ALDI closes the first four months of the year with 10 new shops in Spain, boosting its expansion plans in the country. On Wednesday, the supermarket chain opened a new shop in the Valencian town of Alzira, adding to the nine other stores it has opened in the country.
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MSC Cruiseshas installed three greenhouses for the hydroponic cultivation of vegetables on its new ship, the World Europa. "Travel the world through your palate," is what is stated on the shipping company's website. The giant offers unprecedented culinary ideas, including through
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AgroFresh, an AgTech innovator with 40 years of experience in the post-harvest sector, continues to develop sustainable solutions to reduce food loss and waste and safeguard the planet's resources. These innovations will be presented at the Macfrut exhibition, on the AgroFresh stand
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Côte d'Ivoire is a major coconut-exporting country, by African standards, but the coconut industry has been suffering lately from climate change. read more

Macfrut is less than a week away, and that is more than enough time to find out what the expectations are for the event, which will have a very special preview. On 2 May, the President of the Italian Republic Sergio Mattarella will be in Cesena on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the
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With the first watermelons produced in Almeria, Anecoop is kicking off the commercial and promotional campaign for one of its star products, the seedless watermelon.
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Troostwijk Auctions is auctioning a complete potato packaging and French fries production line. read more

The price of avocados in the US market are about half of what they were, despite strong sales during the recent Super Bowl final weekend, says Mexican grower and exporter Francisco Murguía, from Frutos Guadalajara. read more

On Tuesday, Saudi Arabia’s General Directorate of Narcotics Control (GDNC) announced it had foiled an attempt to smuggle over 12 million amphetamine pills. The GDNC thwarted an attempt to smuggle 12,729,000 tablets of amphetamine concealed in a shipment of pomegranate fruit passing through the
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2022 was a good year for Italian melons and, therefore, it is hoped that it will be possible to repeat this in this campaign, which is now in its very early stages; read more

The challenges facing the fruit and vegetable sector and some of the main issues affecting it are the focus of the round tables scheduled for Macfrut 2023, which will be held at the Rimini Expo Centre (Italy) from 3 to 5 May. read more

Five new products are arriving in Almaverde Bio's spring catalogue: five new organic drinks with no added sugar and a high fruit and vegetable content (70%). The new range produced by Fruttagel under the Almaverde Bio brand is designed to meet the growing demand of
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After being held online for three years due to the pandemic, the final of the tenth edition of Cinefrutta, the Festival of Healthy Food, will finally be held in presence. On 5 May 2023 it will be the Truffaut hall of Giffoni's Cittadella del Cinema that will host the protagonists
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In early April, Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on some types of vegetables. Young potatoes went down from 0.71 euros/kg to 0.43 euros/kg. Pink potatoes also decreased in price. White cabbage of new harvest costs on average 2.29 euros/kg. Beets cost on average 0.27 euros/kg. Garlic has
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One of the pillars of Viveros Hernandorena's Varietal Reliability seal is Integrated Pest and Disease Control, and within this, its main strategy against pests is the use of auxiliary fauna. A pioneering biological control, on which they have been working for more than 10 years with a
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McCain Foods Limited has officially opened its Farm of the Future Africa in Lichtenburg, North West, the second of three locations planned by 2025. McCain's Farms of the Future initiative, first launched in Canada in 2020, is aimed at gaining a better understanding of regenerative agricultural
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This past season, two Elgin packhouses - Fruitways and Kromco - have assisted growers by providing two generators to the Groenland Water User Association (GWUA). Commercial fruit production in the Elgin Valley relies on irrigation. Much of the water is supplied from the Eikenhof Dam through a
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President Ramaphosa was responding to a direct request from the South African citrus industry for support in the industry's objection to the introduction of new cold storage regulations for citrus imports into the EU. Ramaphosa expressed his disappointment with the EU's protectionism.
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ASAJA-Alicante announces that it will request an urgent rectification from Spain's Directorate General of Taxes regarding the reduction in personal income tax affecting farmers and stockbreeders for not having taken into account the proposals made by associations and regional agricultural offices in the region.
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The Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG) has once again detected serious breaches in the labelling of fruit on the shelves of large-scale retail outlets. Once again, the current labelling regulations are being violated, as the correct origin of the product on sale is not reflected,
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