleSaga Robotics hails “biggest season to date”
Agtech innovator says its Thorvald robot’s UV-C treatment ensured no chemical intervention was needed whatsoever to control powdery mildew on Clock House Farm’s strawberry plants in past season
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ArticleRush Group celebrates four million meals with FareShare
Vegetable supplier reaches milestone with food redistribution charity following consistent four-year partnership
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ArticleEarth & Wheat supports charities with Christmas veg box
Student’s business will donate meals to charity for every box sold
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ArticleHalf of supermarket apples imported – even during British season
Almost 50% of apple packs on UK supermarket shelves in October and early November were imported, according to surprising new research
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ArticleRijk Zwaan launches high-resistance Rugose Defense varieties
Raft of new varieties claim high resistance to aggressive pathogen and are compatible with all commercially available rootstocks
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ArticleTenderstem urges shoppers to ‘break up with Brussels’
Campaign headed by Mel Schilling from Married at First Sight encourages consumers to “break up” with traditions and choose Tenderstem over sprouts this Christmas
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ArticleB-hive upgrades workspace in company expansion
Agritech innovator moves building but stays within Lincoln Science & Innovation Park as part of growth that has seen the business make 12 recent appointments
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ArticleBASF fast-tracks rugose-resistant tomatoes
Devastating tomato virus sparks urgent calls for resistant varieties, with breeder anticipating strong demand for new round cultivar
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ArticleBright start for Kissabel in UK
Red-fleshed apple range receives positive feedback in consumer tastings as Worldwide Fruit spearheads marketing push
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ArticleBorough Market makes Jane Swift permanent CEO
Swift has experience in corporate and charity sectors having worked with Trussell Trust, Workers Education Association and Landscape Institute before joining the market
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ArticlePuffin secures UK GI for Welsh leeks
Puffin’s Blas Y Tir branded Welsh leeks will now carry the UK GI logo giving consumers a guarantee of their quality and provenance