We’re among the thousands boycotting the UN food summit – it’s been hijacked by corporate interests while the voices of small-scale farmers go unheardThursday’s UN food summit proposes to help solve the world’s nutrition crisis, with 800 million people…
Early bird special: turkey for Christmas? You may already be too late to buy one
A shortage of migrant workers, HGV drivers and now carbon dioxide mean you’d better get your order in fast – or try to source an organic boar’s headName: Turkey.Appearance: Bootiful! Continue reading…
Boris Johnson talks up ‘solid steps’ on US trade as lamb deal agreed
PM says in Washington he has ‘every confidence a great deal is there to be done’ on transatlantic trade The US will start to allow imports of UK lamb for the first time in decades, Boris Johnson has said, as he used his trip to Washington to talk up wh…
UN food summit will be ‘elitist’ and ‘pro-corporate’, says special rapporteur
Michael Fakhri says Thursday’s meeting will not be promised ‘people’s summit’ on tackling world’s nutrition crisisThe UN global food summit is “elitist and regressive” and has failed in its goal of being a “people’s summit”, according to the special ra…
Quality Street’s new sweet proves popular
Shoppers sampling brand’s first white chocolate sweet welcome break with traditionChristmas is, above all, a time for tradition. The smallest changes can send shockwaves which disrupt longstanding routines and cause worse friction than a post-dinner ga…
Pret a Manger shareholders fund £100m expansion despite big losses
More than 200 new outlets planned for UK and Ireland in suburbs, regions and travel hubsPret a Manger shareholders, including its co-founder, Sinclair Beecham, are pumping £100m into the company to fund expansion despite losses ballooning to £256m duri…
UK ministers reach deal on CO2 production to ease food supply fears
Production at factories in Teesside and Cheshire will resume after government offers financial helpWhat caused the UK’s energy crisis?Ministers have reached a deal to restart carbon dioxide (CO2) production at a factory on Teesside in an effort to ease…
Why does a carbon dioxide shortage matter so much to the UK economy?
CO2 is not just a greenhouse gas it is also essential in the food and drink industry, for nuclear power and even during surgeryCarbon dioxide is a byproduct of industrial production, but it has a wide range of uses across numerous industries: from cool…
Food shortages? Gas prices? Wake me up when it’s all over, please | Zoe Williams
My husband spends his life trying to brief me on things I should anxiously engage with. But I can’t worry about a dearth of Christmas turkeys so far in advanceI tend not to worry about things until they have happened. This is somewhere between a policy…
CO2 crisis could hit UK food stocks well before Christmas, says Iceland boss
Shortage of carbon dioxide – used in meat industry and for fizzy drinks – is result of record energy pricesUK food supplies will be under threat long before Christmas, and could start affecting stocks within days, if carbon dioxide shortages continue, …