Australia’s Shepard avocado season has started and to showcase this special fruit Avocados Australia, Hort Innovation, Trade Investment Queensland and the Australian Trade and Investment Commission are read more

Evеrуbоdу lоvеѕ thеir bаnаnаѕ - and whу nоt? But thеѕе dауѕ һаvе fеwеr bаnаnаѕ аrоund tо lоvе bесаuѕе rrісеѕ hаvе gоnе ur - frоm аѕ muсh аѕ tеn fоr а dоllаr tо аѕ lоw аѕ fоur. read more

The first commercial shipment of 550 kg of GI-tagged Puranadar figs from India was successfully sold to Hong Kong by a farmer producer firm in the Purandar taluka of Maharashtra's Pune district. read more

In Schleswig-Holstein, vegetables were grown according to organic standards on around 28 % (1,914 ha) of the total outdoor vegetable cultivation area in 2022. This means that the organic vegetable cultivation area was at the same level as the previous year (2021: 1,913 ha). The number of vegetable farms that cultivate their
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Despite inflation increases and the energy crisis, stability and continuity characterize the fruit and vegetable trade in the canton of Bern. "We can't complain at the moment," reports Fabio Steiner, gastro wholesaler and managing director of Küng + Steiner AG, based in Niederwangen, southwest
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AIMPLAS is working along these lines with the RECONPACK and BIO-IGNITION projects, which are financed by the Valencian Institute for Business Competitiveness (IVACE). read more

Apple growers near Nelson have donated machinery to try to help counterparts in Hawke’s Bay, to salvage crops, and clean up cyclone-hit orchards. A truckload of equipment trucked from Motueka in Tasman district to Hastings on Tuesday. read more

Kingsley Ansong grew up in Canada, but his family roots are in Ghana. He is the founder and president of Elefante Farms. Elefante Farms is growing Ghana’s specialty Sugar Loaf pineapple variety, now available for export. read more

In 1991, Craig Stauffer and Guy Kisling founded Vanguard International with the explicit goal of becoming the link between growers and customers around the world. Growing up on a family farm in Bingen in Washington state, Stauffer has been involved in the produce industry since he was seven
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Last year, the United States again imported more fruit and vegetables. At 22.1 million tons, that is three percent more than in 2021. Imports increased gradually in the previous years too. The U.S. is far from European farms, so import prices of fresh fruits and vegetables rose sharply by eight
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Fruit farmers are turning to robots to help with harvest amid a human worker shortage. One Tasmanian soft fruit farm is using 16 robotic harvesters to help pick its fruit this summer. read more

A New Zealand fruit grower says that, while it was as challenging season weather-wise for its blueberry crop, they were still able to produce strong volumes. read more

The food and impact start-up SPRK.global announces its cooperation with the German Food Bridge. The aim of the cooperation is to distribute part of the supply chain food surpluses that SPRK receives from its network to Ukraine, thus ensuring the supply of
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Countdown has already donated over $430,000 in food and funds to help organisations providing on-the-ground assistance and support to the most impacted communities. read more

The Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and Tropical Fruits, a sub-committee of the Committee on Commodity Issues, issues the Tropical Fruits Market Review on an annual basis to its members and observers (CCP). read more

In a large-scale cross-category promotion under the motto 'Fit into the Day', Chiquita and mymuesli are showing at the PoS how healthy and varied breakfast can be, says the company. read more

The Netherlands, Belgium, and five major international shipping companies have joined forces in the fight against organized crime in the ports of Rotterdam and Antwerp. They agreed to that at yesterday's conference, "Working together for a safe and sound port" in Antwerp. They are going to use
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Only 12% of EU consumers reach their 5 portions of fruit and vegetables daily and, alarmingly, 33% eat neither fruit nor vegetables daily, according to the Eurostat survey. This figure worsens in the younger segments, where only 3.38% of the
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The Hungarian fruit and vegetable cooperative Szatmár Régió, based in the eastern part of the country, said that, due to long-term contracts, they are reasonably covered from external shocks, such as high energy prices. They specialize in exporting sour cherries, gherkins, apples and pears. read more

According to The Guardian, distribution is facing shortages of cucumbers, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes, as well as broccoli and citrus fruits because of the cold weather in producing countries such as Spain and Morocco. read more