The Governments drive to increase the amount of British food used in its catering contracts does not go far enough, the NFU has said. Agriculture minister Jim Paice launched the Government Buying Standards last month and it is due to come into force from September. It includes a raft of standards such as animal [...]
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The humble potato is the backbone of the British diet: whether mashed, boiled or chipped we cant get enough of it. Kathy Bowry visited a potato farm in Nottinghamshire and discovered that spuds have to be grown in a sustainable manner or the industry will have had its chips, literally. We Brits get [...]
Editor’s comment: NFU poll; 100% pointless
By footprint on February 27, 2013
Published in: Comment and tagged british food, Horsemeat, NFU, NFU Conference, NFU Poll, Peter Kendall.
THE NFU has published a poll this morning showing that, wait for it… consumers want more British food in restaurants and supermarkets. According to the poll, 86% of shoppers are “as likely” or “more likely” to want to buy more traceable food that has been [...]