Food & Farming
Scottish households bin 26m burgers’ worth of beef each year, new figures show
Scottish households let 2,900 tonnes of beef – the equivalent of 26million burgers – go to waste every year, accusing to Zero Waste Scotland.
Read MoreFood and drink industry joins WRAP to save £20bn in resources
WRAP has unveiled the Courtauld Commitment 2025, a voluntary agreement to reduce the resource intensity of the UK’s food and drink sector by one-fifth in the next ten years.
Read MoreHeathrow Airport sets out sustainability guidelines for food retailers
Heathrow Airport has set out sustainability targets for its food and beverage retailers.
Read MoreTesco commits to ‘dramatically reduce’ food waste from farm to fork
Tesco says it will ‘dramatically reduce’ food waste through a national rollout of Community Food Connection, which sees surplus food redirected to charity.
Read MoreGreenpeace calls on consumer fish brands to ‘get tough with suppliers’
Greenpeace has called on fish businesses ‘to get tough with their suppliers’ to ensure they are not unwittingly labelling products as ‘sustainable’ when they are sourced from vulnerable areas.
Read MoreTesco experiences higher than average demand for organic fruit
Tesco says it has seen demand for organic fruit increase by 18 per cent in the past year – double that experienced across the total market in the same period.
Read MoreSoil Association reports continued growth in organic market
The Soil Association’s report has shown that the organic market grew for the third consecutive year in 2015, by 4.9 per cent.
Read MoreScotland pledges to cut food waste by a third by 2025
The Scottish Food Waste Reduction Target, a pledge to reduce food waste by 33 per cent by 2025, has been announced.
Read MoreSoil Association welcomes research finding ‘clear nutritional’ benefits of organic milk and meat
The Soil Association has commented on the findings of research led by Newcastle University which show ‘clear nutritional differences between organic and non-organic milk and meat’.
Read MoreAsda trials ‘wonky’ veg boxes
Asda is piloting a veg box scheme using ‘wonky’ produce, in a bid to tackle food waste.
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