Bakker Belgium has announced that for the first time, an e-truck will transport fresh fruit and vegetables to retailer Delhaize. read more

PML Kenya has invested US$300,000 in a new vacuum cooler system at the Mitchell Cotts Air Cargo Terminal at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi, with the aim of providing customers with an affordable and highly efficient temperature control measure to improve cool chain management. read more

Aldi has now donated 30 million meals to good causes since launching its food donations initiative in 2019. read more

Eagerly anticipated details on the government’s post-Brexit farm subsidy scheme in England have been unveiled. read more

The Organic Produce Network (OPN) has released its 2022 Organic Produce Performance Report, highlighting how US organic fresh produce sales grew by 3 per cent in 2022. read more

Q Eye Smart is the only scanner based entirely on an Artificial Intelligence platform that enables more precise automatic quality sorting of fruit. read more

For many years, EastFruit analysts have been actively promoting investments into production of frozen fruits, berries, and vegetables in the countries of Central Asia. Finally, in the recent couple of years we see a result of our efforts – the exports of frozen produce from Uzbekistan are
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According to EastFruit analysts, Ukrainian producers were able to increase exports of frozen raspberries in 2022 beating the previous record! This is especially amazing considering extremely difficult conditions due to the Russian war and occupation of some territories of Ukraine, labor
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Child labour, gender rights and decent income, environmental risks related to climate change, water and biodiversity. Fairtradepicts a new Map of Human and Environmental Risks in the supply chains where it works, coffee, cocoa, bananas, grapes and honey. At
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According to EastFruit analysts, in the recent 10 days wholesale prices for table grapes of all kinds in Moldova increased by 1-2 MDL per kg ($US 0.05-0.10/kg) or by 5-7%. Consequently, the export price of Moldova variety grapes is record high for this period, despite the export ban for Moldovan
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Spain is the leading producer in the EU, accounting for more than 26% of European fruit and vegetable production. The total Spanish O+G cultivated area was 1,873,520 ha in 2021, according to MAPA data. Exports reached 9.5 million tonnes in 2022 from January to October, with a turnover of
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The correct price perception for fruit and vegetables, trends, sustainability and important other projects for the future of the industry: tasks abound and standardisation and restraint are also a concern in times of crisis. Richard Schouten, Director of the O+G umbrella organisation GroentenFruit
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More than 40 fruit and vegetable companies will be present at Fruit Logistica in the Italy Collective coordinated by Cso Italy with the support of Fruitimprese and Italia Ortofrutta. They will occupy, with the Italy area, The Beauty of Quality, most of Hall 2.2, on a total of about 1,100 square metres.
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On 26 January, an e-truck transported fresh fruit and vegetables from Bakker Belgium, a Greenyard company, to Delhaize for the first time. The new Volvo truck will deliver around 18,000,000 kg of fruit and vegetables to the retailer's distribution centre in Zellik every year, Greenyard says.
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The project, funded by the European Union, CSO Italy and leading Italian organic companies including Brio/Alce Nero, Almaverde Bio/Canova, Verybio, Ceradini Group, Orogel Fresco and Conserve Italia, aims to promote the European organic sector. Thereby
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The world’s largest fresh produce company Dole has handed overall responsibility for the development of its European customer base to Tobias Deil, who has taken on the role of managing director, Dole Europe GmbH. read more

HarvestEye is gearing up to launch a new version of its machine-learning root crops insights tool at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. read more

British plant and produce trade group, the Commercial Horticultural Association (CHA), will showcase its largest-ever group of UK exhibitors at the CHA pavillion during Fruit Logistica next month. read more

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and Maersk A/S, an entity of AP Moller-Maersk, have mutually agreed to terminate the 2M alliance, effective January 2025. read more

Fairtrade has launched a new risk map to identify and visualise the greatest human rights and environmental risks in the sectors where it is active. read more