It has never been more important for leaders in business and government to join forces to rebuild resilience in the food supply chain. read more

Anecoop member cooperatives Camp de Llutxent-Otos and Vitivinícola La Pobla (La Pobla del Duc) have agreed to merge. The new entity, a second-degree cooperative, will be named Univall Coop and be headquartered in Llutxent. read more

Equifruit, the North American leader in Fairtrade-certified bananas, has announced that its director of sales and marketing, Kim Chackal, has become an owner of the company. Equifruit’s president, Jennie Coleman, retains a majority share. read more

Blue Whale, the world leader in apple production, has set itself the ambitious target of doubling exports of Candine apples to Asia in the 2023/24 season. read more

"The figures for the first half of 2023 show a positive trend for Shopping Centres in terms of both sales and admissions," points out Roberto Zoia, president of the CNCC-National Council of Shopping Centres, an association that brings together all the
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The World Avocado Organization (WAO) has ended its 30th collaboration with distributors, establishing agreements with renowned supermarkets in 12 countries, and more than 35,000 stores, tripling its support to the retail sector throughout the United Kingdom and Europe since 2021. read more

The kick-off for the Turkish pomegranate season has been positive, says Beyazit Afiyon, sales manager for Turkish produce exporter Everfresh Tarım: “The pomegranate season has started well in Turkey. Although it is harvested early, its quality is quite good. It has features acceptable to
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At the end of its first season, KHOLD and the Lona Group have officially opened their Coega Fruit Terminal in the Coega Special Economic Zone outside Port Elizabeth. read more

It is the peak citrus season in South America. In the newly built processing factory of Peru's largest cold storage manufacturer Friopacking, a brand new Fruscan S7 citrus sorting equipment is running at full power. Manager Zhang, the South American market manager of Jiangxi Reemoon Technology
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Sydney-based company COPAR, is working on fibre-based packaging solution featuring moisture-absorbent pads for fresh produce applications. read more

Samsung Food, the app for customising dishes and recipes, is born. As the name suggests, the project was developed by Samsung and - as the company reports on its website - will be powered by artificial intelligence. read more

"The Italian almond production has reached a point of no return," reports Ignazio Vassallo, president of Associazione Siciliana Frutti in Guscio as he complains about the abundant presence of produce from California all over Europe. read more

According to data from Inform@ccion, from January 1 to August 28, 2023, Peruvian avocado exports increased by 8.82%, totaling 572,580,320 kilos. read more

Identifying fraudulent activities in agricultural markets is becoming a significant challenge, according to Vincenzo Salento, a consultant on the Italian market for WikiFarmer: “Practices that damage small and medium-scale farmers and buyers, such as origin mislabelling of fruit, mainly
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Tastings, cooking shows, street food, live music: a very rich programme for this first edition of 'L'uva Italia Igp di Canicattì è in festa', an event organised by chef Pietro La Torre and promoted by the Canicattì Igpe Grape Consortium by the City of Canicattì in via
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The Pan-Africa Bean Research Alliance (PABRA) has been honored with the prestigious Africa Food Prize for 2023, recognizing their exceptional leadership in the development of numerous bean varieties that improve farm productivity and profitability, and meet increasing consumer demand. The
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Figures released by Istat for retail sales in July show a trend increase in value of +2.7%, matched by a drop in volume of -4.5%. read more

As September marks the start of apple season across northern Michigan, some orchards are trying a new way to make sure the apples are ready. Some orchards even have a new way to guarantee the fruits of their labor ripen evenly. read more

Uzbekistan plans to expand its agricultural product exports to Russia by the end of 2023, reported a representative from the country's Ministry of Agriculture. This announcement was made during a two-day high-level international conference on food security held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with
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From September 6 to 8, Peru is at the epicenter of the global agricultural industry at Asia Fruit Logistica 2023 in Hong Kong. The Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Exports and Tourism (PromPeru) and the Association of Agricultural Producer Guilds of Peru (AGAP) lead a delegation that
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