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<blockquote data-quote="GOV.UK RSS" data-source="post: 6751072" data-attributes="member: 78782"><p><img src="https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/gov.uk.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>£1.15 million fund to fight food waste and UK and Australia join forces in simulated African swine fever exercise</p><p></p><p>Written by Defra Press Office</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>£1.15 million fund to fight food waste</strong></span></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/01/food-waste-620x407.jpg" alt="scraps of food waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>There is positive coverage today in <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7949723/Ministers-pledge-1-15million-help-businesses-charities-tackle-food-waste.html" target="_blank">The Daily Mail</a>, <a href="https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/food-waste/government-announces-1m-food-waste-fund/601553.article" target="_blank">The Grocer</a>, <a href="https://www.fdiforum.net/mag/supply-chain/uk-fund-fight-food-waste/" target="_blank">Food & Drink International</a> and <a href="https://www.farminguk.com/news/fund-worth-over-1m-to-help-tackle-food-waste_54875.html" target="_blank">Farming UK</a> of the government’s announcement that businesses and not-for-profits in England will benefit from £1.15 million of funding to help them come up with creative new ways to tackle the scourge of food waste.</p><p></p><p>The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-1m-to-fund-food-waste-fight" target="_blank">grants</a>, which open today for applications, encourage innovative solutions to address the 4.5 million tonnes of food wasted every year – from behaviour change campaigns to initiatives that turn food waste into new materials.</p><p></p><p>There was also positive coverage in <a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/30/supermarkets-should-make-packaging-food-waste-government-says/" target="_blank">The Telegraph</a> highlighting the new grants. While this article focused on action supermarkets can take to turn food waste into alternative products, we want to clarify that the grants are actually open to all types of businesses and organisations – of varying sizes – and we want to see all kinds of innovative ideas to tackle this issue.</p><p></p><p>Coverage also referenced the upcoming ‘Food Waste Action Week’, announced by government Food Waste Champion, Ben Elliot for the week commencing May 11 - calling on households and businesses across the country to join forces to reduce food waste.</p><p></p><p>Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Information on both grants and application packs can be found <a href="https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/resource-action-fund" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong><strong>UK and Australia join forces in simulated African swine fever exercise</strong></strong></span></p><p></p><p><img src="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/01/ASF-620x413.jpg" alt="two pigs in a field eating grass" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p>Pigs grazing in grass</p><p></p><p></p><p>There has been factual coverage published in <a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/www.farminguk.com/news/uk-and-australia-to-undertake-simulated-asf-exercise_54874.html" target="_blank">FarmingUK</a> and pig farming trade publications <a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/www.pig-world.co.uk/news/uk-and-australia-partner-this-week-in-simulated-asf-exercise.html" target="_blank">Pig World</a> and <a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/thepigsite.com/news/2020/01/uk-and-australia-join-forces-in-simulated-african-swine-fever-exercise" target="_blank">The Pig Site</a> this week around a joint exercise to practice biosecurity measures in the event of an African swine fever outbreak carried in tandem with New South Wales government in Australia.</p><p></p><p>From Wednesday 29th January to today, Friday 31st January, the UK and the New South Wales government in Australia collaborated on a joint, simulated exercise to practice and strengthen biosecurity measures and best practice to best manage an ASF outbreak.</p><p></p><p>Christine Middlemiss, Chief Veterinary Officer, said:</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>There has never been an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the UK and there are robust measures in place to protect against it, including joint operations with Border Force and a policy to seize and destroy all illegal imports of meat and meat products.</p><p></p><p>Further information on the exercise is available <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-australia-join-forces-in-simulated-african-swine-fever-exercise" target="_blank">online.