SPRING SNOWSTORMS make the perfect backdrop for the government’s new chief scientist to get climate action back on the agenda. This isn’t how it’s supposed to be. Spring should herald warmer sunshine and lambs prancing about in green fields. Instead, they are [...]
BRITAIN’S ANAEROBIC digestion capacity is growing and yet many foodservice companies are still sending food waste to landfill. Footprint looks at the gaps in the UK system. There are now 106 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK, not counting those used in [...]
The apprentice: you’re hired Young guns Convincing young homegrown talent to consider a career in the foodservice or hospitality sector has traditionally been an uphill struggle. The long, unsociable hours. The poor pay. The temptation to hire international staff. But, as we reach [...]
HOW SMARTER use of delivery vans can bring big savings for foodservice firms – and cut emissions too. New research from the Energy Saving Trust (EST) has revealed that UK businesses could save around £50m a year by reducing “unnecessary” weight in the back of [...]
ENVIRONMENTALISTS ACCUSE MEP’S of watering down eco-friendly plans for Common Agricultural Policy. Much has been done to improve the environmental performance of agriculture, but a recent vote in Europe on the next stage of the budget for farming subsidies could, say environmentalists, stall [...]
NO SOONER had the horse meat scandal erupted than the blame game began. ’Twas ever thus. Every scandal needs a villain and there’s no more convenient villain than one that is unidentifiable. And so retailers, the UK government and the Food Standards Agency (FSA) were united [...]
HORSE MEAT in school meals, pork in prisoners’ halal pies and a damning verdict on hospital catering have meant a troubled start to 2013 for catering companies. It might be a silly superstition, but 2013 is not turning out well for companies [...]
NOW, WE’RE not suggesting that Philip Clarke reads Footprint, let alone takes investment advice from us. However, the news that Tesco has bought the Giraffe restaurant chain chimed with our analysis last month regarding supermarket cafés. That piece focused on the relationship between the supermarket and [...]
DON’T FORGET that landfill tax is about to go up again. As part of the landfill tax escalator – designed to encourage the diversion of waste from landfill – waste disposal costs rise by £8 per tonne each year. When you read this it’ll be £64 [...]
Young are hungry for organic
By footprint on April 14, 2013
Published in: Comment, Green Scene, News Analysis and tagged Cardiff University, Food 4 Life, Food for Life Catering Mark, Kevin Morgan, McDonalds, Organic Market Report, Organic Report, Soil Association.
A HIGH-PROFILE report on organic food shows sales are down again, but caterers and kids offer rays of light. This year’s report on the state of the organic sector shows there’s life in the organic market yet. After a tough few years as consumers [...]