With the strawberry season coming to an end, producers have reported a difficult situation marked by large losses of volume, and a considerable increase in production costs, a situation due mainly to poor weather conditions, according to professional sources. read more

Apofruit Italia, a cooperative of fruit and vegetable producers with more than 2,700 members that markets 100% made in Italy products worldwide, Canova S.r.l. for organic products, and Mediterraneo Group, a consortium of highly specialised companies and partners of Apofruit, are
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At the Ruff-Häring family of gardeners in the heart of Nuremberg's garlic country, this year's radish and red radish harvest has been in full swing for several weeks. "The greenhouse radish is now replaced by the first foil house goods. We started the radish harvest with a slight delay, but
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The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations defines "food waste" as the discarding of edible food at the retail and consumer level, distinguishing it from "food loss", which is the reduction in food mass.
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“We are currently in a trial period. Perhaps other farms will convert to an organic production in the coming years,” explains Ralph Renciot, manager of the Bioban farm of the Lareinty group, which holds 10% of the banana production of Martinique. Pioneer of organic farming on the island
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Today is International Seed Day, the basis of life, the beginning of the food chain. The aim of plant breeders is to develop seeds that meet the needs of our farmers, who are fighting against the ever-increasing number of pests and diseases.
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Learance this year had to fight first against the heat and then against bad weather, leading to a drop in production in some areas. However, Op CAI of Furci Siculo, in the province of Messina, is managing to bring to a close a season that is satisfying in terms of
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Pear supplies out of the Pacific Northwest are slowing down as growers and shippers head into the summer fruit season. At Sage Fruit, Kaci Komstadius says it still has steady supplies of Red and Green D’Anjous to get through the spring and summer months. While the pear harvest finished in
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This was the opinion of the members of the Garlic Contact Group during their meeting in the town of Peñafiel, Valladolid, where the results of the report drawn up by the National Garlic Board on the alleged irregularities in frozen garlic imports were presented.
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In this period, the technology centre increased the activity of all its business units, collaborating with 1,819 customers in 260 innovation projects and carrying out 111,000 analytical tests, 300 food law consultations, 169 consumer studies and more than 2,000
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An increase in prices for carrots has been noted in most regions of Ukraine this week, analysts from the EastFruit project report. Experts say the main reason for this is the seasonal reduction in the supply of good-quality carrots while wholesale companies intensified purchases. read more

Researchers at the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) have now, for the first time, used a representative population survey to investigate the entire process of food consumption, from planning the purchase to consumption and disposal. read more

The consequences of climate change have been particularly noticeable in Europe over the past year. This is shown in the climate report for the continent recently published by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S). According to the report, in 2022 Europe experienced the hottest summer since the beginning of the
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The European Parliament's Agriculture Committee adopted by a large majority the report by MEP Mortler (EPP, DE) on "Ensuring food security and long-term resilience of EU agriculture". The aim of the report is
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Aspiag Service, the Despar brand dealer for the Triveneto, Emilia-Romagna and Lombardy regions, continued on its growth path in 2022, recording a turnover of EUR 2.55 billion. read more

37 % of consumers in Germany fear that their finances will deteriorate in 2023. While 28 % expect a moderate deterioration, nine percent even anticipate a drastic worsening of their financial situation, according to the current Simon-Kucher Uncertainty Study. read more

Importers and distributors of avocado’s in Europe need not worry about carrying the costs of rejected and damaged products anymore, Procesavo will collect and pay you for them instead. read more

Political tensions between the US and China are contributing to lower container shipments between the world’s two largest economies, on top of an already-underway reshaping of global trade, according to a major shipping industry boss. read more

The Morocco-Tunisian group RioFresh announced, through a statement by its CEO Fatma Zramdini, the development of a new agricultural production activity in Montenegro, in order to strengthen the group's operations in North Africa and to open new channels to reach clients in Europe and the United
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Berno AG in Riet near Kerzers, Switzerland has recently introduced the Frutico ERP software. "For me as the managing director, it is very good to have an overview of everything at all times thanks to Frutico. We can see where something is lost, we can see lack of capacity utilization, we have
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