The cherry season is beginning in Eastern Europe, in Georgia it is in full swing, and in Central Asia it is already coming to an end. However, mid-June is the period of time when cherries can be found in the wholesale markets of most countries in the region, so, as usual, EastFruit offers an
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The company Almeda, a producer of IV gamma products under the Naturizia brand, which for years has been in partnership with the Arena Group (VéGé), active in Sicily under the Decò and Super Conveniente brands, held a training meeting dedicated to technicians and
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A training meeting dedicated to technicians and managers of the fruit and vegetable departments of the Arena Group (VéGé). It was held by Almeda, a producer of fourth range products under the Naturizia brand, which has been working with the retailer for years, active in Sicily with the
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Italians spent over 3 billion more to eatbut due to high prices they had to cut back on the quantities they bought in the first five months of 2023. This is what Coldiretti estimates on the inflation trend in May compared to the same period last year
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Gruppo VéGé and Carrefour Italia, at the end of 2023, will not renew their current cooperation agreement within the framework of Aicube 4.0, the central purchasing unit set up in 2019. Both existing commitments, already entered into with partners in the industry of
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As EastFruit’s readers should know, Turkey has a substantial amount of unsold hazelnuts stocked. TMO, a governmental body, which buys and sells hazelnuts from the open market in order to regulate prices, has now turned to selling the stocks. This move is the right one for the exporters, but
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"What is important is to always look ahead, yet without forgetting the history we are celebrating," stated Valente, a company dealing with technical solutions for vineyards and orchards located in Campodarsego (Padua) as it celebrated its 60th anniversary with an event held at Villa di
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The number of vegetarians in Italy is starting to fall this year. This is according to Eurispes data, which show a slight decrease for the first time since 2017; read more

IFN's survey on the state of the art in the main Italian cherry-growing areas continues, and today we are in Piedmont, where Luca Nari and Valentina Roera, researchers in the fruit-growing area of the Agrion Foundation, update us on the campaign that is now getting into full swing. read more

The state cabinet has dealt with the planned amendment of the "Act to Promote Climate Protection and Mitigate the Consequences of Climate Change" (NKlimaG). With the new NKlimaG, the climate policy goals for Lower Saxony are to be raised and the reduction of the
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The supply of limes right now looks fairly similar to last year. “The concentration on small fruit is higher than last year and the large fruit is lower than last year,” says Alex Teague of World Groves. read more

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European thermoforming packaging specialist Waddington® Europe, a division of Novolex®, has become the first to supply a full range of soft-fruit punnets to the UK market that are easier to recycle and use less plastic than conventional punnets. read more

Top sales for the Parlapian company during the last season of Arancia di Ribera P.D.O. From the analysis of the data communicated to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, the Sicilian company reconfirms its leadership in the
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Rain is still falling over Citrusdal where food has had to be flown in by helicopter to stranded inhabitants after the town's entrance road was washed away, and now the remaining electricity line has also fallen victim to the flood. read more

49 tons of apricots and 29 tons of Red Label peaches and nectarines: these were the volumes sold last year, which is quite an achievement. In 2020, the sales of apricots and peaches/nectarines were just under 9 and 4.5 tons, respectively. These results are "very encouraging", according to
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The Western Cape Provincial Minister of Agriculture, Dr Ivan Meyer addressed the Olynfenboschkraal Farmers’ Association in Citrusdal on 13 June 2023. read more

East Anglian vegetable producer Frederick Hiam has invested £2.5 mln in machinery, which will replace 20 seasonal workers. Frederick Hiam has upgraded its factory in Brandon with a new trimming line. This will process around 15-20% of the UK's parsnips when it begins production later this month. read more

On Thursday, June 15, traders of the Cologne wholesale market called for a protest against the city of Cologne. We spoke with one of the supporters, Jürgen Hubounig, managing director of Zimpelmann Select-Fruit GmbH & Co. KG, about his impressions of the current status of the wholesale
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With only a few days to go before the strawberry season in the Basilicata region comes to an end, Francesco Nicodemo would like to express appreciation and gratitude to all the producers associated with the Nicofruit Group. read more