Arrivals of imported soft citrus begin this week, starting with fruit from Peru. Andres Haloua of World Fresh Produce Inc. says Peru, which expects an overall volume similar to last year, has begun shipping the Primosole and Satsumas varieties, while Uruguay has also begun to ship, and that
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The apricot campaign at Lozupone Import-Export will start in mid-May. The company, which specializes in the cultivation of table grapes in Puglia, introduced the crop a few years ago. There are multiple varieties available, both early and late. read more

Just in time for the start of May, Landgard member farms in the West begin harvesting the first strawberries from tunnel cultivation with soil culture in week 18. "The harvest of the first special early varieties in the greenhouse started in week 11. Larger quantities of the popular variety Elsanta
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Pfalzmarkt eG invited media representatives to its new Hall 4 in Mutterstadt for the official start of the 2023 fresh vegetable season. This new hub for fresh fruit and vegetables was first put into operation at the beginning of 2022 to once again accelerate fresh produce logistics to food
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The supply chain came together again yesterday in Rimini for Think Fresh - Operation Re-Marketing. At the Grand Hotel, where the event is traditionally organised, the day opened with a welcome coffee for the 300 delegates from the different links of the supply chain; read more

The Salon International de l'Agriculture au Maroc (SIAM) is currently being held in Morocco. All the agricultural sectors are represented at this prominent trade show. read more

DiMuto, a global Agri-FinTech company, strengthens its presence in Latin America with the latest financing of Colombian fresh produce exporter Montana Fruits. The deal will first see DiMuto leverage its AI-powered financing solution to finance Montana Fruits’ exports to Europe, before
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President Mauro Grossi: "CIV at the International Nursery and Varietal Innovation Exhibition in Rimini to present the fruit of the Apple and Strawberry Genetic Improvement Research programme and to meet sector operators and European and international partners. read more

The transformation of agriculture towards more sustainability will only succeed if policy makers promote innovations such as biologicals, green ammonia, digitalisation and precision agriculture more consistently. Rigid guidelines and blanket bans on use, as is currently the case in the discussion on the
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If there is one word that best suits apples these days, it is innovation. We are not only referring to new varieties brought onto the market, but also to marketing strategies. Among the latest from Melinda is Dolcevita, the new brand launched at the beginning of the year that identifies the sweetest apples
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Today Wednesday 3 May at 12.30 pm at the Regione Calabria stand (HALL B5/D5 - 007 ), as part of theMacfrut, Fruit & Veg Professional Show being held at the Rimini Expo Centre until 5 May, a conference will be held, organised by the Consorzio per la tutela delle Clementine di
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Julia Komp cooked for prominent guests, journalists and influencers in her Cologne restaurant. The focus of the evening was the Dutch royal family - and the Looye honey tomatoes,according to the company. read more

Reducing value, starting with quality and not quantity and promotions. This is the path indicated to the supply chain yesterday during the eighth edition ofThink Fresh,in the setting of the Congress Centre of the Grand Hotel in Rimini in the presence of 300 managers from the sector, while as many were
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California Giant Berry Farms started small. It was originally founded in 1983 by Bill Moncovich, Pat Riordan, Frank Saveria and Red Bryant and the quartet joined forces with a simple mission in mind—provide the best quality strawberries and give back to their community. read more

At yesterday's Think Fresh workshop, great emphasis was placed on packaged products, one of the few segments of the fruit and vegetable sector in which consumed volumes and values are growing, while the propensity to buy packaged products has tripled in two years, as Roberto Della
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

The CIV - Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti Scarl from San Giuseppe di Comacchio (FE) will be present with its own stand at the "International Show of Nursery and Varietal Innovation" - a new exhibition area entirely dedicated to nursery and innovation - from 03 to 05 May.
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The O.P. Consorzio Funghi di Treviso returns to Macfrut, the reference event for professionals in the fruit and vegetable sector in Italy and Europe. Protagonist of the stand is the "Zero Residues" line, which one year after its launch, which took place right on the international stage
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Sole365returns to star in the prestigious Cx Store Award, the annual award given to the brands with the most customers read more

The Administrative Council of the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food (BLE) welcomed the proposal by Federal Minister Cem Özdemir to appoint Dr Margareta Büning-Fesel as the new President of the BLE. On 01 June 2023, she will take over the reins from Dr Hanns-Christoph Eiden.
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