At this time, with apple and pear consumption at its peak, and coinciding with the second year of Afrucat's nationwide campaign "Look after yourself as an apple does", the association is spreading another message on social media: "Pay attention to the origin". This campaign aims to promote local
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Moldovan farmers growing strawberries using protected ground technologies prefer early rather than late (everbearing) berry varieties, according to EastFruit data. This has been the case in previous seasons, and is likely to continue in the 2024 season. read more

The owners of a plumeria farm on Oahu's North Shore are determined to pick up the pieces after thieves took off with nearly $200,000 worth of farm equipment. Little Plumeria Farms in Haleiwa has been operating for more than five decades. The family said this is the biggest theft to hit their
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Mastronardi Produce is launching a large-format, greenhouse-grown Romaine lettuce under its Backyard Farms® lettuce line. Mastronardi Produce is currently the only greenhouse grower to venture into the large-format Romaine segment and produce a high-quality product. The product is already on
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The European Parliament and Council have reached a provisional agreement on revamped rules to reduce, reuse and recycle packaging. read more

The Summer Berry Company is preparing to offer British strawberries all year round thanks to a green energy solution at its glasshouse site in West Sussex. read more

Plans to introduce a ban on plastic packaging used for almost all of the fresh fruit and vegetables sold in Europe are likely to be discriminatory and damaging for the industry, the environment, and for consumers, leading figures from across the industry have told Fruitnet. read more

With its B2B marketplace for food from the supply chain, SPRK has successfully redistributed over 5,500 tonnes of food - the equivalent of 700 7.5-tonne trucks - since it was founded in March 2020. As a result, SPRK has had a positive impact on the food supply chain in the DACH region as well as in Europe
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The COI is created and checked in the TRACES database. It is released by a competent authority. read more

Kacem Bennani Smires, head of producer-exporter Delassus, has been appointed as the new president of Maroc Citrus, Morocco’s interprofessional citrus federation. read more

Dole has reported on what it described as a “very strong” set of results for 2023, with increases in revenue and net income. read more

A joint venture between two leading Catalan fruit cooperatives, Fruits de Ponent and Actel Grup, has been formally approved after members voted unanimously in its favour on Friday. The deal is the result of more than a year of negotiations between the two groups. read more

Potato growers can manage the increasing incidence of blight resistance with effective fungicide mixing strategies and still retain the benefits of utilising the most potent chemistry to protect crops, according to Syngenta technical manager, Andy Cunningham. read more

Chilean exporters have welcomed the decision by the Indian government to reduce the tariff on imports of Chilean blueberries and cranberries. read more

The German Fruit Prize has been one of the most important industry awards for more than 27 years. This year, we want to do more to promote young talent: We are looking for the YOUNGSTAR for the first time. read more

The harvest season for open-air rhubarb starts in the Lower Rhine and Cologne region around the end of March/beginning of April, depending on the weather. read more

Pop Vriend Seeds joined forces with Tozer Ibérica recently to present its new spinach varieties to Spanish growers at a series of open days at Tozer’s Los Olivos trial farm in El Albujón, Murcia. read more

Sergio del Castillo Valderrama, Managing Director of Procitrus, pointed out that a further increase in Peruvian deliveries of this product is expected this year. read more

The UK’s fourth-largest supermarket will be supporting Team GB athletes as they work towards the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games, as well as Los Angeles 2028, the Olympic Winter Games in 2030, and Brisbane 2032. read more

More than 25,000 people gathered in Almería on Saturday for the tenth edition of ‘Almería, World Tomato Capital’. The initiative, organised by local newspaper La Voz de Almeríaand supported by Cadena SER, Agricultura 2000 and several other local institutions, celebrates the importance of
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