In order to support agriculture in achieving the climate protection goals, the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has launched the "Climate Protection in Agriculture" programme with a budget of 100 million euros. read more

Last Friday, 30th June, BIO PROCAM held the first event to commemorate its 40th anniversary. An event in which the protagonists were the farmers. read more

There are also Yoga juices among the protagonists of La Maratona Dles Dolomites, the historic two-wheel event now in its 36th edition, which yesterday - Sunday, 2 July - saw as many as 8,000 cyclists compete over the most fascinating and challenging Dolomite passes. The
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Colored cauliflower can completely brighten store shelves, yet you won't easily find these eye-catching products in Dutch supermarkets. "We offer most of the purple, orange, and green locally grown cauliflowers via exporters to southern European retail," says Etienne Ruigewaard of the Dutch
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Figs are experiencing a season of ups and downs, and the main problem has been the rainy weather with few sunny days. A campaign that started late but in which there was no lack of satisfaction. Leonardo Mastrototaro, co-owner of the homonymous company, describes the picture to IFN,
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Dole Food Company is introducing a new, juicier and more aromatic and golden pineapple, in response to consumer demand for a sweeter pineapple-eating experience read more

Aurea Imaging, a crop intelligence provider for fruit growers, has announced the launch of TMS TreeScout®, the world's first fully integrated tractor-mounted sensor for precision orchard management. Powered by AI and 3D computer vision, TMS (Tractor Mounted Sensor) TreeScout helps farmers with
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A golden moment for watermelons and melons, after a really difficult first half of June (for more details click here) they have risen to the top of the summer fruit and vegetable list; in fact, there is a strong demand in the domestic markets unlike stone fruits and grapes which are still in the shade. Let us say that
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Sea-Intelligence has published issue 142 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including May 2023. As the report itself is quite comprehensive and covers schedule reliability across 34 different trade lanes and 60+ carriers, this press release
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As of today, theALDI supermarket chain is a full member of ASEDAS, the Spanish Association of Distributors, Self-Service Stores and Supermarkets. read more

Zimbabwe's high-tech agricultural research hub Kutsaga has distributed over 3 million potato plantlets using the new tissue culture technology. The distribution is meant to ensure self-sufficiency in the national potato and horticulture micro-propagation for the Presidential Rural Horticultural
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The 2023 edition of the Annual Potato Yearbook is now available. It highlights progress on NPC’s national legislative, regulatory, and marketing priorities. The Yearbook also features updated US and global potato production and consumption stats, grower and industry contact information,
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This year, the volume of food products supplied to the Siberian Federal District has increased by 20%. Most fruits are imported from foreign countries. By the beginning of June, over 900 tons of watermelons, 320 tons of pineapples, and over 1,300 tons of sweet cherries were imported into the
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A new look for the Spazio Conad shop in Catania, the food locomotive of the Porte di Catania shopping centre, described in this article in Gdoweek. Display clarity and assortment depth are the drivers behind the restyling of the hypermarket that
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On the 28th of June, the French Council of State repealed the provision banning the marketing of organic summer vegetables grown in heated greenhouses between December 21st and April 30th, on the grounds that it legally placed French producers in a situation of competitive distortion in relation
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Belgian potato, vegetable, and fruit traders and representatives from the processing sector gathered on Tuesday, 27 June, for Fresh Trade Belgium, Belgapom, and Vegebe's annual FVPhouse event. After the general meeting, sustainable food and the agriculture and horticulture of the future were the
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It is not customary to talk about this, but Polish fruit growers, on the one hand, demand a ban raspberry imports from Ukraine, but at the same time, they do not want Ukraine to ban imports of other Polish fruits or food products. read more

It is difficult on the potato market, with sky-high prices and a shortage of good-quality produce. "Imported potatoes are very pricey, and the new crop is extremely problematic. It goes back to the summer of 2022," begins Jurgen Duthoo of Warnez Potatoes in Belgium. read more

Pam Panorama continues its development throughout the country with the opening of two new franchise shops in the cities of Turin and Rome. An important one-two punch that confirms the trust of partners in the historic Italian brand of large-scale distribution. The
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Avocado farmers from the Gatundu North Constituency, Kiambu Country, are suffering huge losses after thieves started illegally harvesting their fruits. Reportedly, the thieves are invading the farms in the dead of the night, harvesting the fruits for sale to middlemen who buy them at throw-away
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