M&S becomes first retailer to farm and sell low carbon parsnips

Retailer unveils vegetable crop grown by robots and monitored by drones

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M&S says it is the first retailer to farm and sell low carbon parsnips
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M&S says it is the first retailer to farm and sell low carbon parsnips

Low carbon parsnips are to go on sale across M&S stores following its initial ‘autonomous field' trial. The company says it is the first retailer to both farm and sell a lower carbon vegetable which...

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