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    This week’s need-to-know nuggets include data on the risk from eating too much processed meat, arrests linked to recent cyber attacks, public demand for action on deforestation, and discrepancies in funding for free school meals across the UK. 11%. The… Read More

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    In a special edition of Datapoint dispatched from this week’s Groundswell festival we detail some of the eye-catching facts and figures being shared within the white tents of Lannock Farm, spanning local sourcing, short supply chains, carcase weight and fertiliser… Read More

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    This week’s standout figures include problems for low- and no- alcohol options, but good news for reuse in the UK. CIWF presents some startling animal welfare data while carbon credit projects look to bring higher prices for robust schemes. 30%.… Read More

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    This week’s standout figures span falling fruit and veg consumption among UK adults and children, a worrying forecast for global food production, a call to investors to support sustainable food systems and the value in policy makers embracing the circular… Read More

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    This week’s standout figures highlight the rise in megafarms across Europe and how chicken sales are up for a controversial meat company. There is also promising new research on reducing methane from dairy farms as well as an exposé on… Read More

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    This week’s percentage-heavy headline figures span investment in renewable power by a drinks brand, a reduction in methane emissions by a food and drink giant, the GHG-reducing potential of biochar, and a lack of data on ESG-focused businesses by local… Read More

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    This week’s standout figures show hundreds of farms folding in the first quarter of 2025, an open-source map of fishmeal factories around the world, the new multi-million pound fund to reduce cow burps and a ‘clean’ plant-based burger aimed at… Read More

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    This week’s headline figures feature guaranteed access to plant-based meals for Spanish school children, a record number of chefs graduating from Baxter Storey’s Chef Academy, and warnings over the EU’s unsustainable consumption of seafood and the huge cost of extreme… Read More

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    This week’s standout figures show Scotland’s organic farming sector ploughing ahead, coffee shops falling behind on efforts to reduce methane, positive news regarding EU companies’ attitudes toward climate policy, and a controversial green nudge to help change consumption patterns. Read More

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    This week’s striking stats include a stark illustration of the scale of UK ‘megafarms’, a few million glasses raised to Carlsberg’s water stewardship efforts, a new regenerative barley partnership between Wildfarmed and beer brand Jubel, and fresh funding for farmers… Read More