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Health effects of organic food on pigs

Scientists from Wageningen University & Research (WUR), Utrecht University (UU), and the Louis Bolk Institute (LBI) have initiated a large-scale study to investigate the effects of organic food on pig health. This re..

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Five-star remodelling at Huhtamaki

15 November 2021

At Huhtamaki they know that the future of packaging lies in paper. That's why they're investing heavily in a new factory and why parties who can supply high-quality applications are involved in the renovation. The fact t...

New b2b platform LEROMA

15 November 2021

Food producers can spend weeks searching for raw materials that meet the required quality standards. Raw material suppliers, in their turn, are looking for the right buyers. The new digital B2B platform LEROMA, a Düsseld...

Herzien schema voor certificatie On the way to PlanetProof

11 November 2021

On the way to PlanetProof is herzien en omgevormd naar het certificatieschema ‘On the way to PlanetProof Chain of Custody versie CoC.1’. Het schema is van toepassing op alle schakels ná de primaire productie. Voor bestaa...

Half of Europeans reduce meat consumption

11 November 2021

A European study by ProVeg International in partnership with Innova Market Insights, the University of Copenhagen and Ghent University as part of the Smart Protein project, shows a significant shift towards plant-based e...

Jumbo launches label with close to home products

11 November 2021

From the end of this year, customers will be able to find Jumbo house brand products from the Netherlands on the shelves under the "Van Dichtbij" (Close by) label. With the "Close to home" brand, Jumbo is responding to t...

Westerkwartier Food Agreement gets the go-ahead

08 November 2021

The Board of Mayors and Aldermen of the municipality of Westerkwartier has approved the Implementation Plan Food Agreement. By doing so, it gives the starting signal for a first set of activities in the field of food, he...

Feedback: 'Supermarkets continue to offer meat too cheaply'

02 November 2021

Dutch supermarkets are doing too little to drastically reduce their climate impact. In their communication they emphasise reducing CO2 emissions in their own shops and their transport, but 95% of emissions come from the ...

'Sustainable food system should be a priority'

02 November 2021

One third of global greenhouse gas emissions come from food systems. About a third of all food produced does not end up on our plates. Yet a more sustainable food system remains a blind spot in climate policy, nationally...

Supermarkets achieve significant energy savings

28 October 2021

Saving energy and reducing CO2 emissions has been at the top of the supermarket sector's agenda for years. And efforts to reduce energy consumption have borne fruit. In the period 2010-2020, an efficiency rate of 23.6 pe...

Nutreco and Mosa Meat to lower costs of cultivated meat

25 October 2021

Nutreco and Mosa Meat announce on 21 October that the European REACT-EU recovery assistance programme awards their joint ‘Feed for Meat’ project with a grant of almost EUR 2M to advance cellular agriculture and bring cul...

Adding value to waste from onion processing

21 October 2021

Onion growers and the processing industry, together with colleges Inholland and Van Hall Larenstein, have developed a process to add value to the large amount of residual flow generated by onion cultivation and processin...

EU Parliament supports Farm to Fork strategy

20 October 2021

Healthier food for consumers, a fairer income for farmers and less impact from the food industry on the environment. This is what the European Parliament wants to achieve in the coming years by embracing the so-called 'F...

Opposition Farm to Fork strategy

20 October 2021

As part of its Green Deal Roadmap, the EU Commission has launched the Farm to Fork (F2F) and Biodiversity (BD) Strategies to cope with the environmental and climate challenges. In recent months, several key reports and s...

Supermarkets take major strides in ICSR

19 October 2021

Three years after the international corporate social responsibility (ICSR) Food Covenant was signed, supermarkets affiliated to the CBL are well on their way to implementing their policies in full compliance with the OEC...

Innovative cucumber growers

15 October 2021

Innovative cucumber growers provide cucumbers from their own land all year round, thus making the market less dependent on imports from Southern Europe. They are participating in a research programme to develop the optim...