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EU Negotiators Fail To Agree On Farming Subsidy Reforms

European Union negotiators this week failed to agree reforms to the bloc's huge farming subsidy programme, with talks due to resume in June on rules to pro...

EU Begins Talks To Finalise Farm Policy Overhaul

EU negotiators began two days of talks on Tuesday on a plan designed to make the bloc's huge farming subsidies greener and fairer, although campa...

Lidl Steps Up Measures To Protect Bees

German discounter Lidl has announced plans to expand natural habitat for bees and insects around its logistics centres in the country to approximately 3.6...

Plus Adds Six New Eco-Friendly Trucks To Its Fleet

Dutch retailer Plus has announced that it has added six new eco-friendly Volvo LNG trucks to its fleet. The move is part of the retailer’s CSR pol...

PepsiCo To Scale Regenerative Farming Practices

PepsiCo has announced a new Positive Agriculture agenda to accelerate regenerative farming practices to seven million acres of land by 2030. T...

Westfalia Fruit Group Celebrates Founder's 150th Birthday

Today, 16 March 2021, marks the 150th birthday of Dr Hans Merensky, the founder of the Westfalia Fruit Group. Dr Merensky (pictured above) was an a...

Casino Says It Is ‘Actively Fighting’ Deforestation In Latin America

French retailer Casino has said that it has been actively fighting deforestation across its branches in Latin America for many years. The retailer ackno...

Bunge To Step Up Monitoring Of Soy Suppliers In Brazil's Cerrado Biome

The Brazilian unit of Bunge Ltd is launching an effort to make sure that soybean growers in the Cerrado area who indirectly supply the company are producin...