The 30th anniversary of Costa Rica’s Banana Environmental Commission (CAB) saw a setting out of new green pledges. The establishment of the CAB in 1992 marked Costa Rica out as a pioneer in sustainable production. The voluntary code – a public/private alliance between producers, workers and
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The USDA has published its initial crop forecast for the 2023/24 Florida citrus season, with numbers up in all categories. Total orange volumes are predicted to increase to 20.5m boxes from the 15.85m boxes packed in 2022/23, a campaign badly affected by hurricanes Ian and Nicole. Non-Valencia
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China has a 3,000-year-long history of eating pears. It is the world’s largest pear-consuming and producing country with per capita consumption of fresh pears exceeding 12kg, far above the world’s average according to 2020 FAO data. read more

The inaugural Australian Citrus Congress will focus on building a profitable future for the sector. Hosted by Citrus Australia at the Novotel Sunshine Coast Resort on 5-7 March 2024, the event will bring together experts from across the global citrus industry. read more

Yorkshire turkey farmer John Wright has come up with a unique solution to entertain his turkeys. John, who raises 1,200 turkeys at Holmes Farm, gives the turkeys extra carrots and pumpkins to keep them from getting bored, the Yorkshire Post reports. With vegetables as play material, they are now
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A tourist from Azerbaijan got in a whole lot of trouble when he stepped into a Lisbon restaurant, hoping to order some fruit juice to drink. But his request alarmed the server so much that the police became involved. Not only that: the entire incident prompted a terror alert. read more

After the House of Lords dubbed the future of the UK horticulture sector as ‘bleak’, the Soil Association is calling for the government to double domestic fruit and vegetable production through nature-friendly farming. The warning was issued in a report published Monday 6 November by the
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In the current social context, personal health and the health of the planet are increasingly 'hot' topics, and often go hand in hand. Among the valuable actions to maintain a sustainable lifestyle for people and the environment, is the habit of buying and consuming
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There is a particular buzz for broccoli, with demand rising steadily over the past week. This market dynamic is not only conditioned by falling temperatures: to understand what is happening in Italy, we have to look to Spain. read more

Food prices in the European Union have continued to increase in 2023, but according to the latest Eurostat analysis, potato prices have shown a ‘staggering rise’. Eurostat claims there had been ‘substantial increases’ in food prices throughout 2022 but latest data for the second and
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In a warehouse in Tetouan, Spain, miles away from any farmland, arugula and aromatic basil are cultivated indoors. It has been a few months since Isifarmer landed in an old gymnasium, which has been transformed into a vertical farm seeking urban farmers to further develop its model. read more

This year's chicory root harvest got off to a rather slow start, according to grower Joseph Münch from Grafschaft-Gelsdorf. "The wet May meant we couldn't prepare any dams, which is why the whole thing was delayed until the beginning of June. After that, we had a long dry phase, during which
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While the market for kohlrabi is manned by historical varieties with an old genetic matrix, Ivs Takii has researched and introduced new cultivars with specific characteristics and resistances that adequately respond to the latest market trends. Of great prominence and commercial importance, a
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The V National Stone Fruit Congress has published its technical program with a selection of the best experts from leading research centers, universities, and companies. Any party interested in attending the congress can read the program and register here. More than 30 speakers will present their
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The development of growing technologies, improved selection, the growing popularity of protected cultivation and the constant improvement of quality and freshness preservation technologies – all these factors, according toEastFruit experts, are a threat to the global dried fruit market. After
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"The proposal for a PPWR regulation, approved by the European Parliament's Environment Committee on 24 October, as presented, would have a negative impact on one of our country's sectors of excellence, fruit and vegetables, which make up 25% of the entire agricultural sector.
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Just over seven years ago, 26 July 2016, was the historic date when the first significant entry of an international investment fund into a Spanish fresh fruit marketing company was announced. The MIURA fund entered the historic family citrus company
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The stories and faces of Caat's fruit and vegetable companies. A new format kicked off in the last few days, with the first launch episodes broadcast on the Centro Agroalimentare Torino's social networks, Facebook pages, Linkedin and YouTube channel. Among the first companies to talk about their
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It’s been a very strong start for the Turkish apple season, despite some issues with the Gala variety, says Alper Kerim, owner of Turkish fruit exporter Demir Fresh Fruits: “The Turkish apple season started so fast compared to the previous years. The Gala variety had some problems regarding
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to an interesting and rather suspicious trend of a sharp increase in exports of Ukrainian blueberries to Georgia in 2023. The fact is that Georgia itself is rapidly increasing blueberry exports, and once again updated export records this year, increasing it four
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