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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Mainline Event's fleet of 40' trailers provide the catering at many of the UK's premier events, like Goodwood, Hyde Park events and Cheltenham Races. They are turning all their meat sourcing Happerley with their burgers called 'Gwinners' made from pedigree Gloucester Beef and sausages from pedigree Gloucester old spot pork. This means the cust...
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Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for detecting meat fraud which can identify horsemeat in beef or lamb mince samples.
The new method, which was developed by the Institute of Food Research (IFR) in Norwich, can detect the presence of 1% of horsemeat in samples. According to the researchers, the test exploits subtle differences in key meat...
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"Often on menus, information on the origins of the produce is left off, deemed either too boring or unimportant enough to be included"
Steven Pike, managing director of guest-experience management specialist HospitalityGEM has five reasons why it’s worth putting provenance back on the menu
Keep it simple
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