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Nearly a third of UK shoppers want food and grocery retailers and manufacturers to focus on reducing waste.

The Potato Council’s provisional estimate of Total Production in Great Britain for the 2010 crop year is 5.817 million tons, down 6.1% from 2009.

Just as MSPs were this week throwing out the idea of people paying a minimum price for alcohol, a Scottish doctor was raising a new idea – a minimum price per calorie for food.

Northern Ireland Farm minister Michelle Gildernew MP MLA has announced that a new strain of the potato disease Blackleg has been confirmed.

The Yorkshire Crisp Company is launching a nationwide competition to find a new flavour of crisp to be launched next spring.

Having hired out Struik potato ridgers for the last five years, Sleaford, Lincolnshire, hire company Andrew Deptford has taken over the import of the Dutch company's full range of potato equipment for the UK and Ireland.

Fenland farmer Richard Lee will parade a giant potato harvester through the heart of London next weekend.

United Biscuits (UBUK), a leading manufacturer of biscuits, snacks and cakes, is pleased to announce the launch of a two for one dining on pack promotion across its Phileas Fogg range.

Greenvale AP has won an award for Environmental Excellence

Biopesticides for use in oilseed rape and potatoes to help control diseases and promote crop growth could be on the market [in the UK] within five years

In the South of the United Kingdom most potato growers have finished lifting with only a few fields remaining.

New technology for extracting water from potatoes is being trialled by food giants PepsiCo, which owns the crisp manufacturer Walkers.

Herbert Engineering has always had a commitment to improving the service offered to it’s customers, and as part of this Herbert is delighted to announce the appointment of their new dedicated International Sales Executive, Adrian Head.

Grow Your Own Potatoes is one of the most widely recognised primary school growing projects

Herbert Engineering has recently teamed up with local manufacturer Flo-mech to provide the perfect washing system for the specific needs of the process industry.

The Wall Street Journal reports that negotiations to sell United Biscuits to China's Bright Food Group are near collapse, referring to people familiar with the matter

One of Britain’s biggest potato producers is planning to put down roots on the AIM Market