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Tesco urges more companies to fund sustainable soy farming in Brazil’s Cerrado
Tesco has joined the first funders of an initiative to end deforestation in one of Brazil’s most important areas of...
The Black Farmer will freeze sausages for EU market
The BBC reports on Wilfred Emmanuel Jones, a British Devon-based farmer and founder of The Black Farmer line of meat...
“Wage theft is a business model” for harvest workers in Australia
A new report confirms that agricultural workers are being exploited and abused in Australia, with young foreign backpackers, seasonal migrants...
UK farmers turn to robots to plug labour shortages
The Financial Times reports that, as Christmas approaches at the Melrow nursery in Merseyside, north-west England, one worker wants no...
Cell-based milk startup raises $6.2 million
Food Systems News reports that TurtleTree Labs, a startup producing milk using cell-based technology, raised $6.2 million in an oversubscribed...
Tyson Foods fires 7 plant managers over Covid bet
NPR reports that Tyson Foods has fired seven managers at an Iowa pork plant after investigating allegations they bet on...
Agri-food emissions alone could blow Paris climate targets
Only 12 out of 350 agri-food companies understand their responsibilities in the food system, according to new benchmarking. That’s just...
Food body: Ireland is the UK’s top EU destination
The EU remains a key commercial partner, with over 60% of food and drink exports heading to EU markets, according...
Rally in food prices is stoking fertiliser demand
Bloomberg reports that fertiliser producers are next in line to benefit from rising crop prices, with farmers poised to plant...
Tesco’s chairman warns of higher prices if no-deal
In a Bloomberg interview, John Allan, chairman at Tesco Plc., discusses Brexit negotiations, possible disruptions in the company’s supply chain...
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