Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather
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Ribena owner invests in helping blackcurrants withstand extreme weather

The £200,000 move comes after harvests in Britain hit by wet winter, spring frost and hail, then heatwavesThe 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.That harvest is now under way in the berry’s main growing regions including East Anglia, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Kent and Scotland. It is expected to be about 10% below the average of 10,000 tonnes, as the climate crisis drives extrem

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The Guardian World — The Guardian World
17 July 2026
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