Italian technical textile specialist Arrigoni has said it will present a new screen, the Prisma Ldf, at the Greentech show in Amsterdam. read more

Fairtrade International has said that global consumers are ”staying loyal” to the ethical label despite the cost of living crisis. read more

Fresh produce processing firm MyFresh has gone into administration less than one year after its purchase by potato firm Tuber Group from the William Jackson Food Group. read more

The Sustainable Foods Summit’s European edition takes place in Amsterdam on 15-16 June, with discussions this year centring on the challenges and opportunities of transitioning to sustainable methods of food production that promote biodiversity.  read more

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Nuffield Farming is holding a “super conference’ in November featuring a bumper crop of scholars. read more

As the summer approaches, all eyes turn to what is a busy cherry season across Europe. read more

UK supermarkets experienced a 12.3 per cent uplift in total till sales over the last four weeks ending 20 May 2023 – up from the +9.7 per cent recorded in April 2023, reveals new data released today (31 May) by NIQ (previously known as NielsenIQ). read more

Agricultural unions in Extremadura are warning that cherry producers face a “catastrophic situation” due to extensive damage caused by the heavy rainfall that has affected the region in recent weeks. read more

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully transported its first shipments of avocados from Kenya to Brunei using Carrier Transicold’s innovative EverFRESH Controlled Atmosphere system. read more

The UK’s fruit exports to the EU have paid a heavy price for Brexit, with their value more than halving between March 2021 and March 2023, according to new data published by the UK government’s tax department HMRC. read more

Fine Food Australia, the largest food industry event in the Australasian region, is scheduled for September 11-14, 2023. The event is Australia’s leading trade exhibition for the foodservice, hospitality, and retail industries, with 19,000+ professional visitors. The show alternates locations
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Leading players from the international tropical fruit sector will meet in The Hague on 14 September, 2023 for the first Global Tropicals Congress, organised by Fruitnet Media International. read more

Superplum has announced the launch of a new pre-packed fresh lychee offering as India’s season kicks off. read more

Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. read more

With regard to the Tea experimentation (click here to read more) we report the comments of the trade associations: Crea, Cia, Confagricoltura, Copagri, Alleanza Cooperative Agroalimentari e Cibo per la mente. read more

The Danila Bragantini Prize, the Oscar for innovation in the fruit and vegetable sector promoted for the fifth consecutive year by the National Association Le Donne dell'Ortofrutta and aimed at giving voice to female entrepreneurship in the sector, enters its final phase. The award is aimed at
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In the first two months of this year alone, Bulgaria imported more than 55,000 tons of fresh vegetables. In the same period, the import of fresh fruit in Bulgaria was nearly 66,000 tons. For these first two months of the year, the import of vegetables increased by nearly 6 percent compared to
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Jan-Eric Geersing's Dutch company focuses on seed potatoes, and he stays well on top of ware potato market happenings. "That market's a madhouse. Consumer potatoes are currently selling for more than €60/100 kg. It's starting to resemble the onion market, and we could well get high ware potato
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After weeks of bad weather that compromised several volumes of the early and intermediate varieties, the harvest of the Ferrovia cultivar is now underway for the Apulian cherry season. read more