All articles by Fred Searle – Page 65
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ArticleAHDB appoints potato specialist
David Wilson joins R&D body from Syngenta to support growers in East Anglia and South East
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ArticleAsda marks first anniversary of food bank campaign
Partnership with Trussell Trust and FareShare has so far provided five million meals, with 90 food banks awarded grants to tackle poverty
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ArticleFrozen Tenderstem launches at Asda and Ocado
Premium brassica expands frozen product to new retailers following initial success at Iceland
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ArticleRiverford in ‘best position for a decade’
Organic veg box company saw profits dip due to last year’s Beast from the East but is expecting positive year despite Brexit challenges
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ArticleNFU welcomes Brexit delay vote
Minette Batters supports PM’s decision to give MPs a chance to reject no-deal Brexit, reiterating that it would be “a catastrophe for farming”
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ArticleCompass: ‘Trust and tech will shape our food system’
Food businesses must gain consumer trust through transparency and sustainability, Compass boss Dominic Blakemore tells City Food Lecture
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ArticleAHDB develops blackcurrant pest tool
Interactive tool, which collates weather data from 160 UK locations, should help growers apply control measure more accurately
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ArticlePink Lady gears up for another London Marathon
Six runners from Kent running club will don Pink Lady apple costumes for this year’s race, raising funds for local tumour ward
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ArticleUK food system has ‘fuelled health crisis’, report finds
Food Foundation calls for healthy food to be made more accessible and appealing to all as obesity and diabetes reach crisis levels
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ArticleOrganic sector calls for Brexit commitments
Soil Association asks government to protect UK organic exports and ringfence funding as no deal threatens to make exports impossible
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ArticleVitacress Herbs extends support for food rescue charity
Supplier names UKHarvest its charity of the year and will continue to donate fresh herbs as well as fundraising and volunteering
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ArticleSAWS pilot recruiter inundated with demand for permits
Concordia, which is recruiting seasonal workers for selected growers under pilot scheme, says "no shortage of supply" from Eastern Europe
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VideoVideo: Jupiter rising
Director Yvonne Tweddle looks back on a year that has seen Jupiter Group become one of the fastest-growing international firms of its size
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ArticleSoloberry teams up with The Medicinal Chef
Nutritionist and chef Dale Pinnock to develop eight exclusive berry recipes for producer as part of ‘From Plant to Plate’ marketing campaign
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ArticleUK to ‘remain open’ to EU seasonal workers after Brexit
EU citizens allowed to enter UK and work in 2019 and 2020 but if no deal they will have to apply for leave to remain to stay beyond three months
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VideoVideo: Soloberry lifts curtain on new berry brands
Head of brand and communications Rachel Montague-Ebbs says new brands will help develop the supplier’s identity and story in Europe
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ArticleAldi trials food donations with Neighbourly
Discounter links 24 of its stores to local charities, donating perishable surpluses five days a week
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ArticleCool profits
Last year’s listeria outbreak may have made headlines, but it didn’t dent sales of frozen vegetables; there have been several major product launches in the past year as manufacturers look to offer retail consumers and foodservice operators more convenience
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ArticleGCA launches annual survey
Christine Tacon asks suppliers for annual update on trading relationships with supermarkets, with payment delays emerging as key issue last year
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ArticleTommy Banks: sticking to the seasons
Tommy Banks is not the only top UK chef who grows his own fresh produce, but he is arguably the most experimental. Fred Searle talks to the Michelin-starred Yorkshireman about self-sufficiency, preserving and how it has given rise to some outlandish creations