"Winter vegetables are reaching their end, and consumers are more in the mood for salads, especially when it's sunny. So the demand for lettuce is picking up again," begins Olivier Dejonghe of Dejonghe Salads, a Belgian family business that focuses on processing its lettuce into ready-to-eat
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Even shop robots should have Sundays off, German court rules as it says automated supermarkets must close on the seventh dayRobots working long hours in supermarkets are just as entitled to a day of rest as their human counterparts, a German court has ruled, upholding a centuries-old ban on
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Brazil's domestic demand for dragon fruit is holding back exports with consumption of the fruit having grown significantly in the country in recent years. "Through marketing campaigns, promotion of the fruit in supermarket chains and television, the fruit has gained in popularity on the national
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Do you, as a fresh produce company, want to market an exclusive product? Then, you must pay extra attention to its presentation, starting with the packaging. Dutch cooperative Harvest House's Amorena tomatoes - "one bite and you immediately fall in love," say its growers - fit that bill. Their
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During Easter week, demand for early varieties from Italy and Cyprus significantly picked up, according to BLE, being sold alongside the offered quantities of asparagus. Generally, storage and early potatoes continued to share the market, with the latter especially gaining popularity. Cypriot
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The 2023-24 harvest period for New Zealand's avocado sector concluded with notably diminished export sales, marking the lowest volume in a decade. This downturn has set expectations for grower prices that might only cover the costs associated with picking and packing operations. The industry's… read more

The Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods (ASPF) was launched to engage with regulators, governments, researchers, and civil society organizations to ensure that packaging regulations for food achieve environmental sustainability without compromising food safety and product quality and
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Recent weather forecasts indicate significant rainfall for Panama, potentially alleviating the prolonged drought conditions that have impacted the Panama Canal, a critical conduit for international trade. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has been compelled to reduce the number of daily transits
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The supply of Dutch bell peppers is only trickling in. "Due to the wet and dark weather in the first quarter, the start is even later than last year. The first harvest of red and yellow bell peppers is now behind us, the supply of orange bell peppers has just started, and green bell peppers have
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Avocado is an essential fruit in Colombian gastronomy that is highly valued for its nutritional contributions. However, due to a notable price increase, it is becoming a luxury item. This increase has generated concerns among consumers and traders. According to official data, the average price
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For the Van Overbeke company from Waregem, the strawberry season officially kicked off yesterday with the harvest of their first Sonsations. Although the weather has slightly hindered the start, Philip Van Overbeke is optimistic. "The Sonsation strawberries are a bit slower to start than Elsanta.… read more

Two months after the start of the green asparagus season, Philippe Jean takes stock of the current campaign. "We started at the beginning of February with fairly low volumes. There were no major heat spikes, so there were no production peaks. We have now reached a plateau in terms of production,
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Recent market analysis by EastFruit indicates a notable uptick in the cost of imported tomatoes in Ukraine this week. The primary driver behind this surge is a discernible shortfall in tomato availability. Compounding this issue is the escalation of prices in Turkey, the chief exporter, which
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Brazil's domestic demand for dragon fruit is holding back exports with consumption of the fruit having grown significantly in the country in recent years. "Through marketing campaigns, promotion of the fruit in supermarket chains and television, the fruit has gained in popularity on the national
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Syngenta Vegetable Seeds continues to invest in courgette research. Two novelties were presented at the customary early season meeting in the Piedmont area, strategic in the national market, for which it called together the main operators of the
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The transportation of broccoli from the field to the warehouse and the store typically involves ice. Lots of it. In a 40 lb. box of broccoli, only half of that weight actually comes from broccoli; the other half comes from approximately 2.5 gallons of water, equaling 9.5 liters. Over the past
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The transportation of broccoli from the field to the warehouse and the store typically involves ice. Lots of it. In a 40 lb. box of broccoli, only half of that weight actually comes from broccoli; the other half comes from approximately 2.5 gallons of water, equaling 9.5 liters. Over the past
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Despite a "false start" for the white asparagus season in southwestern France due to poor weather conditions, volumes arrived in time for the Easter weekend. "The campaign started relatively early since we harvested the first asparagus around mid-February, a week earlier than last year,"
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The coconut season in Côte d'Ivoire is running throughout the year, with several harvests. According to Stéphane Djedji, manager of Bethlehem Commodities, this quarter's crop is slow to reach the market due to Ramadan and the start of the mango season. Djedji says: "Production is following its
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The coconut season in Côte d'Ivoire is running throughout the year, with several harvests. According to Stéphane Djedji, manager of Bethlehem Commodities, this quarter's crop is slow to reach the market due to Ramadan and the start of the mango season. Djedji says: "Production is following its
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