UK: Liverpool's mobile greengrocers scheme to be extendedA scheme which helps people access fresh fruit and vegetables has proved so popular it will be expanded. Queen of Greens in Liverpool supports mobile greengrocers in minibuses to target the city's "food deserts" - places where green
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Following the dismal apple campaign of 2022/23, this year's season has kicked off quite well for the Slovak fruit industry, reports Peter Turlík, executive at the local cooperative Bonum. "Since the start of the season in August, producer prices have been significantly better, as has the
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At the dawn of spring, the apricot trees of HDC Lamotte in the Drôme valley have turned pink. This year, the blossoming occurred 10 days ahead of schedule, FreshPlaza notes. “We had a lot of cold weather early in the season and with the mild weather in February, the apricot trees went
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Terra Nova Nurseries commemorates the company's popular "Nova" Series with a sneak peek of Coreopsis Nova® 'Sunstone' and best performer Scabiosa Nova® 'Dew Drops'. The new coreopsis features an abundance of flowers that transition from a rusty peach to sun-tanned pink. The unique scabiosa is
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The premium envy apple speciality of the Vog and Vip Consortia was the focus of a promotion campaign carried out in the sales outlets, with posters placed in all departments, including non-food: from beauty to wine, from confectionery to frozen food. read more

The Queen Garnet plum harvest is currently in full swing, and it's shaping up to be another record-breaking season. With a further three to four weeks to go, it is anticipated to reach unprecedented volumes with historically high average returns to the 30+ growers across Australia. Grown in every… read more

The event brought together leading producers, marketers and service companies from the fruit and vegetable sector, as well as some retail chains committed to innovation and digitisation. The aim was to explore and highlight the transformative impact of AI in the sector.
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Fresh Del Monte Europe and Africa is pleased to announce the introduction of the innovative pineapple-cutting machine. The machine, positioned directly in the fruit and vegetable department, is an innovation that greatly simplifies the pineapple preparation process for consumers; read more

Media reports on network failures or localized power supply outages appear more frequently than before. A failure of Instagram or WhatsApp is very annoying for some people, but on a corporate level, usually not immediately harmful. The electricity outage made itself felt last year when, in the
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The Israeli company Superfruiter plans to enter the European market. The company has chosen Spain as the starting point to launch a range of dwarf melons with edible rind. The company is making an initial investment of 5 million euros with which it seeks to acquire a portion of the Spanish
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With its unprecedented 'Fruit and Vegetables fresher than 3 days' campaign, SPAR Austria won the 'Future of European Commerce' award in the digitisation category, presented for the first time by EuroCommerce. With a series of awards, EuroCommerce honours companies and
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It's a beautiful, albeit smaller, crop of Ojai Pixie mandarins this season. "We didn't get any natural disasters to scar up the fruit so it's very nice-looking fruit. We have about two-thirds of the normal volume so the crop size is down but the fruit is a bit larger than a normal year because
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Kazakh farmers have encountered serious problems in exporting onions, leading to an excess of produce on the domestic market. Warehouses are overflowing, and agricultural producers are forced to either destroy their harvest or use it as animal feed due to the lack of demand abroad. Deputy and… read more

In week 9, the trend for fruit and vegetables by weight is still positive in value but remains weakly negative in volume, with inflation slowly declining. Among the channels, however, only discount stores are driving the recovery in consumption, while the rest are flexing. read more

The Garlic Contact Group, formed by sector leaders from France, Italy and Spain, along with their respective administrations, convened a few days ago in Rovigo, Italy, and has greenlighted a proposal from the National Association of Garlic Producers and Marketers (ANPCA) and FEPEX for the
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The Valencian Farmers' Association (AVA-ASAJA), Young Farmers ASAJA-Alicante, the Union of Small Farmers and Stockbreeders ( read more

Today, A.P. Møller-Mærsk released the following press statement: How Maersk built a predictable end-to-end solution to transport cherries from Chile to China. The customerThe customer is a leading Chinese importer/exporter of fruits. The company runs more than 10 wholesale stores across China
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The world ginger market is said to be split into two categories, Chinese ginger and non-Chinese ginger. Peru leads the pack in organic and certified ginger production quality, leading to higher pricing in most markets. However, the country is finishing the harvest season about two months earlier
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Australian researchers have discovered that a plant-based diet, rich in vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and nuts, can significantly reduce the risk of obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition linked to several severe health issues including stroke and heart disease. This diet shift offers a
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The European Parliament has sanctioned an extension for the trade liberalization between the European Union and Moldova for an additional year. This decision enables the continuation of tariff-free exports for seven Moldovan agricultural products, specifically tomatoes, garlic, table grapes,
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