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Sainsbury’s ditches best before dates to eliminate food waste
Leading UK supermarket gives customers more autonomy by removing hundreds of best before dates in an effort to save up to 17 million food products.
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Sustainability high on the agenda for Belgian strawberry growers
Ahead of the 4th International Strawberry Congress in Antwerp this September, Jan Engelen of Coöperatie Hoogstraten explains why fortifying ESG approaches is vital to the health of the industry.
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The hunt for more sustainable agriculture
Professor Robert Henry discusses the power of genomics to drive agricultural improvements and his team’s fascinating work with macadamia nuts.
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Carbon standard to bring opportunities to regenerative food production
The food and agriculture industries have an appetite for reducing carbon emissions, with many businesses setting their own goals to meet Net Zero. Filippo Guerrini from regenagri explains the critical role a ‘carbon standard’ can have in successfully reducing carbon emissions across the entire food supply chain.
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Rushed FTA between UK and India may pose big health threat
A newly published report has outlined several recommendations for a safe trade deal with India, which it says if rushed could threatened UK pesticide standards and farming.
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Waitrose joins growing list of UK supermarkets scrapping ‘best befores’
British supermarket Waitrose has announced its intention to remove best before dates on almost 500 products this September in a bid to tackle food waste in the home.
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Climate change: An inconvenient now?
Climate change has seemed a long way away for so many, but recent temperature spikes might well have focussed minds. How are we going to protect our food supply in an increasingly hotter world?
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Catastrophe averted? Ukraine wheat deal signed
The striking of a deal to lift the Black Sea blockade is quite clearly good news, but here Professor Chris Elliott explains just how important the settlement is for global food security.
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Coping with labour shortages for mushroom picking
Harvesting has become the biggest problem facing the mushroom industry. In this third article of a series that chronicles the unique challenges of the mushroom growing industry, Daniel Dajewski from Agro-Projects tells us why.
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Smokey the steer: The surprising role of cattle in community fire safety
Amie Peck, Stakeholder Engagement Manager at the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association, explains how targeted grazing can help reduce the risk of wildfires, which devastated 8,700 square kilometres of British Columbian land in 2021.
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Food security in developing countries – the challenges and solutions
Muhammad Sheraz discusses the key points highlighted at the International Food Security Forum in Almaty, Kazakhstan , and ways in which progress is being made to ensure food security is strengthened in Central Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
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Sustainable diets: how to ‘meat’ in the middle
Dr Emily Ouma, Senior Scientist and Agricultural Economist at the CGIAR International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), discusses how we might balance the nutritional needs of lower income communities in a sustainable way.
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New Food Issue 3 2022
Issue 3 2022 of New Food invites three industry heavyweights to discuss food integrity in an insightful roundtable, whilst we find out from ABN the role feed will play in helping the meat sector be more sustainable. Download and read for free to stay up to date with the latest…
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Unifrutti Group reports increased revenue for 2021
Fresh fruit company, Unifrutti Group, has shared its performance statistics of 2021, and lays foundations for continued growth.
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New report demands government action to reduce phosphorus pollution
A team of scientists have offered several solutions to the “global phosphorus crisis” that the group state is threatening food and water security.
