The 2023 International Blueberry Organization (IBO) Summit will be taking place on July 3-6 in Poland, in the scenic city of Lublin – the capital of the main Polish soft fruit production region. read more

Orchard House Foods, the UK prepared fruit, fruit juice and desserts supplier that went into administration in January, owed £56.8 mln to creditors. The Gateshead facility closed down in December with the loss of 321 jobs and in January, after Orchard House entered administration, 591 employees
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Good sales and rising quotations for red goods at the Vittoria market. This is the comment we receive from Eugenio Celeste, co-owner of the company Verde Sud, which operates within the market in the province of Ragusa; read more

For the second consecutive year Wonderfuls will be the official Pistachio of the Giro d'Italia, which will start in Abruzzo on 6 May, arriving in Rome on 28 May. A classic and digital adv campaign will be launched read more

New research has found that eating a handful of wild blueberries daily has health benefits, including lowered blood pressure, faster reaction time and improved memory and brain cognition. read more

The Chinese market could open up for Brazilian grapes by the end of the year. This was announced by the president of the Brazilian Association of Producers and Fruit Exporters (Abrafrutas), Guilherme Coelho. As reported by fruitnet.com, Coelho and Agriculture Minister Carlos
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About a week later than last year, the first heating asparagus was cut in week 13 at Gut Plätz in the heart of the Altmark. "Demand is still modest; in March, asparagus consumption is usually still limited," says owner Klaus Heinl, adding, "We could have harvested the first spears two weeks
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The Lane Late navel orange, which goes on the market every spring, is a late-ripening citrus variety. It is well-known because of its good taste and has less competition from the same category when it goes on the market. As the main production area of Lane Late navel orange in China, Zigui
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Agriculture in the sandy soils of the Ferrara region is already a long-established reality and may soon become a real district with an umbrella brand. read more

Freshfel Europe’s latest edition of the Consumption Monitor indicates that the average fruit and vegetable consumption in the EU grew to 364,58 g/day/capita in 2021. However, this positive trend that started during the pandemic has already been curbed by the economic crisis caused by the
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"The data on organics are merciless when compared to the general trend in fruit and vegetable consumption, but action must be taken to implement an appropriate communication campaign to help reverse the lifestyle adopted by most, which is going in the opposite direction to that indicated
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A H Worth said it is trying to minimize any job losses by redeploying people due to the challenges posed by a competitive market. A consultation process is currently ongoing across the company and the exact number of redundancies is unlikely to be known until the summer. The Holbeach Hurn based
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Mission Produce, Inc. has announced the release of its third annual sustainability report, “Finest for the Future,” which communicates the Company’s global sustainability story during fiscal year (FY) 2022.  read more

A 19th-century Irish adventurer and explorer is credited with introducing the potato to Greece shortly after it won its independence from the Ottoman Empire. read more

(Transport) packaging plays a central role in the global exchange of goods and in global supply chains. Because no goods can start their journey badly or even unpacked. It has to protect its valuable commodity while meeting the most diverse requirements - from
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The first early potatoes in the Palatinate, Bavaria and the Lower Rhine have been planted. Until the new harvest, the farms of the Bio-Kartoffel-Erzeuger e.V., an interest group of 240 farms nationwide with organic potato and onion cultivation, can once again provide sufficient domestic produce
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Nhava Sheva Port (JNPT), India's busiest public gateway, logged an all-time throughput high in the fiscal year 2022-23, which ended on 31 March, according to the latest port data obtained by Container News. read more

Last year, a total of 57,160 t of carrots were harvested in the open in Saxony-Anhalt. This was reported by the State Statistical Office on the occasion of Carrot Day on 4 April. read more

The Belgische Fruitveiling (BFV) growers recently overwhelmingly showed their support for their cooperative's proposed integration plan with BelOrta. Those growers had until the end of March to join BelOrta. The predetermined target was far exceeded: 86% have full confidence in the cooperative
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"OP Ioppì's flagship reference, which is known to insiders, is tomatoes. But there is more! We grow the main greenhouse vegetable references, such as eggplants, bell peppers, courgettes, and other crops," says Roberta Tardera, marketing manager and sales assistant of the producer organization,
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