Last year, Rijk Zwaan introduced new hybrid leek varieties as the first step towards a complete portfolio for leek growers worldwide. The company also highlights an Indonesian grower, Sweet Greens, who is using Rijk Zwaan seeds to to reach their ultimate goal of supplying to Asian and Middle
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Driven by its purpose: to help people, communities and the environment around the world thrive through the goodness of kiwifruit, ZAG will play an important role in the company's mission. The $2 million annual fund will support future ZAG initiatives.
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In the framework of the last European Council, the EU agreed to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova. In the fruit and vegetable trade, the export of fresh fruit and vegetables to Ukraine in 2022 stood at 361,322 tonnes and the import at 9,631 tonnes

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The first transplants of extra-early and early watermelons are already being carried out in the greenhouses of Almeria. "We have already been in touch and made the first agreements with our growers for the 2024 watermelon campaign, whose transplants are starting now, in the second half of
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Into the future together: Representatives of the fruit growing and agricultural sectors as well as the distillery industry will come together at Fruchtwelt Bodensee (February 23rd to 25th, 2024) to exchange ideas, and learn more from the 350 exhibiting companies. The event will deal with, among
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You think of dried fruit and the word itself suggests something that lasts, that does not wither and rot due to its low water content, almost as opposed to fresh fruit, which is often at its best as soon as it is picked. This is why a walnut is a perfect idea for a
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The Turkish citrus season is in full swing, and although the situation is different per product, overall it seems to be a pretty good season. For Lemons, the first big season is about finished, Esra Soyleyen, managing partner of Turkish fruit exporter Aksun states: “On volume levels we do not
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A new laEsse shop opens in Milan on Viale Teodorico, the Esselunga neighbourhood format designed to meet the needs of everyday shopping. This is the twelfth opening of this format, ten are in the Lombard capital and two in Rome. The shop, with an area
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On 14 and 15 December, Ramiro Arnedo held a field conference in El Ejido (Almeria) to present its new variety of lamuyo Palomeque F1. The event took place at the farm of the farmer Isaac García Martín, CEO of the company Veganature, located in El Ejido, Almería.
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Nadorcott Protection (NCP) has escalated its action to protect the rights of the Nadorcott variety of mandarin, issuing its second wave of letters warning nine major UK supermarket retailers of the risks of selling Tango/Tang Gold mandarins. read more

It has a bright red colour with a very uniform appearance. Its texture leaves no one indifferent, it is juicy and crunchy. It is an ideal fruit for snacks or culinary recipes. read more

This season’s first seaborne Chilean cherry ship arrived at the port last weekend, and containers were opened in the market one after another at the beginning of this week. It is understood that the shipping varieties of this batch include Santina, and Royal Dawn, with Santina being the most
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It will be a truly unforgettable Christmas for Mr Biagio Carrella, a shopkeeper from San Gennaro Vesuviano, in the province of Naples, and an affectionate distributor of Melinda products, a consortium that brings together 4000 families of fruit growers from the Val di Non and Sole and Solarelli, the brand of
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Greenyard has announced that its board of directors has appointed Francis Kint as chief executive officer (CEO). read more

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The first commercial campaign for the new Dulcis kiwifruit is underway following successful trials last season. The exclusive all-Italian green variety, developed by New Plant in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna and grown and marketed by Alegra, Apofruit Italia and
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The diverse and fast-growing fresh produce supplier Nationwide Produce has been confirmed as the host of Fresh Produce Journal’s summer celebration, Festival of Fresh 2024. read more

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The organic seedlings are propagated on selected, qualified organic farms in Northern Europe. The organic propagation area is centred in Germany and extends across the whole of Germany. The propagation farms not only work in accordance with the statutory
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