In this week's news healthy start payments, Dominio's in Uruguay & Latvia and robotics in agriculture
Government urged to increase Healthy Start payments
Over 100 organisations have called on various members of the UK Government in a letter to urgently improve the Healthy Start scheme. According to the Local Government Association, the Healthy Start scheme currently offers funds worth £4.25 per week to pregnant women and children (between zero and four years) who are in low-income families, as well as to all pregnant women under the age of 18. Read more
Domino’s set up shop in Uruguay and Latvia
Domino’s Pizza has announced that it is expanding its operations to Uruguay and Latvia. The pizza company’s first store in Latvia was opened in the city of Riga by master franchisee Morgacita Ltd whereas the first Domino’s store in Uruguay was opened in Montevideo by master franchisee Alsea. Read more.
The latest innovation helping to create a net zero food system
EIT Food’s Andy Zynga highlights the latest exciting innovation happening across the European food and beverage sector which is helping to shift the dial on the climate crisis. Read more.
UK agriculture and robotics receive £12.5 million funding
Ahead of its January launch, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has published guidance for the third round of the Farming Futures Research and Development Fund competition which focuses on agriculture and robotics. Read more.
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Episode 33: Live from EFFoST 2022 in Dublin
New Food’s dynamic duo are back with another episode of Food to Go, this time featuring three interviews from the EFFoST 2022 conference at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium. Josh fills Grace in on his exploits across the Irish Sea, featuring Guinness chat, an analysis of Grace’s Grandma’s shopping habits, plus some serious stuff too. Listen here.
NEW FOOD ISSUE 6
Issue 6 of New Food is out now – enjoy more than 50 pages of food safety analysis, new product innovation and application notes. This latest issue highlights some of the incredible innovation taking place throughout the food and beverage sector to solve some of the most difficult challenges facing our industry.
LinkedIn poll results
Have your say with #newfoodtalks LinkedIn polls. In this week's poll, we asked "Are robotics the future for the agricultural industry?" we have received over 150 votes from our members and the results are in. Do you agree?
We share a new poll on Mondays and the results are published here first.