Salads from vertical farming are entering haute cuisine menus, used by top chefs who are important endorsers of these products. One example comes from the collaboration between Planet Farms, which recently launched a campaign to support the new-look range,
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For the eighth consecutive year, almonds retained the top spot as the most used nut in new product introductions in Europe in 2022. The data can be found in Innova Market Insights' Global New Product Introductions report. Italy, Germany,
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As the grape season kicks off in the southern hemisphere, the global grape market is shaping up for an interesting season, considers EastFruit and invites you to read the review of the global grape market, published in Italian by the FreshPlaza. read more

Washington fresh apple exports this year are estimated to fall 18.7% from a year ago, according to the August 2023 Washington Apple Commission. So far this year, 23.5% of Washington’s apples have been exported. As of Aug. 13, 2023, 21,942,000 cartons of Washington apples have gone to export
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The export value of fruits, vegetables and flowers rose by 8.3% in the first half of the year, reaching a total of over €1 billion. This is the first time that the sector’s international sales have broken the billion euro barrier in the first six months of the year. Over 80% of sales were
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Spain’s melon season has been a rollercoaster so far, starting out with an oversupply, followed by a shortage due to weather destroying over half of the crops. But August has seen a significant upturn in fortunes. read more

Daikin Reefer has worked with Thai mango shipper Swift and CMA CGM to successfully transport Nam Doc Mai (Honey) and Mahachanok (Rainbow) mangoes from Thailand to Korea and Japan using seafreight rather than airfreight. read more

Freshcare has announced the launch of the inaugural  Australian Assurance Summit to be held in Sydney on 14-15 November 2023. read more

Australian food producers are increasingly embracing advanced crop-enhancement products such as high-tech fertilisers as they strive to maintain profits and reduce inputs in challenging times, according to leading plant physiologist Dr David Marks. read more

The temperatures of the last few days on the Romagna Riviera make one think more of autumn days than the last days of summer. A condition greatly affected by summer fruit, whose sales have slowed down. read more

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"The eco-schemes, together with the strategic plans, are one of the great innovations of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 2023-2027; this figure is a success for farmers and livestock farmers, public administrations and agricultural cooperatives and organisations," he said.
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It is called ASSOIG and is the Association of Geographical Indications. It was set up, at the urging of Confagricoltura, by the presidents of the four consortia that signed the act: Tommaso Romano for the Consortium for the Protection of San Marzano Tomato from the Agro Sarnese-Nocerino D.O.P;
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Hot summer for vegetables. In fact, prices for peppers, aubergines and tomatoes set records in almost all production areas worldwide. Tomatoes in particular, due to the climatic trend, experienced a progressive and inexorable increase in prices; read more

The Italian and European market for peaches and nectarines has performed well this year. This is claimed by Leonardo Odorizzi, one of the six members of the Verona-based producer networkLa Grande Bellezza Italiana. read more

Mainly apples and kiwis will be the references that Apofruit will present at the next edition of Asia Fruit Logistica, which will be held in Hong Kong from 6 to 8 September 2023. Among the former, Candine, the innovative Regal variety apple, will be the absolute protagonists.
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Madi Ventura, a company that deals with sorting and marketing dried fruit, has developed a significant automation project to rationalise space, increasing the capacity of its warehouse from 4,000 to 8,000 pallet spaces. The project was carried out at the Chieve warehouse,
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Re-using waste from the pomegranate plant and pomegranate processing to produce food supplements is a project that fits in with the principle of the circular economy: everything can be transformed and find new life in another production cycle; read more

Re-using waste from the pomegranate plant and pomegranate processing to produce food supplements is a project that fits in with the principle of the circular economy: everything can be transformed and find new life in another production cycle; read more

Spanish imports of fresh fruit and vegetables increased by 5.5% in volume up to June, totalling 311,423 tonnes, and by 17.5% in value, with 329 million euros. read more