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Harper Adams University College is the UK’s leading provider of specialist higher education and research for the food chain, rural and land-based industries. Undergraduate, postgraduate and PHD subjects cover every aspect of food production, from agricultural engineering to food marketing, land management and animal health and welfare. For more information visit www.harper-adams.ac.uk

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Manufacturers risk backlash by opting out of new food labelling scheme

MANUFACTURERS who refuse to sign up to a new traffic light food labelling system to combat UK obesity will be accused of having something to hide, says a food expert from Shropshire’s Harper Adams University. The warning has been issued by Ralph Early, Head of the Food Science and Agri-Food Supply Chain Management Department at the university near Newport, who believes opting out of the scheme is a risky business. Last week the Government announced that a revised traffic light system of consistent front-of-pack information on grocery food products is to be introduced over the next 18

Offally good ready meal scoops gold for Harper Adams students

NINE students from Harper Adams University in Shropshire have scooped gold in the UK finals of a Dragons’ Den-style competition to find the best eco-innovative food product. The More Than Meat Pies team from the university near Newport won the British heat of the Ecotrophelia: European Food Innovation Student Awards with its ready meal offal pie, aptly named A Hearty Meal. Along with a £2,000 cash prize, the team will also receive one-year Institute of Food Science & Technology (IFST) membership and a number of Elsevier food science publications. The team will now go forward as the

Postgraduate life at Harper Adams as a mature student

RETURNING to higher education as a mature student can be a daunting experience, but postgraduate student Ann Kerry found she was in good company when she began studying at Shropshire’s Harper Adams University. The mother-of-two had always dreamt of undertaking a Masters course, but it was not until more recently that she decided the time was right. After changing her job and reducing her hours, the 62-year-old signed up as a part-time student to study a postgraduate food course over two years. Ann, who qualified as a teacher more than 40 years ago after undertaking a PGCE in Home

Really Porky Pie success at festive market

THE Harper Adams students behind artisan small business, Really Porky Pies, are celebrating after being a sell out at their first official event. Paula Lobb and Michelle Evans launched their new business at the University College Farmers Market at the weekend, selling around 400 pork pies in just three hours. The girls sold cupcake-size pies in festive flavours, including pork with apple, cranberry or stuffing, and traditional style with or without jelly. 20-year-old Paula from Bristol, said: “We are over the moon at how successful the business has become, It’s really gathering

Testing Marmite – do you love it, or hate it?

Researchers at Harper Adams University College investigate public's perception of MarmiteYOU might love it, you might hate it, but researchers at Harper Adams University College are hoping to find out what the public really thinks of popular spread, Marmite. Questionnaires have been distributed and taste tests have taken place to calculate what proportion of the population likes or dislikes the product, whether it is seen as an ‘iconic’ brand, and if they do like it, whether they can tell the difference when compared to rival products. The research is being replicated in other

Shropshire food celebration

Students champion local food at social eveningA CELEBRATION of local food was the theme of a social evening arranged by Harper Adams students earlier this week. Around 50 students and staff from food-related courses turned up to the event held at the Regional Food Academy exhibition hall on campus. It was arranged by Anna Bird, Emily Goring and April Graham, who are all in the second year of a BSc (Hons) Food Nutrition and Well Being degree. 19-year-old Anna from Malvern, Worcestershire, said: “We chose local food to raise awareness of local companies to Harper and to promote the

Santa to visit Harper Adams

Festive Farmers' Market welcomes 70 stallholders and Santa ClausSANTA Claus is coming to Harper Adams University College this Sunday for the Festive Farmers’ Market. Children are invited to take a ride on the tractor trailer around campus before stopping off to meet the man himself at his grotto. More than 70 stallholders will be on site, local singers will be providing musical cheer, while mulled wine and mince pies will provide refreshment. The market runs from 10am-2pm and will be located in a spacious marquee outside the main building at Harper Adams in Edgmond, near Newport,

Calorie counting Katy helps students make healthy choices

Calorie information is now available on menus at Harper Adams.Students at Harper Adams can make informed decisions about the food they eat thanks to Catering Assistant Katy Smith, who has started calculating the calorie content of meals and drinks served on campus. Katy, who has worked at the University College in Shropshire for five years, recently took up the challenge of working out the calories using computer software, a book, and skills picked up during her BSc (Hons) degree in Nutrition. Calorie information for breakfast items and hot drinks is now available, with data clearly

Harper Adams chef up for BBC award

Head Chef at Harper Adams reaches finals of BBC Food & Farming Awards.Head Chef at Harper Adams University College, Wayne Wright, has reached the finals of the BBC Food & Farming Awards 2011. He has been shortlisted in the Best ‘Dinner Lady’/’Public Caterer’ category and is up against two other finalists. The award is in recognition of ‘cooks who make mealtimes in our hospitals, care homes, schools or workplaces a delight’. Two judges recently visited and interviewed Wayne - Jeanette Orrey, former Catering Manager and writer of cookbook ‘The Dinner Lady’, and Helen Crawley, Reader

Student's food waste research

A Harper Adams student has identifyed areas of waste in the fresh produce supply chain.Harper Adams agri-food student, Sebastian James, spent the summer identifying areas of waste in the fresh produce supply chain as part of a 10-week research placement. 19-year-old Seb from Windsor worked for five weeks at the University College in Shropshire and five weeks at Reading University. His research looks at the produce that can’t be marketed from the field or greenhouse and during packaging and processing, specifically potatoes, lettuce, strawberries, cut herbs and spinach. Seb, who is

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