Sustainability news archive – Page 206
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ArticleRockit shows sustainable side
Apple company Rockit switches plastic with cardboard for its signature convenience-led apple tube
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ArticleUN unveils women’s empowerment campaign
Giving women equal access to resources is linked to higher food production, better nutrition and poverty reduction
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ArticleFresh produce figures in Sedex board vote
New Sedex board members shortlist includes Worldwide Fruit's Samuel Cliff, and Blue Skies' Stephan Morris
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ArticleIntroducing the European Packaging Forum
In June, packaging experts and fresh produce professionals will meet in the German city of Bonn to discuss options for sustainable packaging
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ArticleUK institutions join African research partnership
Collaboration between Rothamsted Research and universities in UK and Morocco aims to make African farmers more productive and prosperous
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ArticleFairtrade sales boost for Co-op
Retailer reports huge upswings in sales of Fairtrade bananas, tomatoes and roses in run up to promotional fortnight
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ArticleCamposol recognised for responsibility
Group named as one of the top 100 most responsible in the country for 2018
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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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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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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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ArticleFairtrade first for MiFruta
Company becomes the first to market new Chilean table grape variety Maylen under the Fairtrade label
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ArticleSupermarket claims traceability first
Midcounties Co-operative suppliers to publish details of their ingredient supply chain for public scrutiny
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ArticleWaitrose expands foundation to African growers
Waitrose and Partners Foundation provides investment from fresh produce sales back into grower communities
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ArticleChile’s organic blueberry exports surge
In what exporters are classifying as a solid campaign, organics continue to make steady gains in the US market
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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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ArticleSecond Q-fly detected in Auckland
New Zealand city of Auckland traps two male Queensland fruit fly and one facialis fly within a week
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ArticleSeasonal travellers
With high streets suffering and grocery stores dwindling, hitting the road with a truck full of fresh produce provided The Sussex Peasant with a new way of reaching consumers with local goods
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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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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