Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather
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The owner of Ribena is investing £200,000 to help blackcurrant bushes withstand stress caused by extreme weather. The UK blackcurrant harvest is currently underway and is expected to be about 10% below the average of 10,000 tonnes. The investment aims to address the impact of a wet winter, spring frost, hail, and heatwaves linked to the climate crisis. This matters as it highlights the vulnerability of key agricultural crops to increasingly erratic weather patterns.
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£200,000 investment to improve bush resilience
The owner of Ribena is investing £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress.
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The UK blackcurrant harvest is expected to be about 10% below the average of 10,000 tonnes.
Prediction- £200,000 investment to improve bush resilience
- Harvest expected 10% below average (10,000 tonnes)
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Loaded language removed<p>The £200,000 move comes after harvests in Britain hit by wet winter, spring frost and hail, then heatwaves</p><p>The owner of Ribena is to invest £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress after extreme weather put a squeeze on this year’s UK harvest.</p><p>That harvest is now under way in the berry’s main growing regions including East Anglia, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Kent and Scotland.
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The UK blackcurrant harvest is expected to be about 10% below the average of 10,000 tonnes.
PredictionThe climate crisis is driving extreme weather across Britain and elsewhere.
OpinionThe owner of Ribena is investing £200,000 in helping blackcurrant bushes withstand stress.
The GuardianExtreme weather events in Britain include wet winter, spring frost, hail, and heatwaves.
The GuardianBias & Framing
- availability_heuristic: wet winter, spring frost and hail, then heatwaves,extreme weather put a squeeze on this year’s UK harvest