</a></p><p></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/DefraGovUK" target="_blank">Follow Defra on Twitter</a>, and <a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/" target="_blank">sign up for email alerts here</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/01/31/1-15-million-fund-to-fight-food-waste-and-uk-and-australia-join-forces-in-simulated-african-swine-fever-exercise/" target="_blank">Continue reading on Defra Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GOV.UK RSS, post: 6751072, member: 78782"] [img]https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/files.thefarmingforum.co.uk/images/gov.uk.png[/img] £1.15 million fund to fight food waste and UK and Australia join forces in simulated African swine fever exercise Written by Defra Press Office [SIZE=4][B]£1.15 million fund to fight food waste[/B][/SIZE] [IMG alt="scraps of food waste such as fruit and vegetable peelings"]https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/01/food-waste-620x407.jpg[/IMG] There is positive coverage today in [URL='https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7949723/Ministers-pledge-1-15million-help-businesses-charities-tackle-food-waste.html']The Daily Mail[/URL], [URL='https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/food-waste/government-announces-1m-food-waste-fund/601553.article']The Grocer[/URL], [URL='https://www.fdiforum.net/mag/supply-chain/uk-fund-fight-food-waste/']Food & Drink International[/URL] and [URL='https://www.farminguk.com/news/fund-worth-over-1m-to-help-tackle-food-waste_54875.html']Farming UK[/URL] of the government’s announcement that businesses and not-for-profits in England will benefit from £1.15 million of funding to help them come up with creative new ways to tackle the scourge of food waste. The [URL='https://www.gov.uk/government/news/over-1m-to-fund-food-waste-fight']grants[/URL], which open today for applications, encourage innovative solutions to address the 4.5 million tonnes of food wasted every year – from behaviour change campaigns to initiatives that turn food waste into new materials. There was also positive coverage in [URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/01/30/supermarkets-should-make-packaging-food-waste-government-says/']The Telegraph[/URL] highlighting the new grants. While this article focused on action supermarkets can take to turn food waste into alternative products, we want to clarify that the grants are actually open to all types of businesses and organisations – of varying sizes – and we want to see all kinds of innovative ideas to tackle this issue. Coverage also referenced the upcoming ‘Food Waste Action Week’, announced by government Food Waste Champion, Ben Elliot for the week commencing May 11 - calling on households and businesses across the country to join forces to reduce food waste. Environment Minister Rebecca Pow said: Information on both grants and application packs can be found [URL='https://www.wrap.org.uk/content/resource-action-fund']here[/URL]. [SIZE=4][B][B]UK and Australia join forces in simulated African swine fever exercise[/B][/B][/SIZE] [IMG alt="two pigs in a field eating grass"]https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/208/2020/01/ASF-620x413.jpg[/IMG] Pigs grazing in grass There has been factual coverage published in [URL='https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/www.farminguk.com/news/uk-and-australia-to-undertake-simulated-asf-exercise_54874.html']FarmingUK[/URL] and pig farming trade publications [URL='https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/www.pig-world.co.uk/news/uk-and-australia-partner-this-week-in-simulated-asf-exercise.html']Pig World[/URL] and [URL='https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/thepigsite.com/news/2020/01/uk-and-australia-join-forces-in-simulated-african-swine-fever-exercise']The Pig Site[/URL] this week around a joint exercise to practice biosecurity measures in the event of an African swine fever outbreak carried in tandem with New South Wales government in Australia. From Wednesday 29th January to today, Friday 31st January, the UK and the New South Wales government in Australia collaborated on a joint, simulated exercise to practice and strengthen biosecurity measures and best practice to best manage an ASF outbreak. Christine Middlemiss, Chief Veterinary Officer, said: There has never been an outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) in the UK and there are robust measures in place to protect against it, including joint operations with Border Force and a policy to seize and destroy all illegal imports of meat and meat products. Further information on the exercise is available [URL='https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-and-australia-join-forces-in-simulated-african-swine-fever-exercise']online.[/URL] [URL='https://twitter.com/DefraGovUK']Follow Defra on Twitter[/URL], and [URL='https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/subscribe/']sign up for email alerts here[/URL]. [url="https://deframedia.blog.gov.uk/2020/01/31/1-15-million-fund-to-fight-food-waste-and-uk-and-australia-join-forces-in-simulated-african-swine-fever-exercise/"]Continue reading on Defra Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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