The great fridge debate! Shoppers are divided over definitive list on where fruit and veg should be stored (so, do YOU agree with the split?) Shoppers were left divided over which fruit and veg should be refrigerated The list was shared to a Facebook page by user John Dennehy, from Blackpool Claims you should not refrigerate … Read more
Shoppers can’t get enough of this bizarre $5 IKEA gadget that keeps chopped fruit and vegetables fresh for WEEKS An Australian woman has found an ingenious product for keeping food fresh Available for $5 from IKEA the ÖVERMÄTT set of three covers are selling fast They simply wrap around the end of cut fruit and vegetables … Read more
SUGAR SWEETENED DRINKS Drinking large amounts of sugar in drinks such as pop, soda and juices can lead to serious health problems, including weight gain, tooth decay and diabetes. Some drinks contain upwards of 40 grams of sugar—equivalent to about 10 teaspoons of sugar—and 200 or more calories in a 12-ounce serving. The NHS says … Read more
Merry the elephant! Eating fermented fruit gets elephants DRUNK – but tiny shrews and koalas can hold their alcohol, study finds Canadian scientists discovered elephant’s lack genetic mutation called A294 V This is present in humans and other species and allows for processing of alcohol Ends a long-standing debate as to whether elephants get drunk on … Read more
A tiny ‘nanocardboard’ flyers powered by lasers and inspired by corrugated cardboard could help NASA collect evidence of life on Mars. US engineers say a fleet of the miniature aircraft could be launched from ground-based rovers and steered with light to collect chemical samples on the Red Planet. Each nanocardboard device consists of a hollow … Read more
Minister tells furloughed workers they should get fruit-picking jobs to help farmers who are struggling to fill vacancies George Eustice expects there to be a need to recruit British harvest workers ‘A third of the migrant labour that normally comes to the UK is here,’ he says Up to 80,000 workers, mostly from Eastern Europe, … Read more
Consuming fruit juices is just as bad for your health and likely to lead to an early death as drinking cola or lemonade, research suggests. A new study found an increased risk of dying early from any cause for people who consumed a lot of sugary drinks. US researchers compared, for the first time, 100 … Read more
A farming boss says his company had spent £40,000 to fly 150 experienced Romanian farm workers to the UK to teach unskilled British fruit and vegetable pickers how to harvest. Anthony Gardiner, boss at G’s Growers, says the situation was getting desperate because their regular land army of foreign workers are locked down in their … Read more
A farming boss says his company had spent £40,000 to fly 150 experienced Romanian farm workers to the UK to teach unskilled British fruit and vegetable pickers how to harvest. Anthony Gardiner, boss at G’s Growers, says the situation was getting desperate because their regular land army of foreign workers are locked down in their … Read more
The first plane carrying 150 ‘critically important’ Romanian fruit and vegetable pickers landed at Stansted this afternoon. The young Romanians, a mix of men and women and all wearing face masks and gloves, filed out of the near empty airport in groups of five to comply with social distancing rules. They were then transported by … Read more