All articles by Grace Duncan
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NewsGrower groups unite to launch UK Fruit & Veg Coalition
The coalition, made up of key organisations representing organic, agroecological growers across the UK, has been launched to create a future in which more fruit and vegetables are produced in the UK
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NewsSDIL: ‘Lactose allowance’ is ‘unfair’ to plant-based businesses, sector claims
The government this week announced that the sugar tax would now include milk-based and milk substitute drinks
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Comment & OpinionBudget 2025: How has food, drink and retail reacted to the news?
The budget was delivered in a manner that ‘falls short of standards that the House expects’, Rachel Reeves was told before she’d even started today
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NewsBudget: Farmers express dismay at minimal changes to family farm tax
Farmers have pledged to continue fighting changes to IHT, with a small concession in the budget described as ’not enough to change the devastating impact’ of the policy
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NewsDairy industry welcomes ‘lactose allowance’ in sugar tax change
The government has today announced that the sugar tax will now include milk-based and milk substitute drinks
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NewsEmmi acquires English Cheesecake Company to bolster dessert credentials
The bolt-on acquisition is designed to strengthen Emmi’s desserts portfolio and position it as a ‘category champion’
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NewsScottish salmon secures protected origin status in the EU
The official protected geographical indication is designed to give European consumers confidence that they are eating Scottish salmon
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NewsAldi forecasts bumper year for British apple sales after successful harvest
Aldi has sold around 30,000 tonnes of British apples over the past year, equivalent to one in five of all apples sold in the UK
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KVI TrackerChristmas vegetable prices increase by up to 30% in a year
Sprouts, carrots, potatoes and cabbage prices all rose, according to The Grocer’s analysis of Assosia data
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NewsRiverford and farmers call for supply chain regulator overhaul
As part of Riverford’s Get Fair About Farming campaign, farmers, MPs and industry bodies have called for the strengthening of the Groceries Code Adjudicator
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NewsFrieslandCampina announces leadership shake-up
Bob Mulder will be taking on the MD role, effective from 1 January
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NewsBritish strawberries more available at Christmas
The Summer Berry Company has become the first to grow British strawberries at a commercial scale all year round, providing strawberries into retailers 365 days a year
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NewsGrowers brace for ‘disaster’ without proper winter rainfall
Grower groups have called for ‘urgent action’ from the government as the Environment Agency warned England will experience worse levels of drought next year should this winter be drier than normal
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Category ReportJumping to it? Trends in fish 2025
Salmon farms are under fire over welfare and sustainability. But the sector insists its been improving standards. How so?
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NewsFairer Family Farming campaign launched to challenge IHT changes
The grassroots movement has said the tax changes, which limit the 100% relief from Inheritance Tax to the first £1m of the value agricultural and business property, ‘threaten the future of Britain’s farming communities’
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NewsTesco launches farmer data programme and calls for national framework
The retailer has launched an extension of its environmental data baselining programme to help lamb and beef farmers capture soil, water and nature data at scale for the first time
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NewsAHDB appoints CEO to lead levy board following Graham Wilkinson departure
AHDB’s new CEO is a chartered accountant with several years of executive experience
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NewsCranswick to invest £40m to boost animal welfare standards
It comes following the completion of an independent veterinarian-led review which has provided 44 recommendations to the business to improve standards across its farms
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NewsMowi stripped of royal warrant following animal abuse footage
The salmon supplier’s name was removed from the royal warrant holders’ list after 35 years of being the official supplier of salmon to the royal household
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Comment & OpinionOatly’s ‘100% British’ oats are home-grown but Dutch-made
Oatly’s press release announcing its ‘100% British oats’ left off one piece of crucial information: that although the oats were being sourced in the UK, they were still being processed into oat milk in the Netherlands