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China targets American food exports as trade row escalates
China has followed through with a two-week-old threat to impose tariffs on 128 American exports, 96 of which are food products.
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From muddy spud to the perfect French fry: scientists optimising potato production
Information specialists in Germany have begun work on a project aimed at optimising the production of potatoes from farm to fork.
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Food waste: The biggest loss could be what you choose to eat
New analysis from the Weizmann Institute using the concept of opportunity costs suggests hundreds of millions more could eat from the same resources if we switched to plant-based diets.
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Research highlights key role of seasonal migrant workers in Scottish agriculture
The role played by thousands of seasonal migrant workers in Scottish agriculture has been highlighted in a new report by Scotland’s Rural College (SRUC).
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Scotch beef DNA traceability feasibility study commissioned
A study to look at the feasibility of introducing DNA traceability as an additional measure to guarantee the authenticity of Scotch Beef PGI, is being commissioned by Quality Meat Scotland (QMS).
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Just 20 per cent cause half USA’s food-related greenhouse gas emissions
On any given day, 20 per cent of Americans account for nearly half of U.S. diet-related greenhouse gas emissions, and high levels of beef consumption are largely responsible, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan and Tulane University.
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American study reveals the best coffee for bird diversity
It's an age-old debate for coffee lovers. Which is better: arabica beans with their sweeter, softer taste, or the bold, deep flavor of robusta beans? A new study by WCS, Princeton University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison appearing in the journal Scientific Reports has taken the question to unlikely coffee aficionados: birds.
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VIDEO: Food Industry Intelligence Network ‘helps beat fraud’
The Food Industry Intelligence Network (FIIN) helps to beat food fraud by sharing information more effectively, says its co-chair Helen Sisson in this video interview filmed at New Food’s Food Fraud 2018 conference.
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Four in ten will eat lab-grown meat and fish within 10 years
Rising food costs and environmental concerns prompt Brits to consider this new food source.
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Beef with cultured meat: US Cattlemen’s Association in labelling row
As cultured meat appears increasingly promising, anxieties are coming to the surface over how consumers will be able to distinguish between beef harvested in the 'traditional manner' and waves of alternatives.
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Major British retailer unveils till-free future
The misery of supermarket queues may soon be a thing of the past in Co-op stores as the British retailer trials till-free shopping.
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Peanut butter, bourbon and orange juice: ammo in potential trade war
As tensions escalate over Donald Trump's proposed steel and aluminium levies, the EU has allegedly been drawing up a retaliation list.
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French retailer joins the blockchain revolution with eggs, mince and more
Chicken has been plucked as the first product to go on blockchain in an innovative step by a major French retailer. More products, such as eggs and mince, are set to follow.
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Barry Callebaut pilots sustainable cocoa production scheme
Indonesia will be the first cocoa-producing nation to be the focus of a series of pilots conducted by Barry Callebaut aimed at improving cocoa farmers' incomes, ending child labour in the industry and cutting carbon emissions.
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Crop photosynthesis performance monitored using invisible light
Scientists hope to use data from the invisible light bounced back by crops to monitor the photosynthetic efficiency of any field across the world to evaluate crop conditions and forecast crop yields on a global scale in real time.
