James Nichols, former Chairman of English Apples and Pears -the grower promotional organisation ans one of the architects in the upturn of the English apple and pears industry after the upheavals of the EU grubbing in the late 1990′s has died age 76

Below are links to the responses made by Friends of the Earth, The NFU and The Food and Drink Federation

http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/sustainable_food_10082009.html

http://www.nfuonline.com/x41322.xml

http://www.fdf.org.uk/news.aspx?article=4587&newsindexpage=1

You will find the background papers to this news coverage by following this link

http://www.defra.gov.uk/foodrin/security/

http://sandbox.defra.gov.uk/food2030/