At FreshPlaza.com we start the new year with a celebration. All of our websites have undergone a restyling. We've tailored the new website more to benefit the user experience. From now on, it will be possible to open and close the sectors under the top 10 texts. For example, if you only want
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From today on, we are officially called Getting Logistics Done. Daxel Benelux is now separated from the parent company, Daxel Italy, and continues under the name Getting Logistics Done. read more

According to EastFruit analysts, in 2023 Ukraine made a real “berry breakthrough” into the very difficult Swiss market. The fact is that Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, so the food market in this country is very protected from imports, and the requirements for product
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"The 2023 harvest year proved complicated, but we kept pace thanks to our two new raspberry varieties, Easy Star and Easy Rock," said Luca Molari, who owns the Italian breeder and plant nursery G-Berries with his brother Matteo. "And next year, we will increase the production of these two
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The winter season is in full swing at Euro Gijbels' farm in Catalan, Spain. At this time of year, they primarily grow cauliflower, parsley, celery, and citrus, and currently, there's more demand than supply for cauliflower and parsley, say John Gijbels and Stef Minten. "If we had five times the
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It's a busy time for the cultivation of pistachios in Italy. The number of hectares continues to increase in the southern regions and the advantage of managing them with more modern agronomic techniques capable of guaranteeing satisfactory economic results is now widely known among growers. The
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The Patatas Lázaro team has created a Christmas corner in the company where each person could bring gifts for the little ones who this Christmas were going to be left without the illusion of receiving a present from Father Christmas or the Three Wise Men. read more

With the month of January, Veganuary returns, the international initiative, promoted in Italy by the organisation Essere Animali, which accompanies consumers to try a plant-based diet with free daily recipes and advice. Over a hundred adhesions, with the
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The Regional Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development, Carmen Crespo, has stressed that "the complicated structural drought affecting Andalusia is pushing producers to go even further in their already important commitment to water efficiency in the countryside". "The objective
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Movement of green bell peppers from Mexico crossings through Nogales, Arizona is expected to increase seasonally. Trading moderate with prices on green jumbo and extra-large slightly higher, others generally unchanged. Prices 1 1/9 bushel cartons jumbo and extra-large mostly 18.95-22.95, large
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Despite challenges related to the slow economy, citrus production in China for marketing year (MY) 2023/24 is expected to continue to grow, outperforming other fruit categories. Growth is anticipated in all citrus crops, resulting from favorable weather and increased yields from replanted trees
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While Nova Scotia wild blueberries are a unique crop, it seems the challenges ahead for that industry are similar to what growers across the country are experiencing. read more

In January and February FreshPlaza will focus on Fruit Logistica read more

In market year (MY) 2023/24, total citrus production in Mexico is expected down slightly by 1.5 percent versus the previous year, driven primarily by a reduction in fresh lime production. While fresh orange production is projected up fractionally, increasingly erratic conditions such as
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Peru's dragon fruit, known locally as "pitahaya," is a vibrant tropical fruit with a promising future in the global market says Erika Acevedo Sarmiento, Investment Project Director of Agro Pacific Global Services SAC. This is a Peruvian company based in Lima-Peru, dedicated to the
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The International Blueberry Conference 2024 will have a two-day formula. The first day (March, 7) will be held at the Mazurkas Hotel located in Ożarów Mazowiecki near Warsaw. During the conference knowledge will be imparted during 16 lectures by the best blueberry experts. The second practical
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The international presentations of Macfrut 2024, the exhibition of the fruit and vegetable sector scheduled to take place at the Rimini Expo Centre (Italy) from 8 to 10 May 2024, are going full steam ahead. Starting with the presentation press conference in Doha, the Macfrut 2024 delegation has begun
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The Nuleta project, a brand that offers a guarantee of origin and a fair price for producers, has become a reality in this citrus campaign. The Nuleta is a clementine of the Clemenules variety which is produced by spontaneous mutation in the place where the variety originally comes from: the
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A resident from Montreal has started a class-action lawsuit after consuming recalled cantaloupes. He alleges that the contaminated fruits made him ill. The cantaloupes, which were recalled due to potential salmonella contamination, were sold in various grocery stores. The lawsuit aims to hold
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