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Midcounties Co-operative announces it is the UK’s First Retailer to make Happerley food transparency mandatory.

    At The Ingredients Show, Happerley and Midcounties Cooperative announced that Happerley certification is to become mandatory for all food suppliers across their Best of our Counties range.   This will turn the ingredient supply chains of over 200 ranges of food and drink they retail fully transparent to the consumer, via a QR code, app and certification marque,...

Cotswold Foodies Invited to Join Adam Henson to celebrate Food Provenance at Andoversford Races on Sunday 8th April and Sunday 15th April.

  Farmer and TV presenter, Adam Henson, is inviting everyone who cares about food provenance to join him at the UK’s first Happerley Food Heaven marquee at Andoversford Races on Sunday 8 April, outside Cheltenham. Gates open at 10am.   This pioneering food and drink shopping extravaganza not only showcases local food provenance champions. It showcases a major step for...

First Happerley Food Heaven with Adam Henson Promises to be A Farm to Fork Shopping Extravaganza

  Many champions of provenance have now signed up to the Best of Our Counties Happerley Food Heaven, with Adam Henson, at Andoversford Races, Cheltenham on 8 and 15 April. This pioneering food and drink shopping extravaganza is designed to enable consumers to better appreciate and understand the journey of their food.   It will provide a shopping experience that...

The Midcounties Co-operative Food to pilot new technology to increase supply chain transparency

The Midcounties Co-operative Food has today announced a new partnership with food technology business Happerley to become the world’s first retailer to pilot a new system that will enable customers to track the provenance of the Society’s ‘Best of our Counties’ range.   The technology was developed by Happerley to enable people to learn more a...

Plant Trees on Your Land – More Funding Available January 2017

Farmers wishing to plant up a new woodland can apply for funding from The Woodland Creation Grant; operating under the umbrella of the Countryside Stewardship scheme.   Funding applications can be submitted from 3 January until 1 March 2017. However, the forms are available now so woodland officers have more time to make a site visit and make any necessary amendments...

Support Your Local Producers at Christmas

The festive season is upon us so now so what better time than to try and keep your Christmas shopping local to show support for your producer neighbours. Before you rush off to the supermarket or begin a marathon shopping session online, perhaps just stop for one moment and take a good look around your local community; you will be amazed at the rich assortment of Christmas good...

West Country Food & Farming Businesses Urged to Keep Promoting Provenance

Food and farming businesses in the West Country have been urged not to let provenance opportunities slip through their fingers. Humphrey Richards, area director for Lloyds Bank across Devon, Dorset and Somerset, has said that there is a decline in the number of businesses seeing the benefits of promoting their product’s geographical point of origin or its uni...

Food Fraud Inquiry Into Alleged Illegal Practices Duping Shoppers to Pay a Premium for Scottish Beef

Investigators at Food Standards Scotland’s (FSS) new food crime unit say they have information that inferior beef from Eastern Europe, Ireland and England is being imported and repackaged with a premium Scottish label.   An investigation has found that non-farm assured beef is coming in from across Europe, England and Ireland and getting processed in Scotland a...

Plans for Isle of Skye Abattoir in Jeopardy Following Brexit

A campaign designed to put the Isle of Skye on the global gourmet map by promoting the origins of rare cuts of local meats is now under threat amid fears over securing vital European funding following Brexit. The island had an abattoir before it closed several years ago and the new micro-abattoir planned for a site in Portree would provide a service to local crofters an...

Welcome to our Producer Member Charlie Sutcliffe Breeder of Tetford Longhorns

A big hearty Happerley welcome to our recently joined producer member Charlie Sutcliffe breeder of Tetford Longhorns.   Charlie and Debbie Sutcliffe currently have around 85 cattle and the Tetford herd is well known for its many successes in the show ring with a number of breed championships to its credit. They have bred two royal show male champions, Tetford Clansma...