Aubergines

Two years ago, the Escobar-Castañeda family, owners of the brands King Courgette and Queen Aubergine, decided to completely transform their business to include their farmers under a common project of transformation towards sustainability and digital transition. read more

Now that BERDEA SAT has significantly increased its number of certified farmers in GLOBALG.A.P., GRASP and SPRING it is set to become the most relevant specialised producer for courgettes in Europe. read more

This conference took place in Leonardo Castillo's farm, located between San Agustín and Solanillo. The attendees were able to see for themselves the appearance and weight of this new aubergine transplanted on the 15th of August on this farm. read more

The new aubergine season at Belgian cooperative BelOrta kicked off this week with the sale of the first aubergines of 2023, supplied, as last year, by BelOrta producer Jurgen Franco of Topa from Jabbeke.  read more

More young vegetables from domestic crops are appearing on local wholesale markets in Poland. Interestingly, despite not the best weather, their trade is starting earlier than a year ago. read more

The volume of vegetable exports from Poland in 2021 broke the downward trend of the previous two years, but it was not above the level of 2018 (the last year of the previous growth period, started in 2015). read more

On Thursday 10 March 2022, the directors of Growers United launched the Sustainable Together scheme. Growers United interprets Sustainable Together as increasing the sustainability of the supply chain from the grower to the point of sale. read more

This is not good news for consumers, but next season vegetable prices in Poland will have to rise or vegetables may disappear from the offer, as their production will become unprofitable and farmers will go bankrupt if they do not raise prices. read more

On 6th December 2021, Belarus decided to respond to the latest international sanctions by implementing an embargo on food import into the country for food products originating from the European Union but also the UK, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, North Macedonia, Albania, the USA, and Canada. read more

Belarus is introducing its sanctions from January 1, 2022, reports PAP based on reports by Belarusian News Agency BelTa. read more

The trading season for domestic aubergines in Poland is nearing its end. In fact, it's difficult to talk about a large wholesale of these vegetables, as their supply is already quite limited. read more

The 2021 growing season for ground vegetables in Poland started with a delay - even up to 3 weeks in some regions of the country. read more

The previous two seasons were not typical for Polish aubergines. How about this year? read more

With considerable slippage, but they are finally here. The first aubergines from domestic greenhouse crops have reached the wholesale market in Poland. read more

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According to the Central Statistical Office (CSO), the year 2020 brought an increase in the value of Polish agri-food export from EUR 31.8 billion to EUR 34.0 billion, i.e. by 7 per cent. It is worth noting that this was achieved despite the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic.
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The volume of aubergine imports (category 07093000 - Aubergines (aubergines), fresh or chilled) to Poland in 2020 amounted to 4.4 thousand tonnes, and its value reached 22.5 million PLN. This means a slight decrease in volume, while the value of imports in this category increased year-on-year. read more

Blends are one of the most important items in the palette of Polish frozen vegetables. Next to such items as beans, peas and spinach. In 2020, Polish frozen vegetable mixes went to 55 countries around the world, of which 16 countries had volumes greater than one thousand tonnes. How did these exports develop? read more