The call of the homeland is always very strong and, often, the reasons that make people return to their roots are the most unexpected. The Scrimizzi family, established in Brianza for over half a century but with strong Sicilian roots, knows something about this.
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Problems at South Africa’s ports and a declining rail service are an annual problem for the country’s exporters, and it seems that these problems will continue in the coming season. read more

Global logistics giant DP World today (28 September) announced its latest milestone at London Gateway with the arrival of the first vessel under a new South America shipping service, boosting the UK’s global connectivity. read more

NFU Cymru is calling on governments to provide long-term funding arrangements that accurately reflect the modern-day cost to Welsh farmers of producing food, enhancing the environment and combatting climate change. read more

The UK harvests 5.31 million tonnes of potatoes annually, worth £703m at farm gate, so ensuring crops are free of metal contaminants is essential to any thriving grower. read more

Cosmic Crisp apple sales have boomed in the past year, according to Nielsen data released by Proprietary Variety Management (PVM). read more

The International Pink Lady Association (IPLA) has hailed the success of its annual conference as the brand bounces back from Covid-19 challenges read more

While some parts of the Western Cape fresh produce community are counting the cost of last weekend’s heavy and unusual rain and storms, the table grape and stonefruit sectors have said there will probably not be much damage to the coming harvest. read more

While some parts of the Western Cape fresh produce community are counting the cost of last weekend’s heavy and unusual rain and storms, the table grape and stonefruit sectors have said there will probably not be much damage to the coming harvest. read more

Orri has won the Superior Taste Award in recognition of the excellence of the product, its image and authentic and natural flavour, differential characteristics of this variety. This makes Orri the first variety of mandarins to be given the highest award (three stars) by the International Taste
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The second phase of Cherry Growers Australia and Agriculture Victoria’s Cherries Traceability Pilot is set to commence this season with Victorian cherry grower-exporter CherryHill Orchards to pilot producer-to-customer traceability. read more

Leading US citrus grower-packer-exporter Wonderful Citrus is just one of the us companies looking to target the Vietnamese market after the Asian nation granted access to US grapefruit. read more

West Australian avocado growers have successfully shipped a verification shipment of Hass avocados to Thailand after gaining access in May. Peak industry body Avocados Australia welcomed the news of the next step towards supplying the Asian market, and applauded all those involved in the shipment. read more

Lidl has reached a 6.3% share of Spain’s grocery retail sector, which is 0.6 points more than last year, making it the fastest-growing chain, according to the “Distribution Balance” report from Kantar Worldpanel, which analyses the January-August 2023 period. read more

South African avocados have been granted access to the Chinese market. The export agreement was signed by South Africa’s Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development Thoko Didiza and the Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi. read more

Farmers2Founders, in partnership with GROW and Innovate UK, has launched the second iteration of the Global Incubator Program - Gateway to Australia, an initiative designed to help UK agritech start-ups to land and launch into Australia. read more

The Bologna Potato Exchange has raised the price of potatoes delivered to the storage account. In view of the commercial situation, and in anticipation of the next potato campaign, the Joint Commission has raised the value of tubers delivered to 0.52 €/Kg. Climate change
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Andalusia's most 'Vestial' event kicked off this morning with the meeting of its Advisory Committee. This is the I International Congress of Green Gastronomy, a scenario that promises to give equal prominence to agricultural production, marketing and cuisine. read more

Orri has recently won the Superior Taste Award in recognition of the excellence of the product, its image and its authentic and natural flavour, which are the distinguishing characteristics of this variety. read more

Although a few sporadic crates of Spanish persimmons have already appeared on the markets, the season has yet to start and the fruits will officially arrive in October. With our correspondent Paco Borras, we made an overview of the fruits in terms
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