Sustainable Agriculture

Pea production: the new plant will trade under the name Yorkshire Greens

Pea plant to be one of UK’s greenest food factories

By Noli Dinkovski & Matt Atherton

Frozen food producer d’Arta UK is to join forces with a farmer co-operative and a bio-energy firm to build what it claims will be one of the UK’s greenest food processing facilities.

Jay Rayner highlighted the need for higher food prices

Food prices ‘must rise for our security’

By Rick Pendrous

Consumers will have to pay more for their food to enable British farmers to invest and ensure the future food security of the nation following the Brexit vote, leading food critic, writer, journalist and broadcaster Jay Rayner has claimed.

OF&G: Growing demand for organic means more opportunities for food businesses

Organic investment can ‘build resilience’

By Noli Dinkovski

Being part of the organic sector could help build much-needed resilience into food and farming businesses struggling in difficult market conditions, a leading organic certifier has claimed.

Moy Park's David Mark (left) with chicken grower Graham McIlroy

Moy Park chicken grower raises its biosecurity game

By Rick Pendrous

Moy Park chicken grower Graham McIlroy has invested in a viewing gallery to improve the biosecurity at his farm at Aghadowey in what is a first for the Northern Ireland poultry industry.