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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Andrew Quinn, head of the FSA’s national food crime unit.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[L-R: Mike Reader MP with Rod Addy, PTF]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Mark White at the GCA annual conference.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Guy Singh-Watson, founder of organic farming business Riverford, launched the Get Fair About Farming campaign in 2023.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Recognition provides Unite with the legal framework to engage in collective bargaining on behalf of workers employed at the cold storage facility.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Nurture Brands made the decision to switch to a domestic charity in FareShare at a time when British families are still struggling with the cost of living crisis.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Clare Adelgren argues that a blockchain network is uniquely suited to the challenge of a circular economy.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[73% of Co-op members backed a motion calling for the retailer to stop trading with Israel at the group's AGM in May.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Community kitchens, food banks, shelters and cookery projects across the country are all set to receive food as a result of the grant scheme.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Lacons brews both cask and keg beers and delivers more than 2,000 product lines.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Gurms Athwal has agreed to take up the role at Unitas Wholesale on 2 June 2025.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The regulations will allow farmers, scientists and food manufacturers to utilise gene-editing techniques in order to develop crops with different traits with greater precision.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Recall Ready combines the critical components of an effective recall response into one integrated system]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[United Wholesale Scotland will take control of the Time Wholesale Services site in London from July of this year.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Dave Howorth discusses the mounting risk of food insecurity and how businesses can make their supply chain more robust.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Will Shu and Greg Orlowski founded food delivery service Deliveroo in 2013.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[The average value of arable land reached £9,811 per acre during Q1 of 2025.]]></image:caption>
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      <image:caption><![CDATA[Tesco chief executive Ken Murphy said that investment in new product development had paid off.]]></image:caption>
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