Blueberries

The British blueberry season kicked off a week later than usual this year; it started on 9th June and is set to run until 30th September. Experts predict that the crop will be particularly sweet this year, as warm sunny weather in June boosts the sugar content. read more

Some two million strawberries are to be delivered to the All England Club during Wimbledon, and this year’s crop have had ideal growing conditions. Lack of spring frosts and the current dry weather are the perfect combination for delivering a plentiful supply over the coming weeks. read more

The new raspberry season in Eastern Europe has just started but is already making headlines. Farmers are shocked by low prices, call for boycotts of freezing factories, import bans and for the government help, and share angry comments in social media. read more

The annual OZblu® Global Grower Conference took place in late June. Held in Paarl, Western Cape, South Africa, the extreme rains and cold of the preceding week did not dampen the spirit of 150 growers, customers and investors from around the world. read more

SanLucar lands in Italy in 2019 to bring its wide range of high-quality fruit and vegetables to the Italian consumer. More than 100 references with a common denominator: excellent taste and quality that should embody the freshness of a product that arrives in the hands of the customer as
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It is not customary to talk about this, but Polish fruit growers, on the one hand, demand a ban raspberry imports from Ukraine, but at the same time, they do not want Ukraine to ban imports of other Polish fruits or food products. read more

Swiss agrivoltaic systems developer Insolight installed agrivoltaic system “insolagrin” at bioschmid GmbH in the canton of Lucerne, reports EastFruit referring to Freshplaza.com. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, farmers in Poland on June 29, 2023 blocked the first raspberry freezing enterprise in response to what they consider to be unsatisfactory prices for raspberries offered by processors. We are talking about the purchase price of 5 zł per kg, which is equivalent to
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A trio of roboticists at CREATE Lab, EPFL, in Switzerland, has designed, built and tested a robot that can pick raspberries. In their project, reported in the journal Communications Engineering, Kai Junge, Catarina Pires and Josie Hughes designed and tested their robot based on a new idea to
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On Monday, in the Netherlands, the Berrybrothers team began picking the new season's first blueberries. "The timing surprised us a bit. With the wet, dark March and April, we thought we'd start a little later this year. However, the past few weeks' beautiful weather accelerated everything. With
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In Fife the Scottish strawberry harvest got off to a good reasonable start in mid-May. Robert Simpson from Fife Fruits who grows soft fruit on 32 hectares in Fife said that the early strawberry crop is good. read more

The DFHV Juniors' online X-Change on the topic of start-ups in the food industry went into the second round on 28 June. In around 1.5 hours, four young people once again presented their company and its history. This time, Grapes, Organifarms, shipzero and vGreens took part. read more

The blueberry market has experienced exponential growth in recent years, and forecasts from the world's largest producers are already predicting that volumes will continue to grow for another year. There is no doubt about the fruit's popularity, although according to Pedro Azcárate, of the
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1 July 2023 is International Fruit Day. Lemon, as this year's Fruit of the Year, is grown just as little by farms in Saxony-Anhalt as blackberry, which was Fruit of the Year in 2022, the Saxony-Anhalt State Statistical Office announced. read more

It is not customary to talk about this, but Polish fruit growers, on the one hand, demand to ban raspberry imports from Ukraine, but at the same time, they do not want Ukraine to ban imports of Polish fruits and other food products. At the time of signing the Association Agreement with the EU,
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Picotas have been gaining popularity in recent years for their numerous health benefits and exquisite flavour. In this article, we'll take a closer look at peckerberries, how they differ from conventional cherries and the great health benefits they offer. From its high

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The new raspberry season in Eastern Europe has just started but is already making headlines. Farmers are shocked by low prices, call for boycotts of freezing factories, import bans and for the government help, and share angry comments in social media. read more

More than 150 Polish farmers blocked the road in the village of Elzbieta, Lublin province, demanding a ban on raspberry imports from Ukraine. This followed a decrease in purchase prices at Polish fruit and vegetable freezing enterprises. According to these Polish growers, the prices offered by
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The presence of German soft fruits gradually expanded in recent weeks. "At the beginning of June, there were already the first blueberries from regional greenhouses, these are now being replaced by outdoor produce. In the case of raspberries, we have been able to fall back on regional outdoor
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