All Sustainability articles – Page 189
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ArticleDriscoll's grows Fairtrade programme
Expansion allows Driscoll’s to include more independent growers, expand retail distribution and increase sales
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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