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Retailer Iceland joins MDS training scheme
High street retailer Iceland has joined Management Development Services (MDS), the specialist in graduate training for the fresh produce sector and has taken on its first trainees through the scheme. Iceland joins other corporates in the fresh produce supply chain...
Queen’s Award for novel bio-insecticide
Cambridgeshire-based agricultural technology business AlphaBio Control is one of three agricultural businesses to have won Queen’s Awards this year. AlphaBio Control has won the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its bio-insecticide FLiPPER....
Covantis blockchain trading goes live in Brazil
The Covantis blockchain initiative has brought more change over the last two years for the global agricultural commodities trade than in the last 20, the project’s head of commercial Sorin Albeanu told a recent webinar. Covantis was established in 2018 by four major...
Environment influences dairy purchases
A recent YouGov consumer omnibus survey carried out on behalf of dairy processor First Milk has shown that three-quarters (76%) of consumers are concerned about climate change, and almost one-third (29%) take environmental factors into account when they choose food....
Consolidation in EU insect proteins
Ÿnsect, the French company that claims to be the world’s largest insect feed protein producer, has acquired the Dutch mealworm protein business Protifarm which specialises in mealworm ingredients for human nutrition. Ÿnsect was founded in 2011 to produce Molitor and...
New website for independent UK cereal breeder
Independent UK cereal breeder Angus Wheat Consultants (AWC), headed by wheat breeder Bill Angus, has launched a new website to highlight the range of its breeding programmes, as well as the company’s background and objectives. The breeding programmes are currently...
MPs call for fair meat export trade with EU
The latest cross-party Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee report from the House of Commons highlights the negative impact of non-tariff barriers on UK exports of meat and seafood to the EU. At the same time, an SNP MP has outlined the cost of...