A Dallas-based team of Texas A&M University scientists worked with researchers across four continents to learn how pineapples thrive on so little water. The findings, published this month, could help rice, wheat and other major crops grow with up to 80 pe
Some of Britain's food and drink pioneers, Sam Bompas, Henry Dimbleby, Cassandra Stavrou and Henry Parr, are helping Elizabeth Truss launch her five-year Great British Food campaign.
Vegetables 20 per cent larger than the average sprout are set to be served on Christmas day across the country as experts say this year's produce are the biggest for ten years.
We are holding a workshop to explore the possible impacts of climate change on food safety on Wednesday 2 December 2015. We are pleased to announce that Lord John Krebs (who sits on the UK’s Committee on Climate Change and chairs its Adaptation Sub-Commit
French family-owned Cognac House Camus and Scotch Whisky Distillers, Whyte & Mackay have entered into a new partnership in which they will manage the distribution of Camus Cognacs and Ungava Gin in the UK.
The sustained gluten-free trend is clearly evident within innovation in the UK bakery market. In 2014, 12% of new launches in this category featured a gluten-free claim, double that seen in 2012. This is in line with the wider growth in gluten-free NPD wi
Seago Line, the European short sea specialists, is to add larger vessels and a UK port call at Tilbury to its Morocco-North Europe service in anticipation of the Moroccan citrus export season.
Supermarket chain Asda is introducing a new parcel innovation program ToYou, which will enable customers to collect and return the orders placed with third party sources at any of the Asda stores across the UK.
Asda has announced that they will source '100% sustainable' bananas from March 2016, with 93% from the Rainforest Alliance-certified farms, and the other 7% from Fairtrade-certified producers.
Windmill Organics Ltd is recalling Biona Organic Cashew Nut Butter because the product contains peanut which is not mentioned on the label as an ingredient. This means the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an allergy to peanut
Domestic year-round production is a hot topic among many greenhouse growers, also in the UK. The fact that some British growers have installed supplemental lighting to create year-round production was not reflected in the current offer of greenhouse veget
Avocado prices are to increase drastically due to high demand and low supply. Prices are already up by as much as 25% in the UK, compared to last year.
The United Kingdom’s Food Standards Agency (FSA) has come up with a response to all those who say that publishing restaurant inspections is just a “moment in time” report
Cow & Gate is recalling one batch of Cow & Gate Sunny Start My First Banana Muesli from 10 months with a best-before date of 27/09/2016. No other Cow & Gate products are affected.
The Co-operative has withdrawn packs of its Loved by Us Chicken and Chorizo Paella that contain wheat and prawns. These ingredients are not mentioned on the product label, which mean that the product is a possible health risk for anyone with an intoleranc
