Blueberries
What makes blackberries a superfood?
2023-04-07 00:00
Recently, the blackberry (Rubus fruticosus) has come to be known as a superfood, which has further increased the demand for the fruit. A recent paper published in the Foods Journal looks at the phytochemical components of this fruit, focusing on terpenoids and the more commonly characterized…
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An Essex-based fruit farm has defied the odds to grow strawberries in challenging conditions, thanks to innovative farming practices and consistent, free-draining coir-growing media.
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Easter, it was decided not to risk
2023-04-07 00:00
Browsing through the leaflets of the various supermarkets such as Coop, Conad, Esselunga and discounters (Lidl, Aldi and Eurospin), there is no doubt about it: we will eat lots of strawberries, pineapples, tomatoes and potatoes.
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Toronto specialty store offers extremely rare strawberries for $28
2023-04-07 00:00
One Toronto specialty store is selling some extremely rare Spanish strawberry varieties, introducing the one-and-only Borga strawberries, available to you by the good people at Cheese Boutique, who specially orders the berries from all the way from Spain.
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Cutting robot increases yields
2023-04-07 00:00
"We’re well-positioned regarding what the market needs: robotizing the cutting process," begins Jeroen Pannekoek, PIP Innovations' Managing Director. This Dutch company focuses on robotized processing solutions for the fruit and vegetable sector. A major U.S. potato chip manufacturer, for
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This could be the toughest season ever for industrial fruit (part 1) - strawberries
2023-04-07 00:00
Last year was marked by an astonishing run in the purchase of many types of fruit for industrial use. We are talking about both concentrate and frozen food production. Prices for some fruits reached historically high levels. This is now resulting in problems with
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Tomatoes, Italiafruit's analysis
2023-04-07 00:00
During the Easter period, interest in vegetables increases in view of the various picnics and barbecues outside the home: among the best-selling products are definitely tomatoes.
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"The greenhouse was glazed with the LEDS already installed"
2023-04-07 00:00
Royal Berry was lucky on Wednesday afternoon; under a brilliant blue sky, the 12.5-year anniversary of the Dutch strawberry growing company was celebrated. Even better, grower Jan van Genderen was able to recount in an extensive speech his rise as a strawberry entrepreneur at the newest location
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Royal Berry was lucky on Wednesday afternoon; under a brilliant blue sky, the 12.5-year anniversary of the strawberry growing company was celebrated. Even better, grower Jan van Genderen was able to recount in an extensive speech his rise as a strawberry entrepreneur at the newest location in
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The blueberry world ready to meet at Macfrut
2023-04-07 00:00
Experts put the global consumption of blueberries at 2 million tonnes within the next ten years, with a purchase in Europe alone of 860 grams per person by 2026. To say that the future will be under the sign of the blueberry is telling as an almost niche product in
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Imported strawberries become cheaper in Poland
2023-04-06 00:00
This season, the traditional downward trend in prices for imported strawberries on the Polish wholesale market began in mid-February, when the volumes of Spanish strawberries sold there began to increase with a big delay. However, the average wholesale price for imported strawberries offered in
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“There currently is a complete focus on price, not quality”
2023-04-06 00:00
Banana cultivation in India has come a long way in the past few decades, says Ajay Chopra, founder of Indian fresh produce brand Wonderberry: “The Indian banana cultivation has seen a fair bit of evolution over the past two decades. For example, the change from flat irrigation technology to
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Wholesale, Easter sales without surprise
2023-04-06 00:00
Also at wholesale level, Easter is approaching and wholesalers are hoping to increase sales by changing the tone from the unsatisfactory winter months. But so far the festive air has not had any desired effect and sales are languishing. Even products such as:
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"The factors that favored imports are now lacking"
2023-04-06 00:00
"One aspect we are currently experiencing on the market is the promotion of domestic produce rather than the imported one due to the increase in costs in all producer countries worldwide. We are talking about bell peppers, strawberries, lemons, oranges and pears," reports Giuseppe Galluccio
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Global Plant Genetics makes major blueberry investment
2023-04-06 00:00
The Global Plant Genetics team is quite excited about the purchase of the global licences for three of the world's most exciting blueberry varieties from the University of Georgia; Sweet Duchess, Maverick, and Gladiator.
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“The Red Label Plougastel strawberry has arrived!”
2023-04-06 00:00
The Gariguette, the famous Plougastel strawberry of the Savéol producers, is now available. “The Gariguette is a well-balanced variety with a very unique taste, a pleasant texture, and a very nice fragrance.”
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The strawberry season has not started off on the right foot in the Verona area. Producers are having to cope with difficult weather conditions on the one hand and a labour emergency on the other.
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Optimum use of humic acids in blueberry cultivation
2023-04-06 00:00
Humic acids have already become a permanent part of the agronomic treatments carried out on many blueberry and other berry plantations. Currently, several types of such products are on sale in the form of mulches, soil conditioners, for
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Strawberries, research is rewriting the production calendar
2023-04-06 00:00
Getting to market first or staying there longer than others can make a real difference for strawberry growers. And it is to these needs that the world of variety research is responding, offering proposals that can change the production calendar. Among
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Berry Blue LLC. and University of Florida sign research agreement
2023-04-06 00:00
Berry Blue LLC., an MBG Marketing company, has announced its partnership with the University of Florida Blueberry Breeding Program to research and develop new and proprietary late-season southern highbush blueberry varieties. This collaboration will bring together the expertise of both
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