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MC Develops New Platform To Track Suppliers' Environmental Impact

Portuguese retail group MC, part of Sonae, has unveiled Footprint MC, a new platform dedicated to assessing the carbon and water footprint of its suppliers...

French Farmers' Union Call For End Of Blockades As Protests Spread In Europe

Two of France's main farming unions urged protesters who have staged hundreds of tractor blockades across the country to go back home, after the gover...

Portugal Rolls Out Farming Aid Package To Fend Off Protests

Portugal's caretaker government has announced an emergency aid package worth €500 million for farmers as it tries to avoid the kind of mass protests&n...

Lidl Choses Zaragoza For Southern European Logistics Hub

German discount supermarket chain Lidl has chosen the city of Zaragoza in northeastern Spain to build its new logistics hub for southwestern Europe.

Spanish Drought Means Olive Oil Output Set To Be A Third Below Four-Year Average

A scorching drought that hit southern Spain for a second year in a row is likely to mean the country's 2023-24 olive oil production is a third below the fo...

Iberian Olive Oil Producers Draw Private-Equity Interest As Prices Soar

Private-equity firms are eyeing olive farms in Spain and Portugal that use new agricultural techniques to boost production as they see big profits after pr...

Portugal’s Pingo Doce Unveils Certified Antibiotic-Free Chicken

Pingo Doce has said it is the first food retailer in Portugal to offer domestically-sourced, certified antibiotic-free chicken.

Rain Helps EU Crops But Spain And North Italy Stay Dry

Rainfall in the past month has benefitted cropland in much of the European Union but Spain and northern Italy remain affected by drought that could lead fa...