By Angela Green Chef News is sponsored by Kitchen Porters Club Today is World Oceans Day, a moment for activism and consumerism to unite across the world and discuss how to protect our oceans. The UN’s World Oceans Day theme this year is Planet Ocean: Tides Are Changing. Relais & Châteaux’ are celebrating their sixth year of participating, each year with a … [Read more...]
Why hospitality businesses need to consider biodiversity – and how every venue can have an impact
By Katherine Price Why should hospitality care about biodiversity? Because of the sector’s reliance and influence on food. Global demand to produce more food quickly and cheaply is the primary driver of biodiversity loss, according to a 2021 Chatham House report, which warned the current system was threatening our ability to sustain human populations. Plants cannot … [Read more...]
Compass redistributes 257,000 meals worth of surplus food
By Angela Green: Compass redistributes 257,000 meals worth of surplus food. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Compass Group UK & Ireland has announced that over the past year it has diverted 109 tonnes of food, the equivalent of around 257,000 meals, to organisations and charities. Working with FareShare since 2014, Compass has saved an estimated 977,884 … [Read more...]
BM adds more sustainable organic coffee option
By Angela Green: BM adds more sustainable organic coffee option. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services BM Caterers has added its first organic coffee option to its Perkee range, Santo coffee, in addition to that sourced from the Soppexcca coffee cooperative in Nicaragua. As well as Brazilian government certification, Santo coffeehas USDA and Demeter biodynamic … [Read more...]
New catering contract at Goldsmiths to ensure carbon neutral menus by 2025
By Angela Green, Content Executive: New catering contract at Goldsmiths to ensure carbon neutral menus by 2025. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services BaxterStorey have launched a new catering offer at Goldsmiths, University of London. Working in partnership to provide students and staff at the south London campus with a healthy and sustainable offering, the … [Read more...]
New Brexit border checks will further drive food and drink inflation upward
By Denis Sheehan MIH: New Brexit border checks will further drive food and drink inflation upward. New plans from government to add new Brexit border checks on goods coming into the UK could delay imports and further discourage EU suppliers from trade with the UK, increasing food and drink prices at the same time. Only last weekend thousands of holidaymakers … [Read more...]
Genetic Technology Bill becomes law
By Pat Thomas, Director, Beyond GM: Genetic Technology Bill becomes law. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill became law late yesterday afternoon. This means it will now be legal to grow and sell gene edited foods in England. I sum it up this way: “The Genetic Technology Act has a single beneficiary – the biotech industry. It removes meaningful regulatory … [Read more...]
The British Library’s Food Season is back 2023
By Angela Green, Content Executive: The British Library’s Food Season is back 2023. The British Library’s Food Season, 17 April – 7 June 2023, returns for its sixth year, bringing together some of the most influential names in food to highlight the stories, the politics and the people behind how and why we eat. From a celebration of African Caribbean takeaways to a … [Read more...]
Farmers warn of impact from increased beef imports
By Denis Sheehan MIH: Farmers warn of impact from increased beef imports. Farmers are warning that allowing high-carbon Mexican beef imports into the UK will damage UK farms at further cost of the environment. The warnings follow Farming Minister Mark Spencer attending the National Farmers’ Union conference in Birmingham this week, where farmers questioned him directly. … [Read more...]
Compass records 36% reduction in emissions from animal proteins
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Compass records 36% reduction in emissions from animal proteins. Catering News is sponsored by Two Services Compass Group UK & Ireland has reported a 36% absolute reduction in emissions from animal proteins, following its first 18 months of targeted climate action, equating to a reduction of 88,388 tCO2e. This … [Read more...]
Future Food Movement creates UK’s food & climate Youth Advisory Board
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Future Food Movement creates UK’s food & climate Youth Advisory Board. The Future Food Movement, a pioneering climate-first industry network on a mission to accelerate climate action in the food industry from observation to meaningful action, has partnered with VotesforSchools to co-create an innovative food and … [Read more...]
UK adults demand robust regulation of GMOs as radical legislation advances
By Denis Sheehan MIH, Publisher, H&C News: UK adults demand robust regulation of GMOs as radical legislation advances. As the UK Government pursues radical changes to GMO regulation, a new poll shows a significant majority of adults living in the UK believe GMOs should be traceable and labelled. The Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Bill is currently … [Read more...]
Wheat and corn prices soar as Russia exits deal to allow grain exports from Ukraine
By Angela Green, Content Executive, H&C News: Wheat and corn prices soar as Russia exits deal to allow grain exports from Ukraine. Wheat and corn prices have soared worldwide after news hit commodity markets that Russia is pulling back on their agreement to allow grain exports through the Black Sea from Ukraine. Without warning Russia announced on Saturday it was … [Read more...]
What is greenwashing and why you need to avoid it
By Katherine Price, Sustainability Editor, H&C News: What is greenwashing and why you need to avoid it. It’s been an interesting month in the climate space, with environmental protesters hitting the headlines for targeting a Van Gogh painting, a Rolex store in London, the milk industry and the QE2 Bridge – just to name a few. Meanwhile, the UN has been … [Read more...]
Cut food costs by cutting food waste
By Katherine Price, Sustainability Editor, H&C News: Cut food costs by cutting food waste. We all know the staggering statistics around food waste, and when the price of everything is skyrocketing, can we really afford to be throwing away perfectly edible produce? So many fantastic initiatives sprang up during the pandemic to ensure food was not wasted when … [Read more...]