The #VitamínateConPimiento campaign was launched four years ago by Semillas Fitó, with the aim of promoting the consumption of peppers in the Region of Murcia as a local, quality product with high nutritional value, while at the same time seeking to highlight the value of the sector for its
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For about ten days now, it has felt like autumn because of the bad weather that has affected the whole of Italy - especially the north - and the forecasts do not promise anything good for the week that has just begun either. If, on the one hand, the rains have been a real blessing, given the
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The Grenoble walnut PDO participated for the first time in the Italian Macfrut event that took place from May 3rd to 5th. With 18% of its exports to Italy, this small nut with its own PDO decided to meet its Italian clients this year. It was also the opportunity for a wider public to
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Reading the 12 May piece by Roberto Della Casa in Italiafruit News (click here to read it again) made my heart grow fonder!    read more

The price of garlic was stable for a short time in late April, and started a new wave of increases in early May. "In the first week of May, the price of garlic rose to over ¥8/kg, an increase of about 15% within a week. In May, fresh garlic has stabilised and it is estimated the production
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In order to promote European mushrooms throughout Europe, GEPC Promo (European Association of mushroom producers) has presented a new campaign co-financed by the EU with the slogan: ‘European mushrooms, hidden pearls’. This is a 5 million euro promotional campaign that is expected to create
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After 14 months of construction, the Nuremberg-based grocery discounter Norma opens its new and ultra-modern logistics centre in Gerolzhofen in Lower Franconia. The new building project is the largest single investment in the company's history and plays a central role in the sustainability strategy.
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The 2022/2023 orange campaign, compared to previous ones, shows quotations that are not higher, overall, than the average of the last three years, with the exception of the start, which, due to the slow fall in autumn temperatures and the small quantities available in the marketplaces, had
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The grocer Rewe is cooperating with the Swedish freight technology company Einride to deliver to its supermarkets in the capital region. A networked fleet of seven all-electric trucks delivers from the logistics centres in Oranienburg and Berlin-Mariendorf to
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In a context where water is becoming increasingly scarce and must be preserved, Fastnaet has developed a system that drastically reduces the consumption of this precious resource when equipment is being cleaned. read more

It’s going to be a strong ending for Chilean grapes this season. So says Franco Pruzzo of Summit Produce Inc. who says that the import season for the U.S. market is coming to an end. “Chile is already finished and shipped the last grapes two or three weeks ago. Most importers, including us,
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Discouraging data for the EU tomato sector emerged from the report on tomatoes given at the contact group meeting of representatives from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain on 4 and 5 May in Piré-Chancé, near Rennes. The forecasts for the campaign
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"It has two definite sides. We'll eventually know if things went well. Still, there's currently so much money being thrown around, it's perilous," was the Dutch company Franje Onions Jan Franje's view of the onion market earlier this year. read more

Despite the destruction of some plantations in the central and northern regions of the country, Ukrainian producers increased blueberry exports to a record level in 2022, EastFruit informs. The portal reports that total exports of fresh blueberries from the
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Board spokesman Mark Rosenkranz symbolically opened the first filling station for the fuel alternative on the grounds of the Edeka logistics centre in Lauenau with representatives from politics and business. By the end of 2025, Edeka Minden-Hannover wants to have replaced its entire truck fleet - i.e. all of its approximate
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Full data control, the best possible transparency and attractive remuneration for live shipment tracking - this is what the Bundesverband Güterkraftverkehr Logistik und Entsorgung (BGL - German Road Haulage Association) and the FreightTech company TIMOCOM agreed on in the spring. The partners presented the details
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A Dutch delegation visited Bulgaria in April to explore and expand opportunities for bilateral cooperation in horticulture. The visit was a follow-up of the Dutch horticultural mission from October 2022. The group met with representatives of Bulgarian fruit and vegetable producers and other
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Florida production of mangoes will get underway in the next month or so with that season continuing through August. “It’s a good crop here. Florida is subtropical so mangos, like lychees and other tropicals, the crop depends on how much rain you get, the heat, the cold and more,” says Nick
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Queensland agricultural industry representatives have welcomed the long-awaited announcement that talks by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the UK have been successful. The Australia-United Kingdom Free Trade Agreement will come into effect on 31 May. read more

California’s cherry harvest has barely gotten underway. The early varieties have just started, which is about 2.5 to three weeks later than normal. “It has been so cold,” says Ira Greenstein of Direct Source Marketing. “The last six to eight weeks, the weather has been cold and rainy.
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