One of the leading vegetable nurseries in Emilia Romagna, Vivai Garattoni Umberto in San Mauro Pascoli, produces around 100 million plants every year. The main products are leaf vegetables, fennel, celery, and brassicas. There is also the organic division.  read more

An app to support fruit and vegetable consumption in Emilia-Romagna, making information and in-depth information on the production and trade of the main species grown in the region available to the entire sector. It is called InfoCSO and was launched at the point of sale
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On Friday, March 24, the South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) celebrated a successful 2022/2023 China Market Development Campaign launch at Guangzhou’s Jiangnonghui wholesale fruit market. Joining hands at the event were representatives of the South African Embassy in China, South
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LC Packaging CEO Lucas Lammers signed the European Commission Sustainable Consumption Pledge on behalf of the company during the Consumer Summit in Brussels, Belgium on Tuesday 28 March 2023. By taking the voluntary pledge, LC Packaging is committing to support sustainable consumption, beyond
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Five more hydrogen filling stations, two mobile refuelling solutions, a new electrolysis facility and putting at least 30 additional H2 trucks on the road: These are some of the goals of the "Clean Cargo Connect" project, with which the Hydrogen Network North-East Lower Saxony is
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On March 22, the Board of Directors of Hortyfruta, Andalusia's Fruit and Vegetable Inter-branch organization, held a meeting regarding the evolution of the cultivation and marketing of vegetables such as aubergine, zucchini, and cucumber. "The market situation for aubergines has not improved.
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According to Francisco Contardo, executive director of the Chilean Avocado Committee, this season's production was affected by the severe spring frosts, which caused the harvest to fall to 186,000 tons, a figure notably lower than the 220,000 tons achieved last season. The country will export
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After an unsatisfactory season, it usually happens. However, this time the phenomenon we are dealing with is different and rather dramatic. In recent weeks, in the Italian region of Apulia (and beyond), dozens of hectares of seed-bearing grapes are being uprooted, first of all of the Italia
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QS has established residue monitoring in order to precisely control the use of plant protection products in fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes. What is important for the correct sampling in monitoring? The QS Academy answers these and other questions in its practical courses.
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Spring is starting and in the garden it is time to prepare strawberry plants for the new season. The Federal Agricultural Information Centre (BZL) reveals how, with a little care, the plants will soon guarantee a bountiful harvest, according to the Federal Agency for Agriculture and Food.   read more

Rainier Fruit Company has plans in place to take core organic varieties year-round again. For the fifth year in a row, organic gala, organic fuji, organic Honeycrisp and organic granny smith apples will be supplied by Rainier Fruit all summer long. read more

With his extensive experience in marketing and business development, and because he speaks four languages, the appointment underlines the vision and new direction of the association, Fedemco said. read more

Growers in northern Peru want to get two harvests a year from the same vine. In Piura, plastic covers are used to produce a second harvest between March and April, in addition to the traditional harvest between September and November. For the plantations in Ica, this means,
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The President of the German Farmers' Association, Joachim Rukwied, expects the implementation of the Action Programme Natural Climate Protection (ANK) to support farmers in professionally sound and efficient climate protection. At the same time, a climate-damaging shift of the
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The Australian Imperial Mandarin season is about to kick off in Gayndah, Queensland. read more

This weekend, Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen and United Arab Emirates Ambassador to Israel Mohamed Al Khaja have signed a bilateral customs pact in Jerusalem. It was the most important and final part of a historic free trade agreement between the two countries. The free trade agreement
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One in six Belgian supermarkets at risk of closure: study read more

For over ten years, medFEL, which takes place on 26 and 27 April in Perpignan in the south of France, has been one of the most important trade fairs in the Occitanie region. In 2023, food sovereignty is the focus of the two-day event. read more

The German discount retailer Lidl commented on paying a price premium and so called "living wage" for bananas: “Lidl is currently implementing another milestone within its banana range: In cooperation with Fairtrade and the global Fairtrade certification company Flocert, the company will be
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Stone fruits are at a crossroads today. Despite the fact that these fruits are very popular with consumers, especially in the summer months, the dedicated areas are declining. read more