Latest sourcing insight and analysis – Page 4
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Comment and Opinion
Dairy farmers need support to improve systems for people and animals
Dairy processors, retailers, food manufacturers and foodservice companies can all take steps to transform dairy, says Dan Crossley, executive director at the Food Ethics Council
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Comment and Opinion
Why ‘regen ag’ must be more than a buzzword in 2024
The food and farming system must work to bring nature back across the UK, says Mark Varney, head of Fair to Nature at RSPB
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Comment and Opinion
What’s driving your product and pricing decisions?
As we enter the new year, the UK economy is still in the grip of uncertainty, say Julie Neal, director, and Sabine Sayer, managing consultant, at management consultancy, Vendigital
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Analysis and Features
How The Black Farmer is creating a ‘black Selfridges’ with its Brixton farm shop
Wilfred Emmanuel-Jones says his The Black Farmer Farmshop in London has been in such high demand he’s had to panic-order more stock
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Analysis and Features
Spreads & jams 2023: Pip & Nut is star spreads & jams brand
Nut butter brands have shed volume but Pip & Nut is bucking the trend
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Comment and Opinion
Food eco-labels: is it wise to let industry mark its own homework?
The IGD’s recommendations provide significant potential for industry domination, says Catherine Chong, engagement lead at CLEAR
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Analysis and Features
Will 2024 bring an end to key commodity turbulence?
Buyers will be hoping for the ‘semblance of normality’ experts predict – but El Niño and other costs mean it won’t be simple
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Analysis and Features
What’s the outlook for fruit & veg supplies next year?
The havoc wreaked on supplies by volatile weather is not abating
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Comment and Opinion
Did Channel 4 Dispatches expose Bernard Matthews safety flaws or was it a big flap?
Nothing says it’s Christmas quite like a scandal in a turkey factory – which is something Channel 4’s Dispatches attempted to convince us of last week
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Comment and Opinion
Will COP28’s big food industry focus lead to positive change?
This year’s climate summit in the UAE saw a greater focus on food systems
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Comment and Opinion
Genetically modified foods must come with a warning
The FSA’s approach rides roughshod over what consumers want, says Joanna Blythman, food journalist and author of Swallow This
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Comment and Opinion
How important are chocolate ethics to consumers, really?
Brits munch their way through millions of chocolates over Christmas, but is it all ethical?
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Profiles and QandAs
My food & drink job: Dominic McCourt, Northfield Farm at Borough Market
‘I always wanted to be a rockstar, until I found out I have no rhythm and the sheep on the farm have a better singing voice than me’
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Comment and Opinion
AHDB’s farming show fails to liven up an important topic
The board went for a news-style show, commissioning ITN Business to create the half-hour programme
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Comment and Opinion
Working with Ireland is the best way for UK exports to thrive
For food and drink the Republic of Ireland is our most important interlocutor, says Ian Wright, co-chair of the Food & Drink Export Council
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Category Report
Is it time to look more closely at farming fish?
Fish farming is billed as a sustainable solution to overfishing and plummeting global fish stocks. But do industry claims stack up?
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Comment and Opinion
The surprising link between beer, climate change, and future farming
How beer and associated farming affects the environment requires attention from the growing and brewing industries, argues Diageo head of sustainable procurement Andy Griffiths
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Comment and Opinion
Food apocalypse? How climate events will drive food price hikes
The climate crisis’s impact on global food production has hit dozens of fmcg categories throughout the year. It’s getting worse
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KVI Tracker
Fruit & veg shortages to be ‘new normal’ for shoppers
Empty supermarket shelves would become ‘business as usual’ as existing challenges worsen and new ones emerge
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Comment and Opinion
Global Food Security Summit neglects the role of trade rules
The UK-hosted summit rarely touched on the role of trade rules, says Hannah Conway, policy adviser trade & agriculture at Transform Trade