Dutch top fruit exporter Oskam recently concluded its first Alessia pear season with a pack out of over 90% Class I, FreshPlaza informs. That was shortly before the start of the 2024 overseas pear season. “Less than two percent rot and just under five percent good, sellable class II. Those
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The Airc Foundation's initiative against cancer and to promote prevention and support for research is back. As usual, more than 50 large-scale retail and organised distribution brands are taking part in the Red Oranges for Research initiative in
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Temperatures are on the rise in Belgium again. The days are getting longer, and the sun is out more and more. It seems spring is slowly approaching, and with it, Belgian-grown soft fruit. "It's the most beautiful time of the year," begins grower Benoit Demedts. "And we're looking forward to it."
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Curaçao: Consumer Association identifies top three supermarkets for diversity in meat, fruits, and vegetables read more

The month of January was certainly not brilliant for fruit and vegetables, the post-holiday period is never a phase from which one expects great things, but there were other factors, such as the weather, which did not stimulate consumption; read more

Nigel Jenney, Chief Executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium (FPC), warns of a thinly veiled £200 million tax on the industry as border checks on plant and animal products from the EU commence. These checks, part of the UK's new border operating procedures, will impose significant costs on
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A first collective agreement has been signed at Lufa Farms in Laval, Canada. The union group that organized the workers, reported that it took three years to draw up this first collective agreement. Drafting a first agreement is often a lengthy process. read more

With an average annual production of 500 to 600,000 tons, the traditional clementine grown in Italy still accounts for more than 70 percent of the country's total clementine growing area of approximately 30,000 hectares. Because of its geographical extent and potential, Calabria is the region
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On 17 January at the L'incoronata restaurant in Apricena (FG), the presentation of the new Forentum F1 processing tomato and the cucurbitaceae variety range of Med Hermes Vegetable seeds took place. read more

After the positive feedback of the last edition, Plant Nursery Area, the exhibition dedicated to nursery gardening and varietal innovations, is back at Macfrut 2024 (8-10 May Rimini Expo Centre). The national fruit nursery industry represents one of the strategic sectors of the Italian production chains.
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The Federation of Fruit and Vegetable Organizations (FVO) is set to participate in GreenlinQdata. read more

Vivero Los Viñedos, a fruit nursery in Peru, reaffirms its commitment to the agricultural development of large, small producers and rural communities by donating more than 35,000 mandarin seedlings to the Huancavelica region. Last Thursday, January 25, under the direction of its General
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Since 2006, Canada-based Croptracker has been using artificial intelligence and computerization to assess the size and quality of different produce varieties. Back then, the company’s farm management software system started with spray records and new modules have been added over the years. One
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Thanks to grants from the Instituto Valenciano de Competitividad Empresarial (IVACE) with funds from the Generalitat Valenciana, AIMPLAS, Instituto Tecnológico del Plástico, has boosted independent R&D activities during 2023 to continue leading, promoting and strengthening R&D&I.
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Over 70 growers took part in the technical meeting organized on January 23, 2024, by Vivai Garattoni in the presence of CBC Europe technicians. The meeting was held in San Mauro Pascoli (Forlì-Cesena), in the heart of the vegetable production area, and it focused on "Biological and integrated
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New Covent Garden Market (NCGM) was named Best Wholesale Market at the Great British Market Awards 2024, in Birmingham on January 25th. read more

After a positive 2023 despite the difficulties affecting the sector, Organizzazione di produttori Altamura looks to the new year with optimism, determination and a lot of news that also involve the widening of the fresh-cut range thanks to a new partner for baby leaves in Basilicata, a line
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“The other day,” remarks Henry Hopkins, macadamia production manager at the MTO Group, “I got a message from the farmer across the road to say: what you’ve done in your orchards looks pretty good. That’s nice to hear. Because to me, and the way I was trained, it looks untidy. We
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The Canadian Potato Summit, featuring Victoria Stamper's presentation, provided a comprehensive analysis of the potato industry in Canada for the 2023-24 crop year. Stamper's insights covered various critical aspects, offering valuable information for industry professionals. Here's a summary of
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The project 'Liberi di Coltivare, coltivare una rinascita' (Free to grow, cultivate a rebirth) by Op Joinfruit and Open Baladin Cuneo was presented yesterday (Monday 29 January, ed.) at the Cuneo prison.
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