News from FPJ – Page 240
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ArticleShopper confidence dips due to Covid-19 and Brexit
Rise in cases, renewed restrictions and Brexit damage consumer confidence but trust in retailers to ensure product availability stays high
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ArticleAldi reaching out to charities again this Christmas
Retailer wants to combat rise in food insecurity and expects to surpass the 450,000 meals it donated through Neighbourly last Christmas
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ArticleProduce choices come under the spotlight
Eating more fruit and veg is good for health and the environment, but which products bring the greatest benefits?
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ArticleKey potato treatment wins reprieve
Growers can now use Bayer's Emesto Prime DS to protect against black scurf until June 2021 after CRD decision
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ArticlePoppy takes science role at Red Tractor
Professor Guy Poppy joins Assured Food Standards board at a critical juncture for UK food and agriculture industry
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ArticleHealth rises to top of agenda
Leading analysts explore how the produce industry can shore up coronavirus gains at FPJLive
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ArticleBranding success depends on long-term vision
Developing a lasting strategy will help produce companies make the most of new opportunities created by Covid-19
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ArticleAHDB confirms levy ballot
Threshold to trigger ballot is reached after campaign by group of horticultural growers, with vote expected in January
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ArticleRaymond Blanc launches British topfruit season
The UK harvest is underway with 1.6 billion apples forecast and fantastic eating quality expected
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ArticleAct now to prevent Brexit organic calamity
Comment: Roger Kerr, CEO of Organic Farmers & Growers, a director of the Organic Trade Board and chair of the UK Organic Certifiers Group, outlines why mutual recognition of EU-UK regulations must be agreed
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ArticleActivity book to boost veg engagement
New Eat Them To Defeat Them initiative aims to engage kids with fun activities
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ArticleBrakes surpasses 5m charity meals with FareShare
Foodservice giant used FareShare’s Surplus with Purpose Fund during lockdown to cover extra costs of diverting surplus food
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ArticleAldi scraps single-use fruit and veg bags
Initiative is part of wider commitments to reduce plastic at the discounter and will take out 100 tonnes
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ArticleCrop Science Centre opens in Cambridge
New facility is a tie up between University of Cambridge and NIAB, and hopes to develop and share global plant solutions
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Article"Growers benefit from larger school fruit scheme"
Food and farming charity Sustain urges government to increase procurement from British topfruit growers
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ArticleMorrisons helps small suppliers with cashflow
Retailer says it will continue making immediate payments to its small farmers and food producers to support them through the pandemic
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ArticleNew protections for British seed potatoes
Amendments to Red Tractor’s Safe Haven certification scheme provide added protection against pests and diseases introduced by seed
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ArticlePML appoints youngest-ever board director
Perishable logistics firm rewards 25-year-old Ryan Parr with promotion to operations director and strengthens imports division ahead of Brexit
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ArticleMeasuring the impact of Brexit
Trade and logistics experts Andrew Morgan and Dr Stavros Karamperidis are appealing to produce businesses to tell them about the impact of Brexit on importing goods from Europe
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ArticleHarvest London invests in state-of-the-art vertical farm
New facility in Leyton is vertical producer’s second site in north London and the latest construction project by booming tech firm CambridgeHOK