Hort Connections, Australasia’s premiere horticulture conference and trade show, returns to South Australia in 2023. read more

In&Out, a promotional campaign to promote the quality, healthiness and sustainability of European fruit and vegetables, and to enhance the role of grower organisations throughout the EU, is at leading international fresh produce exhibition Macfrut in Rimini, Italy, for the third year running
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The marketing of Crater F1, a spring/summer variety of spinach under the Nunhems brand from BASF Vegetable Seeds, continues successfully for the third consecutive year. read more

The 2023 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2023) held last week in Toronto is CPMA’s biggest show in its history with more than 4,200 people attending the event. read more

Sulforaphane, a beneficial compound in broccoli, has antioxidant and anti-inflammatory capabilities; a fact that was already known. What is truly surprising is what Ingredalia has discovered: under a certain formulation, sulforaphane is able to reduce a horse's physical recovery time after a
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The innovation for 2023 is the new mango peeler mod. PL4M, which can process 24-28 fruits/minute. It is an improvement of the 6-head version (36-42 fruits/min) developed over 10 years ago. Plus, in addition to the PL4M and very popular PL6M models, there is also a larger model, i.e. the 8-head
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About 30 to 40% of dates and mangoes have become victims of fungi, affecting production. Reports said that growers of the dates palm had submitted complaints of the mysterious diseases hitting their crops. read more

Although temperatures are not in line with the season due to bad weather in many Italian regions, demand for summer fruits is growing in wholesale markets; read more

Cora Seeds chooses Macfrut 2023 (Hall D4 - Stand 005) to present its commitment in the tomato field and brings two important novelties to the fair: the new range of ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes and the new range of high flavour tomatoes. The seed company's Italian research provides
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Egypt, one of the key importers of fresh apples in the world, continues to reduce trade in these fruits, according to EastFruit. Under conditions of rapid devaluation of the national currency, growth in food prices and other economic problems, apple imports have fallen to 5-year low in Egypt. read more

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. today reported financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2023. read more

Seasoned overseas fruit import and sales representatives and former colleagues Roelant Komen, José Cubero, Erik Rustenburg, and Yesy Lalupú have started a new company: BeeFair Organic. Last week this new business, based in the Netherlands, obtained its organic and fair trade certification. read more

The Estonian importer, hyper-focused distributor, and point of sales booth manager of fresh berries in retail stores nationwide, is heading to Latvia. This is a significant breakthrough for No Bananas in its Baltic berry revolution with the aim to have 400 selling points across the region.
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Schnuck Markets, Inc. has issued an allergy alert due to a mislabel on select containers of Culinaria Nut Mixes. The products may have mislabeled packaging, and the Culinaria Cashew & Macadamia mix may contain almonds, which is an allergen for some people. Due to the mislabel, the Culinaria
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The bell pepper is a fruiting vegetable that can be prepared in many different ways. There are no limits to the imagination. But it is precisely this wide variety of possibilities and processing options that makes the development of a machine specially designed for this vegetable so complex,
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The Bonduelle Group has announced the departure from general management, by mutual agreement, of Guillaume Debrosse, who was appointed Chief Executive Officer in April 2018, after having worked successively in the fresh produce business in France and then in the canned and frozen food business
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The Georgian group of companies Mkisa expects the first harvest of almonds in its super-intensive orchards this year. read more

Yesterday, Taiwan's Legislature passed amendments that set higher fines and possible prison sentences for people who illegally export certain indigenous varieties of plant and fruit seeds, or their derivatives. read more

On the basis of Article 53 of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, the Federal Office of Consumer Protection (BVL) has granted an emergency authorisation for the plant protection product Madex Primo (active substance: Cydia pomonela granuovirus isolate V14). read more

Starting today, the Brazilian Association of Producers and Exporters of Fruit and Derivatives (ABRAFRUTAS) will be present at MacFrut 2023. A leading fair for professionals working in the national and international fruit and vegetable sector. Held at the Rimini Expo Center, in Italy, from the
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