SZG: Change of personnel in the Executive Board
Philipp Fankhauser will resign from his position as deputy managing director at the Swiss Centre for Vegetable Production and Special Crops (SZG) in 2024 to pursue a new career, according to a

Maersk: Pioneering work on conversion of first container ship to methanol dual-fuel engine
In a first for the shipping industry, Maersk will convert an existing vessel to dual-fuel methanol propulsion, enabling it to run on green methanol. The industry-first conversion of an engine is

More organic in school catering: BioBitte networks politics, administration and kitchens in Castrop-Rauxel
How can organic food become an integral part of the menus in municipal catering facilities? This question was the focus of a networking workshop on 19 June 2023, for which the initiative "BioBitte

DFHV: Henning Kleinespel appointed Deputy Managing Director
As of 1 July 2023, in-house lawyer Henning Kleinespel (36) has been appointed deputy managing director of the Deutscher Fruchthandelsverband e.V. (DFHV) by the association's board of directors,

"Dwarf beans have become more popular recently"
Yesterday, Kamps harvested its first dwarf beans, thus kicking off the new Dutch season. "These will go to all our local, national, and international customers year-round again," says Niels Borst,

Voluntary QA Inspection Sustainability (FIN) - Guidelines and working aids available
Sustainability is becoming increasingly important for companies in the fruit, vegetable and potato value chain. With the development of the module "Voluntary QS Inspection Sustainability" (FIN),

Watermelons and melons: no to import, yes to service
This year's watermelon-melon campaign is and will continue to be a tough nut to crack for Italian retailers. First of all, the start with the Sicilian melon was a shock, due to the bad weather

These products are worth using in raspberry fertilisation
Is it possible to supply plants with nutrients without using fertilisers? Well, yes. This is the role of the products offered by Gaiago Polska. Their action is based on soil microorganisms, which

"We are the European company innovating the most with stone fruit"
"We are currently in the middle of the stone fruit season, working, as per our schedule, with the Metis® and Pluot® before moving on with new products, such as the blood nectarine, which

Czy ostatnie holenderskie cebule zapewniają bonus cenowy?
Z każdym tygodniem sortuje się nieco mniej i teraz tak naprawdę chodzi o ostatnie partie cebuli z magazynu, nie mówiąc już o partiach, które są

First steps towards a future quality label for Huelva soft fruits
This initiative, which arose at the meeting held on 6 June by the councillor, Carmen Crespo, and the president of Interprofesional, José Luis García-Palacios Álvarez, is part of the agreement

Almeda at the forefront of training for fruit and vegetable workers
The company Almeda, a producer of IV gamma products under the Naturizia brand, which has been working with the Arena Group (VéGé) for many years, active in Sicily with the Decò and Super

Almeda (Naturizia) trains Arena Group's fruit and vegetable workers
A training meeting dedicated to technicians and managers of the fruit and vegetable departments of the Arena Group (VéGé). It was held by Almeda, a producer of fourth range products under the

Frederick Hiam invests £2.5 mln in vegetable factory in Brandon
East Anglian vegetable producer Frederick Hiam has invested £2.5 mln in machinery, which will replace 20 seasonal workers. Frederick Hiam has upgraded its factory in Brandon with a new trimming

Marchwi wciąż jest bardzo mało
Trwa okres przejściowy między starym i nowym sezonem marchwi w Polsce. Nierzadko w takiej przejściowej fazie wciąż jest na rynku dużo starej marchwi wyprzedawanej

Russia and Algeria will probably come to an ‘Expanded Strategic Partnership’
Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebbouneis currently on a state visit to Russia, which is expected to culminate in the signing of an “Expanded Strategic Partnership” between the two countries.

Zaczął się sezon młodych buraków obcinanych
Sezon 2022/2023 na polskim hurtowym rynku buraków ćwikłowych kończy się z cenami na dobrym poziomie, choć nie doszło do przebicia cen z końcówki zeszłego roku,

Industry relief over port labor agreement
Following the tentative agreement between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), the produce industry is feeling a sense of relief. “This

In Dagestan, the largest pear orchard in Russia was established
On June 4, Sharip Sharipov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of Dagestan, visited the southern regions of the republic. He got acquainted with the work on increasing the area of pear

Asda has seen a +12% uplift in sales of potatoes in the past year
“Less and less Belgian products” Future Colruyt CEO Stefan Goethaert concurs: “In the fruit and vegetable department in Belgian supermarkets, for example, there are fewer and fewer Belgian

The Sevillian harvest comes to an end
So atypical that the start-ups have been carried out in the afternoon, something completely unusual in a province where the workers are used to working at six o'clock in the morning to avoid the

Ireland first autonomous seed-n-weed robot gets to work in the southeast
Gary Abbott recently caught up Ireland's first autonomous field robot, the FarmDroid FD20, working in Co Kilkenny, weeding a crop of beet it had sown earlier in the spring. Nine months ago, we