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News
Food retailers and producers commit to boosting veg consumption
Commitments come at industry-wide Peas Please Veg Summit in London
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Fruit & veg labour crisis is year-round problem, says BGA
New research published by the BGA this week suggested the industry needed a year-round supply of labour, said CEO Jack Ward
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Analysis and Features
Heavy summer rains hit pumpkin quality
UK growers have warned that a wetter than usual summer has had a significant impact on pumpkin quality for the 2017 harvest
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Analysis and Features
From farm to food waste: the pre-farmgate fight
Retailers take most of the heat on food waste, but down on the farm the levels of loss are much higher
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Tesco battles food waste with green satsumas and clementines
Te move was prompted by recent high temperatures in Spain where the fruit are grown, which has caused their skins to turn
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Grayling call for UK to grow more is 'tripe'
Growers have warned suggestion UK could increase food production in event of a hard Brexit would face several challenges
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Princes launches six-month push for fish and fruit lineup
Brand has also expanded its mackerel and tuna ranges with three new variants exclusive to Tesco
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Greenvale technical graduate Annabelle May
Since entering the world of fresh produce, Annabelle has been pleasantly surprised by how varied the industry is. She even got to spend five months on sunny Jersey as part of a placement with The Jersey Royal Company
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'Lack of understanding' over labour, warns Produce Investments
Government has failed to grasp severity of labour crisis, says supplier
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Analysis and Features
Wonky veg up but are supermarkets digging deep enough?
Shoppers continue to lap up wonky fruit & veg ranges, as the supermarkets introduce new lines and lower specifications
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Morrisons launches new £3 wonky veg box
Box is part of trio of ‘affordable’ veg boxes which also includes £5 British veg box and an organic box for £8
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Tesco relaxes specifications on frost-affected apples
Unseasonal temperatures dropped to -4C at the end of April in some parts of Britain, causing blemishes known as ‘frost rings’
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Morrisons apple supplier increases efficiency with help of bank loan
A Worcestershire-based supplier of apples to Morrisons has purchased new machinery for its facility using an £80,000 bank loan.
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Fresh produce veteran Laurence Olins announces retirement
Olins started out in the sector during the late 1960s and has been at the forefront of the debate over the fresh produce industry’s Brexit-influenced labour shortages
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Apple sector faced with big labour shortages
Average labour levels are down 20% year on year as the sector enters its crucial harvesting season
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Comment and Opinion
Tesco’s squash star critics aren’t seeing the bigger picture
Commentators are vexed that Tesco is encouraging food waste and that cutting veg into cutesy shapes undermines efforts to educate kids on food and healthy eating
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Tesco unveils range of fresh vegetables aimed at children
Retailer says it wants to add a ‘touch of novelty’ through interesting shapes and sizes
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Growers defend pesticides in wake of school fruit claims
A report by Pesticides Action Network claimed children were being exposed to ’a cocktail of pesticide residues’
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Leave voters back seasonal work permits for EU citizens
New research by British Summer Fruits reveals 61% of Brexiteers favour a visa scheme
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British kiwi berry crop set to double 2016 level: BerryWorld
UK season has now begun, grower says, with product available in selected Tesco, Waitrose and M&S stores