The report, presented in Casablanca to coincide with a joint review of agriculture by the British and Moroccan governments, highlights a significant increase in imports of fruit and vegetables from Morocco, up from £158 million in
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New Defra secretary Steve Barclay has used his first major speech to set out his commitment to backing British farmers and being on the side of rural businesses. read more

Huntapac has upgraded its packhouse with a major new root veg polishing installation. read more

The South African citrus industry has raised serious doubts about the accuracy and reliability of testing procedures followed by EU member state laboratories. read more

Vicente, how long have you been cultivating the Leanri variety? read more

International women’s networking platform Global Women Fresh (GWF) is partnering with two Fortune 500 executive coaches in the US to host bi-monthly virtual coffee events in which they will interview industry leaders with a focus on gender equity discussions. read more

SanLucar-branded produce is now on sale in Singapore, marking the latest stage in the company’s international expansion. read more

In week 48/23, prices in the Almerian marketing centres fell for most vegetable products. Although this was also the case for tomatoes, they were able to maintain a high price level. Round tomatoes realised 1 euro/kg to 0.90 euro/kg, longlife tomatoes 1.15 euro/kg bsi
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The tool is intended to enable manufacturers and distributors of packaging to carry out an assessment of their own product portfolio. The aim is to use the online solution and additional advisory services to promote sustainable packaging design and to conserve resources and minimise waste.
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A recent report has revealed the enormous potential for integrating solar production alongside horticulture in Australia using Agrivoltaics. Agrivoltaics (also referred to as ‘agrisolar’) refers to co-locating agricultural production systems with solar development. read more

Costa Group’s mushroom operation Costa Mushrooms has harnessed the power of live supply chain data from Escavox to satisfy the cold chain specifications of the company’s supermarket customers and maintain trust with consumers. read more

Christine Scalzi has been crowned the 2023 cherry queen following the South Australian Produce Market’s annual cherry charity auction with a winning bid of A$60,000.  read more

Fyffes and the Belize Ministry of Agriculture have announced the signing of a Public Private Partnership (PPP), which “marks a significant milestone in the ongoing effort to address malnutrition among school-age children in Belize”. read more

Following a successful year, Babé Farms has increased its plantings this year of Blonde Frisée™ and is now seeing plentiful supply. This year, Babé Farms has also introduced its new Platinum Blonde Frisée™ Salad which is a value-added item that’s trimmed, pre-washed and ready to eat. read more

At the International Table Grape Symposium commercial director of Capespan, Charl Dubois, told attendees that the port of Cape Town really challenging at the moment. read more

The Community will install four new agro-meteorological stations in Abarán, Alhama de Murcia, Ojós and Pliego to find out how the current climatic situation is adapting to stone fruit in the Region of Murcia. This regional government initiative, developed by
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University of Maryland computer science researchers are addressing a challenge in machine learning: teaching AI systems to recognize objects as they change shape, like sliced fruits. Their project, Chop & Learn, creates a dataset that enables these systems to identify produce in various
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The multinational company SanLucar continues its international expansion plan, with its sights set on Asia. The fruit and vegetable brand has launched its products in Singapore. read more

Alongside the growth in the volume of EU fresh fruit and vegetable exports to Canada in 2022 compared to 2021, there was also a 20% growth in value, totalling €128.6 million. Citrus fruits are the most exported products with 52,046 tons and 58.2
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The new Bennet Sustainability Report has been published on the website (click here). The update, now in its fourth edition, reports on the actions taken in 2022 by the company to grow strategically and sustainably at the same time; read more