All Farming articles – Page 23
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Comment & OpinionThe farming sector is hanging by a thread. Now is the time for change
There needs to be change in all parts of the sector, by farmers and growers as well as by retailers, says Ged Futter, founder of The Retail Mind
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NewsNoble Foods redesigns The Happy Egg Co brand to focus on animal welfare
For the first time since 2018, the brand has seen a complete design overhaul, including the return of its brand promise ‘happy hens lay tasty eggs’
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NewsKit Kat brings back limited-edition 70% Dark variant
The four-finger bar is made with cocoa mass-sourced from families enrolled in Nestlé’s cocoa income accelerator programme
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NewsDefra proposes changes to egg labelling rules to support British industry
Currently when mandatory housing orders are introduced, eggs from free-range birds may continue to be labelled as ‘free-range’ for 16 weeks and then must be labelled as barn eggs
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NewsClarence Court eggs owner invests in egg supply chain with new finance initiative
The new initiative has been created by Stonegate in partnership with British agriculture bank Oxbury
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NewsMore imported vegetables likely as flooding hits key growing areas
Carrots, parsnips and leeks are among crops affected by ‘a recent surge in flooding’
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Comment & OpinionGrim food sector forecasts persist, despite government’s upbeat promises
The government’s manoeuvres in recent days – when it comes to the food sector at least – show it is now very much in electioneering mode
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NewsNew origin and production food labelling plans in pipeline
The proposals would help back British farmers, said Defra secretary Steve Barclay at today’s Oxford Farming Conference
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Comment & OpinionDairy farmers need support to improve systems for people and animals
Dairy processors, retailers, food manufacturers and foodservice companies can all take steps to transform dairy, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment & OpinionWhy ‘regen ag’ must be more than a buzzword in 2024
The food and farming system must work to bring nature back across the UK, says Mark Varney, head of Fair to Nature at RSPB
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NewsHorticulture growth under threat as costs continue to rise for sector
A new report by Promar International found costs of production had increased by as much as 39% in the past two years
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NewsFarmers subsidising cheap food ‘cannot continue’, new report urges
The report’s author Ged Futter wrote that recent global and climatic events had exposed supply chain weaknesses and emptied farming bank accounts
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Analysis & FeaturesHow The Black Farmer is creating a ‘black Selfridges’ with its Brixton farm shop
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones says his The Black Farmer Farmshop in London has been in such high demand he’s had to panic-order more stock
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NewsOver half of migrant worker abuse in UK linked to food supply chains, report shows
Abuse against migrant workers in Britain occurred in agriculture, fishing, processing and packaging, as well as on the grocery shop floor
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NewsDairy must ‘increase weather resilience’, report urges
More focus should be put on the resilience of supply as UK food production becomes increasingly vulnerable to weather shocks, according to Kite Consulting
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NewsSugar beet growers and British Sugar finally agree supply contract
The two parties had been locked in an increasingly acrimonious negotitation since May
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NewsLeaf launches new scholarship in remembrance of founder Caroline Drummond
Drummond was described as an “inspirational thinker, innovator, collaborater and communicator” by Philip Wynn, Leaf chair
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NewsHorticulture businesses added to intensive energy support scheme
Following lobbying from the NFU, the government has announced that horticulture businesses will now be included in the IETF
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Comment & OpinionFood eco-labels: is it wise to let industry mark its own homework?
The IGD’s recommendations provide significant potential for industry domination, says Catherine Chong, engagement lead at CLEAR
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Analysis & FeaturesWill 2024 bring an end to key commodity turbulence?
Buyers will be hoping for the ‘semblance of normality’ experts predict – but El Niño and other costs mean it won’t be simple