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Third of farmed fruit and veg deemed 'too ugly to sell'

2018-08-19 12:41:22| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Researchers say a lot of farmed produce never reaches supermarkets because it is misshapen or the wrong size.

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Drying fruit and veg

2018-08-14 01:10:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Has a 23-year-old engineering student come up with an invention that could tackle food waste problems?

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Tesco removes 'best before' dates on some fruit and veg

2018-05-22 08:43:53| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The supermarket says ditching the labels will help avoid "perfectly edible food" being thrown away.

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Fruit and veg farmers facing migrant labour shortages

2017-06-22 01:00:07| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Growers are already having difficulty recruiting pickers and fear it could get harder post-Brexit.

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Climate change: Global warming fruit and veg shortage could lead to 1,200 extra UK deaths a year by 2050

2016-03-03 00:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Climate change could lead to more than 1,200 extra deaths a year in the UK by 2050 as global warming causes fruit and vegetable shortages, new research suggests. The typical British diet will deteriorate as the effects of climate change hit crop production, resulting in supply shortages and pushing up prices, Oxford University researchers said. This will increase the number of deaths for which poor diet is a risk factor - more than offsetting a reduction in deaths from obesity that may be seen...

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