It’s been more than seven years since Yello, a new yellow-skinned apple bred in Japan and grown in the Südtirol region of Italy, was officially unveiled at Interpoma in Bolzano. Since that initial launch, the variety has apparently built up a committed customer base as its production volumes
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Alongside other products, fresh fruit and vegetables naturally play an important role in these results. Important markets now include Saudi Arabia, to which over 66,000 tonnes of apples were exported, India, where 51,000 tonnes of apples from Italy ended up, and the Arab
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According to the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, this is an important step towards the digitalisation of container handling and transport. The next step will follow soon; in the coming weeks, other users will also gradually switch to CPu. By the end of January, the
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In 2023, the newly launched microwave potatoes were an important milestone for the company. The company is now testing how far the elimination of plastic could go: "The bag already only contains a minimal amount of plastic anyway. We are currently testing whether we can
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Mexico’s papaya production has almost doubled in the past decade. According to figures from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, production grew 48.3 per cent, from 765,000 tonnes in 2013 to 1.135m tonnes in 2023 as a result of increased acreage and higher productivity. read more

Collaboration between different sector organisations is increasingly important to achieving shared targets for the timber industry, according to John Dye, president of the UK’s Timber Packaging and Pallet Confederation (Timcon). read more

Unifrutti has acquired South American grower-exporter Verfrut as part of its strategy to build a globally diversified premium fruit platform. read more

Spain’s Agroponiente Group’s sales grew 4 per cent in volume and value in the first half of the 2023/24 campaign, despite what it described as a difficult start to the season. The figures build on 2023’s record results, in which sales hit €340m. read more

Van Lange turned away from the traditional chemical processes for manufacturing plastics and developed a completely new method for producing durable and reusable plastic in a completely new way. The trick? Physical forces. read more

Japanese vertical farm and development group, Spread, has started construction on a new fresh-cut lettuce processing facility Techno Fresh Hadano. Located near Kyoto, the facility will be the first to implement company’s latest shelf-life increasing technology.  read more

In British Columbia, migrant farmworkers, primarily from Mexico and Guatemala, are pursuing legal action against the federal government. They allege that their rights have been violated due to deductions from their pay for employment insurance premiums, which they cannot claim upon the
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It looks to be largely a later start for the Chilean grape season. “The north, Copiapó, was quite early--maybe 12 to even 18 days early at the beginning and it continued to be early,” says Nicolas Damm of Rio Blanco. read more

More and more farms are deciding to land on social platforms to promote their businesses and products to the public; such applications have enormous potential for those who know how to use them well and allow anyone to increase their online presence,
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Cso Italy, giving voice to its members, who represent some of the most important companies in the fruit and vegetable sector in terms of exported volumes, raises the alarm over the dramatic situation created by the blockage of the Suez Canal. read more

The fourth range market continues to offer innovations. At Marca by Bologna FiereLa Linea Verde presented a European preview of an absolute novelty, Le LattughelleDimmidisì, a new range of fresh salads in bags for various uses, starting with burgers. The fruit of a
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Israel is facing the prospect of a serious shortage of certain vegetables due to ongoing military actions hindering the cultivation of borderlands and a lack of labour in agriculture. read more

Climbing back up the slope, after a catastrophic flood that flooded fields for 15 consecutive days, compounded by a hurricane that tore up what few orchards remained intact, is an impossible challenge without concrete help from the institutions. So, to discover that in
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Peru’s 2024 avocado harvest has started with lower volumes as the industry continues to be affected by the adverse weather conditions created by the El Niño weather phenomenon. Despite this Manuel Canales, CEO and owner of the exporter Peru Mc Fruits, says there are signs of things going
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In recent years, the pre-conditioning and ripening of fruits have proven to drive consumption and sales. This is a more recent way of thinking that is in contrast with the past when retailers focused on the longest shelf-life possible to avoid waste, save on costs, and make the most sales.
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As the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (GSCOP) to better protect farmers is being debated in parliament today, Monday 22 January, after the petition received over 112,000 signatures the Chairman of industry body British Berry Growers, representing 95% of the UK’s commercial soft fruit
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