Waitrose working to encourage sustainable food production
WAITROSE is asking suppliers of fruit, vegetables and flowers to avoid the use of three formulations of neonicotinoid based pesticides on crops destined for the supermarket. The move comes in light of concerns about their effects on bees, butterflies and other important pollinators. Download the press release in full.
The budget may have been low on specifics but it is already clear that one part of the region is going to do very well out of the Chancellor. We understand that a large part of the £1.6bn announced for research and development will be going into agriscience http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-21886814
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