Rachel Reeves’s tax raid on farmers risks hitting Britain’s food supply, the outgoing chairman of Asda has said. Lord Rose warned that the row between farmers and the Government could disrupt supplies in supermarkets. Speaking on LBC’s Nick Ferrari at Breakfast, Lord Rose said: “We make pork pies today…
A collective water treatment plant for greenhouse horticulture was opened in Hoek van Holland on Wednesday afternoon. During the official opening, the greenhouse horticulture sector received compliments. After all, it is far from just things going ‘wrong’, although you would sometimes think so if you…
With the introduction of the new CSRD legislation, companies in the fresh produce trade and horticulture sector face significant challenges. “There is confusion all around. Many companies don’t know where to start,” says Frans Timmers. After a long career in the AGF and flower sector, he has spent recent…
November marks the end of the first cycle of the raspberry season in Morocco. Results are quite satisfactory, reports Youssef Aznou of Weloveberries. Nevertheless, the sector is becoming less attractive in his eyes. The grower says: “The bulk of raspberry volumes from the Larache region comes from the…
Gracie’s Kitchens of New Haven, CT is recalling all ready-to-eat fruit and vegetable products manufactured at the facility from 11/4-11/13/24, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism that can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young…
Amazon experiencing bottlenecks in logisticsEcommerce giant Amazon is currently having capacity problems in its logistics centers in Europe. It is now warning sellers that it cannot accept all shipments. This means that merchants might have issues getting their inventory to the marketplace in time for…
Advancements in food production technologies provide meaningful opportunities to improve the resilience of Canada’s food system, offering people a greater diversity of food sources and building on Canada’s position as a global leader in agriculture, according to The Next Course, a new panel report from…
Grapes and tangerines are among the healthy foods being grown on the grounds of an Irvine primary school. Children and staff at Elderbank Primary have teamed up with parent Yousif Al Ahmed to create a garden inside a polytunnel. The growing area was created a few years ago through the Pupil Equity Fund…
Some students at DuBois Area High School will begin the school year taking a new class in aquaponics as they experience first-hand a technology that is increasingly finding its way into the agriculture industry and holds promise for transforming how food is grown. Kelly Stringer, a science teacher at the…
In Ukraine, the cost of cucumbers and tomatoes has seen a sharp increase, as reported by Finportal. This rise in prices has led to a situation where consumers are exploring more affordable dietary options. The escalation in cucumber prices is especially pronounced. A comparison between supermarket and…
Italian company SR Innovative has received and fulfilled numerous requests from customers in Spain, the Netherlands, Canada, and Croatia for its innovative wire hold-downs for securing dripper lines in place. This horticultural tool has been met with high demand among growers of open-field and greenhouse…
Belgian salad company Slamotra, which 10 years ago became one of the first salad companies in Europe to switch from Son-t to 100% LED lighting from Oreon, is taking the next step. “Innovation has caught up with us,” says Franky Hens, owner of Slamotra. “LED lighting has become much more efficient in 10…