The 2023 harvest in the Italian, French and Spanish orchards is complete. Despite a particularly warm start to autumn and some heavy rainfall, the Pink Lady® apples harvested are of optimum quality: beautiful colouring, high sugar content and good
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The special sugar was only discovered at the University of Tübingen in 2019. The active ingredient 7dSh (7-deoxy-sedoheptulose) is a natural alternative to glyphosate. "The sugar is of biological origin, biodegradable in nature and, according to previous tests, toxicologically harmless," explains Celine
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The Green Media House (GMH) and the Association of German Mushroom and Cultivated Mushroom Growers (Bund Deutscher Champignon- und Kulturpilzanbauer e.V.) report that cultivated mushroom growers are making great efforts to make the harvesting of their mushrooms more efficient. Anyone who talks to them hears about one- and two-layer systems, about tipping systems that minimise
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Global berry breeder Planasa celebrated its 50th anniversary this year, describing it as “one of the finest moments of its history”. Despite the volatile international environment, the company said EBITDA is on course to top €70m for this fiscal year, while investments in R&D have
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According to the BMEL, the aim of the three-year project "Dialogue Forum Private Households 2.0" is to facilitate the measurement of food waste by means of a user-friendly app function and to develop and disseminate effective measures. To this end, the Parliamentary
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AP Moller–Maersk has announced that it is about to launch the first of its 18 large methanol-enabled vessels currently on order. read more

Aldi is on course for its biggest and best Christmas yet, it has confirmed today (11 December). read more

The NFU has published its manifesto ahead of the next general election urging all political parties to support policies which back British food and farming. read more

The NFU has published its manifesto ahead of the next general election urging all political parties to support policies which back British food and farming. read more

Spaniards’ have increased their consumption of organic products by 19 times in the last 20 years. Spain’s Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, has described the development of Spain’s organic sector as “spectacular”, despite covid-19 and the war in Ukraine. read more

"Our agricultural and food systems are severely affected by the climate crisis, but at the same time they are also a major source of greenhouse gases. We therefore very much welcome the United Arab Emirates' commitment to sustainable agriculture with the Emirates Declaration,
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In 2020, approximately 4.2% of the EU’s total employment, an estimated 9.4 million people, worked within the agriculture fishing sector. The agriculture, forestry and fishing sector continues to be a significant source of employment, particularly in eastern and southern EU countries.
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Ukraine has transported the first batch of trucks to Poland by rail, bypassing the blockage of the land border between the two countries by Polish drivers. read more

From January 1 to October 31 this year, Serbia exported 845 tons of fresh raspberries, valued almost €1.7 million. As for frozen raspberry exports, by the end of October, 57,612 tons were exported. The destinations to which Serbia most commonly exports to are: Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands
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The National Organic Action Plan is finally a reality. The Plan, which represents an indispensable step to support the ecological transition of Italian agri-food systems, has just been approved at the State-Regions Conference and implements
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The Christmas peak is as good as over at Sophyn Greens. This Dutch company has been offering its vegetable pastes for about a year and sees great potential, mainly in Germany and Scandinavia. "The Netherlands obviously remains a big market for us, but we find that those regions are slightly more
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The good demand from Europe for blueberries and from China for cherries from Chile is making up for the lower volumes says Cristóbal Valenzuela, Commercial Manager LATAM, of Jaguar the Fresh Company B.V. read more

NASA astronauts aboard the International Space Station (ISS) have finally located a tiny tomato that went missing for over eight months. The tomato, part of the Veg-05 experiment, was lost by NASA astronaut Frank Rubio after a March 2023 harvest. Rubio's share of the tomatoes, stored in a Ziploc
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According to EastFruit analysts, onion prices in Ukraine continue to rise, and the average wholesale price has already reached 14 UAH/kg, which is equivalent to $0.48 US dollars. Thus, since the beginning of harvesting of the late onion varieties in August 2023, prices on the Ukrainian market
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For pear lovers, the current season is holding two constants in store. On the one hand, higher prices in the order of 40% on pears of national origin, with even higher peaks for the Abate variety; on the other hand, the presence of an important share of products on sale
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