Fruit & vegetables

April 25 2012
Paper: Orange juice, technological developments and consumer expectations

Chris Foster (of the comment above) has recently co-authored this paper, which argues that a focus on ‘greening’ individual products without changing the wider socio-economic context within which products are produced, marketed and consumed is likely...

February 9 2012
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Fruit and vegetable consumption falls in the UK

Poorer families in Britain have cut the amount of fruit and vegetables they buy by almost a third to consume little over half the recommended five portions per day. Households in the lowest income bracket consistently bought smaller and smaller...

August 11 2011
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Solar panels on vegetable packing plant

An interesting article in Food Manufacture magazine, reporting on a Suffolk-based vegetable packer, who has invested £1.5 million in a solar powered electricity generating system. 

May 7 2009
Fruit and vegetable consumption and waste in Australia

This report, published in March 2009 by VicHealth, looks at ways in which the goals of improving increasing consumption of fruit and vegetables while reducing waste might be achieved.

April 16 2009
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Fruit and veg GHG emissions - new measuring tool.

The fresh produce industry has a new tool to measure and help reduce carbon emissions.

March 9 2009
What is seasonal food?

'Is it possible to find a meaningful definition of the term 'seasonal food'? by Jim Sumberg and Lindy Sharpe, New Economic Foundation, March 2009.

January 12 2009
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Thanet Earth: Sustainability Assessment Report

This major new horticulture project in Kent - Thanet Earth - is a 91 hectare protected horticulture enterprise that aims to supply tomatoes and other salad crops year round.

May 7 2008
Fruit and veg waste report

In April 2008, the Waste Resources Action Programme published an interim report entitled: "Helping consumers reduce fruit and vegetable waste".

September 19 2007
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Comparative Study of Cut Roses

This report is a life cycle comparison of the comparative GHG impacts of flowers imported to the UK from Kenya and from the Netherlands.

May 1 2007
Fruit and vegetables and UK Greenhouse Gas emissions

Working paper produced as part of the work of the Food Climate Research Network
Tara Garnett
February 2007