Harper Adams green meat pie scoops award
The More than Meat Pies team from Harper Adams University has been awarded gold prize at Ecotrophelia UK 2013 for their product, Hearty Meal, a ready meal offal pie.
Archives for June 5, 2013
Food science progress “doomed” without industry support
Scientific progress towards boosting food production, while minimising environmental impacts will be “doomed to failure” in the UK unless food manufacturers and retailers support primary producers with realistic prices, warns the editor of a new report,...
Sensor fatigue costs manufacturers thousands a year
Food manufacturers are unnecessarily losing thousands of pounds every year through constantly replacing optical sensors not designed for heavy duty cleaning, according to Sick UK.
Make GM food science research top priority: producers
Developing modern technologies and the genetic modification (GM) of crops and animals are the top two of eight research priorities identified by a group of primary producers bidding to influence the government’s agri-technology strategy, due to be...
Rising food prices, falling income hits population harder
With the number of people using food banks and other community-based food organisations soaring, there needs to be a parliamentary inquiry into the causes of food poverty in the UK, a leading academic has argued.