The latest food and beverage industry news and trend analysis

EIT Food and the PepsiCo Foundation have launched Future Harvest, a new training and innovation programme targeting nine hundred young and next-generation farmers across five European countries to address the region's agricultural generational gap.

Aldi has committed over five billion pounds to long-term supplier contracts with British farmers and pledged one point one billion pounds to egg production to secure its domestic supply chain.

Tesco has expanded its Sustainable Pig Group by nearly 30 per cent, investing an additional £2 million annually to bolster supply chain resilience and animal welfare.

Chinese dairy leader Yili Group has launched its Global Innovation Vanguard Initiative in Cambridge, establishing partnerships with Springer Nature and the University of Cambridge to drive open-source dairy research.

Yanmar S.P. Co. Ltd. has launched the Yanmar Solution Experience Centre in Thailand, partnering with Chia Tai and XAG to deliver integrated precision agriculture technology and drone solutions.

SAI Platform’s Regenerating Together Programme has secured forty global signatories, establishing a unified group of forty global food and agriculture companies, including Carlsberg, Diageo, FrieslandCampina, and Mondelez.

Nestle and First Milk have launched Young Dairy Leaders, a practical programme designed to build business resilience and accelerate regenerative farming adoption for next-generation growers.

Kerry Dairy Ireland has rebranded as Kinisla, launching a 300 million euro investment plan to scale its 130 million pound snacking portfolio and transition to a farmer-owned co-operative by 2035.