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Sainsbury’s launches peat-free mushrooms from Monaghan using recyclable materials

Deviating from the traditionally arduous process of growing mushrooms, Sainsbury’s supplier Monaghan has instead developed them using a naturally recyclable substrate instead of peat. The result is that instead of relying on peat, which takes thousands of years to grow and form, this new method will not only be easier but spare widespread carbon release and get the retailer closer to its net zero goals.

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M&S will be first UK retailer to sell lower-carbon parsnips this November

M&S plans to have lower carbon parsnips available in select stores this November, the first of the major retailers to both farm and sell a reduced-carbon vegetable. The retailer recently concluded successful autonomous field trials in Yorkshire in partnership with supplier Huntapac, hoping to both reduce farm emissions and create more highly skilled jobs. The trial was the first M&S Food project to be funded

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