We are at the dawn of the 2023 table grape campaign and already there has been no shortage of challenges, especially those related to the weather, which has severely tested the vineyards of Southern Italy. So much rain during the swelling phase of the bunches has exacerbated several problems related to the
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The Moro Sardo campaign, the pearl of the Agromediterranea Groupwhich breathes new life into the typical Sardinian cherry tomato, is in its final stages. A season characterised by good sales and satisfying quotations, as Andrea Manca, partner-owner of the Sardinian Group together with Filippo Frongia, points out.
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Its proximity to France, its logistics and its state-of-the-art facilities make the Mercabarna Central Fruit and Vegetable Market and the Complementary Activities Zone, known as ZAC, the main potato trading centre in Spain. Around 400,000
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Discover the flavours and secrets of the food and wine culture of Romagna while spending pleasant evenings in the company of friends and relaxing in contact with the nature of the area. read more

Yesterday, Romanian President Klaus Iohannis promulgated the law establishing a state aid scheme for agricultural producers of vegetables, fruits and potatoes for a period of three years. The scheme consists of granting support in the form of a grant, for a period of three years, worth
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The UK’s annual celebration of the British pea harvesting season will return for its eighth year, taking place between 3 and 9 July. It will again be a week-long celebration of one of Britain's favorite vegetables and the 700 farmers who produce it. read more

The independent seed company Tozer Ibérica adds a new variety to its broccoli range: Imperator. The new reference, developed by Tokita, comes to reinforce Tirreno, its renowned conventional broccoli. read more

Lemon imports from Argentina into the US started in May. “We’ve been receiving product for the past month and we’re getting very good reception,” says Ronnie Cohen with Vision Global Group. “There haven’t been any quality issues and we’re receiving lots of repeat orders.” Both
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This corresponds roughly to the area of the city of Dortmund. According to Information und Technik Nordrhein-Westfalen, the state's statistical office, North Rhine-Westphalia had the largest area of open-air vegetable cultivation in Germany in 2022 (Germany: 125,200 ha). read more

The campaign for the Val Venosta summer cauliflower, the excellence of Vip, the consortium of fruit and vegetable cooperatives in the valley, has started. The estimated volumes are in line with last year, around three thousand tonnes. Harvest until autumn Reinhard Ladurner read more

On Sunday June 11th, 2023, activists from the collective Soulèvements de la Terre targeted a farm to the south of Nantes, as well as several experimental plots on the site of the Federation of Nantes Producers, destroying irrigation systems and lettuce plants. read more

For a long time, celery - also known as pale celery or celery in the bunch - led a niche existence in the German vegetable assortment. As recently as 2012, celery accounted for only 0.22% of household vegetable purchases. By 2022, the purchase volumes had more than doubled.
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The three-year communication and promotion campaign for PDO and PGI fruit and vegetables continues. "Europe signs the products of its territories', for the entire month of June, the activities focus on the Vignola Cherry PGI. The Vignola Cherry PGI is the
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Haskap berry harvest will begin in Quebec next week and growers are thankful for the rain received this week. “We are missing a lot of rain. Today is the first day we’re having a good amount of rain since April. It’s been a pretty dry season so we are irrigating each week,” says
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Prices of German apples have risen considerably in the past three weeks. "The storage apples are characterized by their quality and stability, and we also sense a high willingness on the part of food retailers to list the goods accordingly. What helps us is that the overseas apples are
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Project manager and entrepreneur Wangechi Kuria explains that the pineapple value chain, especially in her country of Kenya it is about three things; the fruits, the juice and - in limited form -fragrances. read more

This year’s winter has come to bite hard in Chile as sub-zero temperatures of between -6 and -10 degrees, described as a polar freeze, touched large parts of production areas affecting avocado and citrus trees as well as vegetable production areas. This follows a short and intense period of
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Despite the challenging market environment, Edeka Nord can look back on a respectable financial year 2022. Edeka Nord's consolidated sales were around 3.73 billion euros. "The Russian invasion of Ukraine in particular affected us and the entire industry in 2022. In this challenging
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OneThird, an AI-based food tech company that combats the annual waste of one-third of all food produced, announced the deployment of its AI-powered scanning technology in Bakker Barendrecht's supply chain. The company, which is part of Greenyard, is
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