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The Avril Group Joins the IBM Food Trust Blockchain Platform to Strengthen Traceability of its Matines Eggs Range

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Paris, February 4 2020: IBM (NYSE: IBM) and the Avril Group, the French market leader in the vegetable oil and protein industry, as well as the owner of the leading fresh egg and oil brands, Matines and Lesieur, among others, today announced that Avril has joined IBM Food Trust, a blockchain-enabled global ecosystem for the food industry, and which will run on IBM Cloud. Matines differentiates itself with a new and personalized consumer experience. This is thanks to the enhanced information and traceability of 25 references on its ranges of organic, outdoors, free-range red label, soil and standard eggs. (more…)

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Exeter Scientist Discovers UK’s Rarest Bat in East Devon

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University of Exeter scientist Dr Fiona Mathews has discovered one of Britain’s rarest mammals living in East Devon.

Members of the public were treated to a surprise close-encounter with the Grey long-eared bat, believed to be one of only 1,000 individuals in the country, at an event organised by East Devon District Council’s Countryside Service at the Axe Estuary Wetlands.

The bat evening was part of a regular Wet and Wild Weekend – a celebration of the wildlife of the Axe Estuary Wetlands attracting nearly 500 people. Dr Mathews and fellow bat-enthusiast Adrian Bayley had set up mist nets so that people could meet some of the animals they were hearing on bat detectors, and were amazed to find the country’s rarest bat.

There are only six known breeding colonies of Grey long-eared bats in the UK. This discovery potentially links an isolated group near Newton Abbot with colonies in Dorset and the Isle of Wight. (more…)

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