With "Nemo", Disney has created one of the most endearing film characters of all time. When father Marlin and the forgetful Dory search for Nemo together, it becomes touching and exciting at the same time. From 12 June, SanLucar is making the colourful clown fish Nemo the focus of a promotional campaign.
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Tears of joy flowed at many of the elegantly laid tables in the Hotel Oderberger in Berlin when the winners came on stage and the great work of the award-winning markets was honoured with emotional words in presentations, through videos, moderator Markus Brock and the laudators.
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In order to get a complete picture of what actually moves consumers, including their subconscious thoughts, Prominent has teamed up with Unravel Research, a specialist in neuromarketing. Co-founder Tim Zuidgeest had been working on the
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Aldi SÜD's Africa cashew kernels are transported directly from the cultivation region in West Africa to the German shops. The discounter has now been awarded first place in the German Award for Sustainability Projects in the category "Product - Food". read more

Kuehne+Nagel has signed an agreement to acquire Morgan Cargo, a leading logistics company in South Africa, the UK and Kenya specialising in perishable goods logistics. Kuehne+Nagel said the company employs around 450 people.
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The Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG) once again invited employees of members of the Bundestag as well as agricultural advisors of the parliamentary parties and state representatives to a practical horticultural tour. The tour went to the economic region of Spreewald, south-east of Berlin, to visit the vegetable and
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The PFLOPF project aims to reduce the use of plant protection products by at least 25 %. This is to be achieved with precision farming technologies. These include internet forecasting tools, GPS guidance systems and sensor-controlled crop protection and hoeing equipment, says Agroscope. read more

Regionality is the core brand of Omira Milch vom Bodensee and Obst vom Bodensee Vertriebsgesellschaft (OvB). The regional synergy is now being expanded in the form of two new products: Since May, consumers have been able to buy yoghurt made from Lake Constance milk with fruit from Lake Constance in the
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With effect from 1 June 2023, KÖLLA GmbH & Co. KG has appointed Alberto Hoffmann as Managing Director. With this important personnel decision, the KÖLLA Group says it is strengthening the management team around Florian Walther and Benedikt Wetterau and sending a clear signal in its
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Due to the public holiday on 8 June, Fruchthandel Magazine will take a break. On Friday, 9 June, we will be there for you as usual with fresh news about the fruit and vegetable sector. read more

In recognition of his services to BayWa AG, the long-standing Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Manfred Nüssel, has now been appointed Honorary Chairman of the BayWa Supervisory Board. He is the first to receive this distinction. As a member of the Supervisory Board for 40 years, the 75-year old has
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7 June is World Food Safety Day. Against this backdrop, the Managing Director of Qualität und Sicherheit GmbH (QS), Dr Alexander Hinrichs, discussed on 6 June in Berlin together with Georg Abel (Federal Executive Director, Verbraucher Initiative e.V.), Dr Silke Bollmohr
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The shortage of skilled workers and managers is becoming increasingly noticeable in the fruit industry. Companies are therefore well advised to invest in the further qualification of their employees. In the second half of 2023, the Frische Seminar offers a broad range of topics for the
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The Central Horticultural Association (Zentralverband Gartenbau, ZVG) and the Federal Committee for Fruit and Vegetables (Bundesausschuss Obst und Gemüse, BOG) have developed a concept for a uniform federal-state subsidy for multi-peril insurance in order to better protect horticultural businesses against weather risks. read more

To further reduce CO2 emissions, Kaufland is working with the AgriTech company Klim. Together, they support farmers in switching to regenerative agriculture, because regenerative practices reduce greenhouse gas emissions and even actively store carbon
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Small children don't like kohlrabi! Radishes taste "bad" - parents may know these statements only too well. The "Vegetable beds for kids" project is different. For 15 years, the Edeka Foundation has been equipping kindergartens and day-care centres with raised vegetable beds. Here they learn
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After delays due to cool days and especially cold nights, strawberry growers are finally starting the harvest. After having already started in North Saxony and the Elbe Valley in week 22, the strawberry harvest in all other regions of Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt will also start at the weekend.
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The centre of organic agriculture in Germany will be at the organic farm Grieshaber und Schmid in Ditzingen-Hirschlanden on 14 and 15 June. The Organic Field Days are taking place there for the fourth time and the 345 exhibiting companies, associations and organisations are attracting thousands of visitors.
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The cool spring has significantly slowed down the development of pepper crops and delayed the start of the season. For weeks now, supply has been tighter than in previous years. However, the current sunny weather is gradually having an effect and the availability of goods is increasing. read more

To get their little bodies to take off and stay in the air, fruit flies have to beat their wings extremely fast. To do this, they make use of a trick that is widespread in the animal kingdom: the nerve cells do not keep up with the speed of the wings, but each nerve cell
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