The challenges facing the fruit and vegetable sector and some of the main issues affecting it are the focus of the round tables scheduled for Macfrut 2023, which will be held at the Rimini Expo Centre (Italy) from 3 to 5 May. read more

Five new products are arriving in Almaverde Bio's spring catalogue: five new organic drinks with no added sugar and a high fruit and vegetable content (70%). The new range produced by Fruttagel under the Almaverde Bio brand is designed to meet the growing demand of
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After being held online for three years due to the pandemic, the final of the tenth edition of Cinefrutta, the Festival of Healthy Food, will finally be held in presence. On 5 May 2023 it will be the Truffaut hall of Giffoni's Cittadella del Cinema that will host the protagonists
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In early April, Ukrainian supermarkets lowered prices on some types of vegetables. Young potatoes went down from 0.71 euros/kg to 0.43 euros/kg. Pink potatoes also decreased in price. White cabbage of new harvest costs on average 2.29 euros/kg. Beets cost on average 0.27 euros/kg. Garlic has
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One of the pillars of Viveros Hernandorena's Varietal Reliability seal is Integrated Pest and Disease Control, and within this, its main strategy against pests is the use of auxiliary fauna. A pioneering biological control, on which they have been working for more than 10 years with a
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McCain Foods Limited has officially opened its Farm of the Future Africa in Lichtenburg, North West, the second of three locations planned by 2025. McCain's Farms of the Future initiative, first launched in Canada in 2020, is aimed at gaining a better understanding of regenerative agricultural
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This past season, two Elgin packhouses - Fruitways and Kromco - have assisted growers by providing two generators to the Groenland Water User Association (GWUA). Commercial fruit production in the Elgin Valley relies on irrigation. Much of the water is supplied from the Eikenhof Dam through a
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President Ramaphosa was responding to a direct request from the South African citrus industry for support in the industry's objection to the introduction of new cold storage regulations for citrus imports into the EU. Ramaphosa expressed his disappointment with the EU's protectionism.
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ASAJA-Alicante announces that it will request an urgent rectification from Spain's Directorate General of Taxes regarding the reduction in personal income tax affecting farmers and stockbreeders for not having taken into account the proposals made by associations and regional agricultural offices in the region.
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The Coordinadora de Organizaciones de Agricultores y Ganaderos (COAG) has once again detected serious breaches in the labelling of fruit on the shelves of large-scale retail outlets. Once again, the current labelling regulations are being violated, as the correct origin of the product on sale is not reflected,
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Fruit can be a way to test oneself and have fun while teaching others something at the same time. This is the nice initiative of Riccardo, a young man from Padua who decided to combine his work and his passion for travel by going out to discover particular fruits to taste
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April 2023 has seen Spain suffer an advanced drought, with temperatures which sometimes rise to more than 40 degrees. This has led to multiple economic and agri-food losses. In France, the drought is also felt in several dozen departments with a more than delicate situation in the south of the
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COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited today announced first quarter results of the Company and its subsidiaries for the 3 months ended 31 March 2023. read more

Excelsior Solutions Corporation (BRYN) has acquired its first investment into a growing company focused on the distribution of mushrooms and new mushroom products. The management team of Healthy Harvest Mushrooms, Inc. (HHM) in San Diego, CA has over 40 years of experience in mushroom farming,
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A Queen Victoria Market (QVM) lobby group has made a submission to a federal parliamentary inquiry highlighting the importance community markets play in Melbourne’s food security. In their submission to be considered by a parliamentary inquiry that aims to strengthen and safeguard
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The partner region of Macfrut 2023 is Calabria, and precisely at the event at the Rimini exhibition centre, from 3 to 5 May 2023, the region's iconic fruit and vegetable products, which we saw at close quarters at the last Fruit Logistica in Berlin, will be the focus
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The grape business has been a tricky one for the past few months. Between the different Southern Hemisphere growing countries there have been weather issues, port strikes, civil unrest and vessel delays to deal with. read more

Indian mango exports to Europe are now slowly but surely gaining momentum. "Our conventional mangoes from our own contract farming are flown in exclusively, as the produce is too fragile to survive shipping. We usually offer our mangoes under our own brand "ASHLEY's Fruits and Vegetables" until
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Domestic strawberries are being harvested again - for the time being from protected cultivation. But with mild temperatures and sufficient sunshine, the outdoor fruits should not be long in coming. Depending on the region and weather conditions. The strawberry season usually starts in April, May,
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