Membership programme now includes 24 suppliers, grocers and growers helping to fund the campaign to boost UK veg consumption
Global Tomato Congress is set to return as a physical event next March, with expert speakers providing insights into all areas of the tomato business
Farmers need the right skills and to be primed to manage forthcoming industry changes, speakers said
Cages have been the dominant egg production system for decades. However, concerns about bird welfare are driving many egg producers, retailers and food service companies to ban cage eggs from their supply chains. The European Commission (EC) has also recently committed to prohibiting cage use and should present a legislative proposal to address this issue by 2023.
The planet’s high global emissions and greenhouse gas (GHG) concentrations are due to human activities. With agriculture being the third largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), ammonia (NH3) and methane (CH4), emission reduction is a concern for us all.
To meet the growing demand for higher animal welfare practices and antibiotic-free products, Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods (CP Foods) increases the production of cage-free eggs in 2021 to 16 million.
Finland is quite a success story when it comes to producing poultry without the use of antibiotics. An excellent example is the farm of Hanna Hamina. Not a single flock has been treated with antimicrobials for over 10 years.
A radical new type of greenhouse with windows made of ETFE plastic delivers higher quality and more sustainable produce according to the consortium behind it
In 2021, poultry production in Poland is set to decline by 3% compared to the previous year to 3.1 million tonnes, with a 1% drop in the poultry exports, the Polish Institute of Agricultural and Food Economics forecasted. Egg production is expected to drop by 10% to roughly 500,000 tonnes, driven down by a 22% decline in egg exports, the analysts projected.
Highlighting the nutritional qualities of citrus is a reliable way to boost consumer demand, according to speakers at Global Citrus Congress
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