News from FPJ – Page 235
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ArticleOcado listing up for grabs at 2021 BOOM awards
Whoever picks up the Winner of Winners prize at Soil Association’s organic awards will be offered a listing by Ocado
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ArticleCanadian telecoms firm launches agritech giant
UK's Muddy Boots is among multiple businesses acquired by Canadian telecoms titan Telus as it looks to optimise global food production
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ArticleGreen new tech
Two of the three winners at this year’s GreenTech Innovation Awards in Amsterdam offer major benefits for sustainable glasshouse production. Fred Searle speaks to the people behind the cutting-edge new systems
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ArticleHort industry urged to check import/export rules
With 50 days to go to the end of the Brexit transition period, Defra has outlined the guidance the industry will need to follow
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ArticleNottingham Uni ‘played key role’ in Agriculture Act
Evidence from University of Nottingham’s Farm Business Survey was central to decision to extend BPS transition period to seven years
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ArticleFlorette offers winter warmth
Salad brand has announced it usually welcomes 250,000 more shoppers in December, and predicts further growth this year
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ArticleFruit-giving tradition continues
Despite the challenges of Covid, the Fruiterers delivered their annual gift of fruit to the Lord Mayor
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ArticleAgriculture Act ‘marks new era’ for UK farming
NFU welcomes landmark legislation, saying it “properly recognises” importance of UK food production and food security
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ArticleSales growth continues but no panic-buying
Supermarket sales rise by 9.3 in three months to 1 November but there is no evidence of consumer stockpiling despite local lockdown measures
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ArticleSmurfit Kappa targets net zero by 2050
Corrugated packaging giant wants to reach “at least net zero” emissions by 2050, with a beefed up 2030 target of a 55 per cent reduction
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ArticleClash over post-Brexit trade deals
With 1m Brits signing the NFU's food standards petition and Joe Biden winning the US election, Brexit pressures are mounting for the UK government
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ArticleSoil Association launches Grow Back Better
Soil Association launches Covid-19 recovery ten-point plan for UK food, farming and land use
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ArticleAldi extends click-and-collect trial
Discount supermarket Aldi is to extend its UK click-and-collect trial to more than 200 more stores before Christmas
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ArticleWelsh wholesaler helps fight food poverty
Wales’ leading food service wholesaler Castell Howell Foods has announced a new partnership with FareShare Cymru to fight food poverty
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ArticleRashford campaign wins government u-turn
Footballer describes success of campaign and collaboration to gain holiday food for kids as "greatest moment of my life"
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ArticleHeavyweights talk trade at OFC webinar
Former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and NFU President Minette Batters battled over future UK trade deals during OFC webinar
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ArticleJazz popularity rising in UK
UK-grown Jazz apples are set to arrive on shelves following an excellent year of sales for the brand, with digital marketing the focus this campaign
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ArticleYear of the green pepper
The least loved pepper became the people’s choice this year as supply issues pushed green back onto UK consumer plates
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ArticleMushroom sales continue to fly
Mushrooms have been one of the big winners of the pandemic, with home-based consumers buying in large volumes
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Article"Pivotal time" for Welsh farming, says NFU
Brexit and Covid-19 dominate NFU Cymru Conference at "pivotal time" for Welsh farming