Tesco Producer Network hits 2,000 member milestone
Over 2,000 food producers have now joined the Tesco Producer Network, according to figures revealed by Tesco today. The Tesco Producer Network is an online forum that farmers supplying food to Tesco can use to share their views and expertise and get together to tackle challenges in the farming industry. Today’s news means that a […]
Farm & Country School’s education day another big success
Over seven hundred primary school children enjoyed a hand’s on day learning about farming and food at the second Farm & Country Day held within the Exhibition Halls at the Royal Cornwall Showground, which will play host once again on the 5, 6 & 7th June to the Royal Cornwall Show. After the overwhelming success […]
Farming industry sets out future agenda for low-carbon food production
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the future should go hand in hand with producing food for a growing population and delivering for the environment. This was the message during a workshop held by the agriculture industry’s Greenhouse Gas Action Plan (GHGAP) when policymakers, officials from the Committee on Climate Change, supply chain representatives, scientists and […]
Wild venison pilot secures big wins in the east
A Forestry Commission hosted project across the East of England has made it easier for businesses to bring wild venison to supermarket shelves and help address some of the issues associated with a growing deer population in the region. Despite increasing sales of wild venison, it remains a difficult meat to source and extract from […]
Retailers told ‘Value British food more’
The NFU is urging supermarkets not to devalue food by entering into price wars which have the potential to undermine British farmers and growers’ businesses. As this week saw one retailer cut the shelf price of four pints of milk to a £1, the NFU warned that this must not be the start of a […]
Tesco announces new lower price for milk
Tesco has today announced that the price of a four pint bottle of milk has been cut from £1.39 to £1 from Monday 3rd March, as part of the retailer’s focus on every day low prices on the products that matter most to its customers. The announcement comes a week after Tesco cut prices on […]
Consumer pressure remains on retailers to back British farming
A year on from the horsemeat scandal, a new YouGov survey (1) commissioned by the NFU shows that the pressure on supermarkets to sell more British food is as strong now as it was when a similar survey (2) was carried out in the immediate aftermath of the scandal. Mr Kendall said: “The YouGov survey […]
Sarah Beeny makes mushrooms the foundation of family meals
TV presenter and businesswoman, Sarah Beeny, is the latest celebrity to team up with the Mushroom Bureau to front their ‘Just Add Mushrooms’ campaign, an integrated promotional campaign aimed at encouraging people to cook more with fresh mushrooms. The popular TV personality, property developer, and mum of four will be the second celebrity to don […]
Potatoes: An important crop for GB
Potato Council acts as a knowledge house for Government raising the importance of the potato. Two years since this work programme started there has been a real increase in knowledge about potatoes amongst parliamentarians with 83% now regarding potatoes as an important crop. In that time, there has been a 19 percentage point increase […]
