Brakes backs British produce
Leading UK foodservice wholesaler Brakes has today (15 March) announced a new programme of activity to support British growers and promote seasonal British food. The campaign starts this month

Netherlands: Dairy cattle and greenhouse farming main sources of CO2 emissions
In addition to dairy farming, greenhouse gas emissions in Dutch agriculture are mainly caused by greenhouse farming. This has now been pointed out by the CBS (National Statistics Institute). It

Verbraucherzentale Bundesverband: Sustainability advertising does more harm than good
Green advertising claims on food have considerable greenwashing potential. This is the conclusion of a study by the research agency "Zühlsdorf + Partner" and the University of Göttingen

"Zizuan fig, with its storability and high yield, can make up for the lack of domestic varieties"
The varieties of fig planted in China are mainly cyan, yellow, red and brown, and there are few purple varieties in production. In recent years, the Guangxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences has

Camposol CEO named one of Forbes’s ‘23 of 23’
José Antonio Gómez, CEO of Camposol, has been named one of Forbes’s “23 of 23”, a list of 23 Peruvian leaders from the private and public sector who are predicted to play a key role in the

UK should be prepared for second summer of water shortages
The UK should be prepared for a second summer of water shortages and some hosepipe bans, with a dry spring due to follow a dry winter, national advisers have warned. With recent dry weather due to

Uni Osnabrück: "Freshness data management" - optimising supply chains in food supply
How to increase the sustainability of food supply while minimising losses of fresh food along the supply chain is the topic of the research project "Fresh Food Data Management by Farm2Fork in the

Survey: Sustainable nutrition has only little importance for parents
Many parents see their children's future threatened by the climate crisis, but only a quarter (25 %) attach high importance to sustainable nutrition. This is the result of a recent survey for

The season’s first asparagus became available on the Georgian market
The season’s first asparagus has become available on the Georgian market. Although it takes a few more weeks for the open-field production to start, asparagus produced in the high tunnels are

"Rwanda is the next big player in exotic fruit and vegetables"
In the context of shifting international origins and markets for fresh produce, new players are emerging as alternative supply sources, such as Rwandan producers who significantly increased their