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March 2009 - Posts

• The Changing Shape of Meat Eating

  The British Pig Executive (BPEX) has published data about meat consumption comparing the year ending 25th January 2009 with the previous 12 months, and the figures give an interesting insight into how consumers are coping with the twin challenges of rising... Posted Mar 25 2009, 12:24 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: food inflation, red meat market, chicken consumption, meat consumption [Edit Tags]

• Essential Waitrose - All a Bit Confusing

  To Waitrose, keen to see what the new “essential Waitrose” range is all about. Billed by the Waitrose press office as “designed to make shopping for staple groceries easier for shoppers”, I found it all rather confusing. Perhaps the problem was expectation... Posted Mar 17 2009, 01:39 PM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Essential Waitrose [Edit Tags]

• Diversification Trends - DEFRA Survey Shows More Farms Involved But Income Down

  DEFRA has just published its annual analysis of farmer diversification activities in England, and the income generated from them. (Diversification being defined as “The entrepreneurial use of farm resources for a non agricultural purpose for commercial... Posted Mar 04 2009, 10:15 AM by Land Strategies Farming Blog Filed under: Diversification [Edit Tags]