Farm Shops are More Popular than Ever with People Who Care About Themselves, Their Family and the Environment
Farm shops have become really popular in recent years, boosted by an increasingly food-savvy and environmentally aware public, farmers looking to improve their profits and reconnect with the consumer, and of course the odd food scare. After the early weeks of the Covid-19 pandemic left many supermarket shelves bare, and…
Here’s Why There’s a Shortage of CO2 in the UK and What it Means for Food Production
Britain’s meat and poultry industries have warned that an impending shortage of carbon dioxide (CO2) will cause massive disruption to food supplies within two weeks. The gas is used to stun animals humanely before slaughter. European and UK laws stipulate that animals must be effectively stunned before slaughter, (except for…