Sustainability is gaining in importance for 43% of people in Austria, and has remained the same for 45% - with hardly any differences between the generations. At the same time, the willingness to pay more money for an ecological-social product has increased by eleven percent.
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What if Disney princesses came to promote fruit and vegetables? read more

Bad weather is affecting crops in Lazio these days and future harvests are at risk; read more

The apple harvest is now complete in New Zealand. The Nelson region had a great harvest and was back to full production across the board. The Hawkes Bay region was hit hard by the cyclone back in March right at the start of harvest, but the resilient growers worked hard to pick the best quality
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Dear Editor, reading the article in your paper about the relationship between producers and large-scale organised distribution (to read the full article click here) has 'intoxicated my day' as we say down home. As you well know, we farmers have a particular sensitivity
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Analysts at EastFruit think that the potato price rise is unlikely in Georgia in the near future. May is a transitionary period when the Georgian market switches from last year’s potatoes to the potatoes from the new harvest. Sometimes, when the previous harvest, which mainly takes place in
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In the largest domestic open-air cultivation area for fresh vegetables - and thus close and ultra-fresh for trade and consumers - literally thousands of heads are now rolling every day: lettuce, oakleaf, lollo rosso and bionda, iceberg, romaine, batavia, crispana or snack salads show
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Global PMIs show that growth momentum continued to improve throughout the first quarter of 2023. This growth is being driven by services as China continues post-pandemic reopening and energy prices stay low. read more

Automation can help get more out of less, making it intrinsically sustainable. Automation and strategically planned intralogistics can enable businesses in diverse industries to become more eco-friendly. Global intralogistics specialist, Cimcorp has customers in two core sectors – grocery
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Will our sector be able to stem the invasion of new vegetable-based service products that the market proposes in the large-scale distribution channels (not forgetting Ho.re.ca.) within the other fresh departments? read more

Solidarity initiatives in favour of the flood victims by trade associations, retailers continue to grow. Here are some of them. read more

About 300,000 tons are loaded annually at the Munich wholesale market. Despite various challenges, import volumes fluctuated only marginally. "After we had to put up with some crises in recent years, the situation is now stabilizing again," says Kira Weißbach, manager at Markthallen München.
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The development of the Tigros network (Agorà Network) continues with new openings that strengthen the brand's presence. Among the most recent is the one in Lomazzo (Co), in Via Graffignana 18, with a format that faithfully reflects the group's display and assortment logic. The department
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Younger men urged to get to grips with type 2 diabetes risk read more

Traders like Thomas Franz from Berlin's wholesale market don't have it easy at the moment. Apart from the lack of staff, there also seems to be an increasing shortage of customers in Berlin's restaurants and pubs. "In 2022, we were satisfied with business. At that time, we were already
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Hurricane Minerva, which devastated Romagna this week, also caused considerable damage to fruit crops in the Modena region, especially to a typical variety for this time of year such as the Vignola cherry (PGI). read more

Perth and Kinross councillor Peter Barrett has claimed the Home Secretary “knows nothing about our local soft fruit industry”. Barrett was responding to Suella Braverman’s suggestion the UK train its own fruit pickers to cut immigration. NFU Scotland’s horticulture chair also said the
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Les Fruits de Provence started harvesting and marketing its cherries more than a week ago. “We cannot complain, the volumes are quite good,” explains Alexandre Cerdan. The lack of water was obvious but this did not affect the production. “We were able to water just enough. We are on the
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Various factors, with the weather conditions as common denominator, have led to the supply of Spanish stone fruit being limited at the moment on the European market. It will still be necessary to wait for important production regions, such as Extremadura, to start delivering larger volumes. read more

Scientists from Plant & Food Research have been collecting data from apple orchards in Hawke’s Bay to better understand the impact of Cyclone Gabrielle on plant and soil health and support grower’s management decisions. read more