All Sustainability articles – Page 261
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ArticleWaitrose offers misshapen tomatoes
As a means of tackling the issue of waste in the supply chain, the UK retailer has launched a new pack of imperfect tomatoes
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ArticleGrowers open farms to win over public
Open Farm Sunday is a unique chance to change public attitudes to farming, with free resources available to help host the day
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ArticleGSF builds Chicago vertical farm
Green Sense Farms working with Philips to create first of a number of LED-based production centres
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ArticleSoil Association backs organic cure
The UK Soil Association has urged the government to follow the latest research, which shows the benefits of organic farming to pollinator numbers
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ArticleSustainability spotlight shines on Latin America
The two-day summit organised by Organic Monitor highlighted a number of sustainability shortcomings in the region
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ArticleBusy bees Bayer open new care centre
Global pesticide giant opens new $2.4m, 6,000 sq ft bee care education and research centre in North Carolina
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ArticleSWD fruit fly ‘could spread’ through UK
Non-native fruit fly could be more prevalent this year after mild winter, warns cross-industry SWD research programme
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ArticleMP's business causes a stink
The site of Andrew Bridgen's Midlands veg firm AB Produce is causing a smell so 'caustic', it makes eyes water
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ArticleCarbon first for potato giant
New water and waste initiatives lead to Branston becoming the first firm in the food sector to get a trio of Carbon Trust honours
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ArticleCompass invests in ripening control
Catering company aims to reduce waste in its complex supply chain through new ethylene-control technology
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ArticleAsda buys low-noise cooling units
Retailer invests in new environmentally friendly refrigeration technology to cut transport emissions and improve urban deliveries
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ArticleGreenvale to install 110m wind turbine
Contraption to be built on Floods Ferry site in Cambridgeshire, and will have an estimated total capacity of 1.5 MW
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ArticleTotal Produce in sustainability commitment
Fresh produce giant commits to having 100 per cent of its volume of fresh fruits and vegetables sourced sustainably by 2020
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ArticleBerry business aiming to stop leaks
New technology is providing leading players in the international soft fruit category with a means of cutting wastage
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ArticleAlliums herbicide wins extension
Re-authorised crop protection product kills weeds attacking outdoor leeks and outdoor salad onions
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ArticleGovernment talks on flooded farmland
NFUS highlights cases where defence damage and flooding have left farmers facing repair bills running to six figures
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ArticleIFCO's extensive environmental study
RPC leader conducting major research project on the impact of reusable plastic containers
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ArticleBooths splashes out to cut C02 emissions
£275k investment latest in a long line of initiatives from retailer which won a series of sustainability awards in 2013
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ArticleChancellor's AIA boost 'isn't enough'
While George Osborne used his 2014 Budget to double and extend the allowance, the NFU wants it to be made permanent
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ArticleBudget boosts stricken cider producing regions
‘Desperate’ cider producers in flood-damaged West Country to benefit after duty escalator scrapped as part of Budget 2014