Uber Eats users can access the entire Gorillas range within the app and place orders, which will then be delivered by Gorillas couriers within minutes, according to the company. In the Uber Eats app, users can click on the "Food" button
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The Australian government has issued Queensland University of Technology (QUT) a licence to commercially release QCAV-4, a genetically modified (GM) variety of Cavendish banana that is highly resistant to tropical race 4 (TR4).  read more

Australian scientists are researching and developing new technology to build a robotic arm that will automate the repetitive and intensive parts of banana processing.  read more

Valentina Caamano uses RED Grant to fund a fruit grading and packing machine  read more

The Packaging and Packaging Waste Proposal, the European Commission’s plan for a radical shakeup of the rules around packaging, has the potential to create a huge problem for the fresh produce business. read more

Tom Bradshaw has been elected as the new president of the NFU, representing more than 46,000 farmers and growers across England and Wales. read more

The Antalya Commodity Exchange from Turkey has announced it is sending a delegation of top-tier fresh produce suppliers to the UK in March. read more

The Turkish Agriculture Council has announced it is sending a delegation of top-tier fresh produce suppliers to the UK in March. read more

Representatives from across Europe’s fresh produce industry say the European Commission’s proposed Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) risks increasing food waste and limiting consumer access to healthy food. read more

Fresh, green, crunchy, tasty and healthy - these are the first lettuces that the cooperative's gardeners are now harvesting. Cut by hand early in the morning and carefully prepared, lettuce, cabbage lettuce and co. find their way to the wholesale market without delay. Stored in a way that preserves quality
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Spanish exports of fresh fruits and vegetables in 2023 decreased by 6 per cent in volume compared to the previous year to 11.3m tonnes, but grew by the same percentage in value, to reach €16.855bn, according to customs data. read more

The Soil Association believes the government should ”stop seeking silver bullets and back nature-friendly food production”. read more

A new poll has indicated huge support among the British population for the nation’s farmers. read more

LEAF Education is delivering meaningful learning opportunities to British children in a bid to help them better understand the UK agri-food industry, a new report finds. read more

Plants are able to adapt to extreme circumstances by copying or deleting pieces of DNA. Plant researchers call this copy number variation: the variation in the number of DNA copies is a genome. Sometimes it consists of tiny pieces of DNA of only fifty base pairs.
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Producers in Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland have put their faith in Bloss, a dark-red apple that they believe offers an authentic, tastier eating experience for consumers and a more sustainable product for growers. read more

According to the German government, 300,000 vehicles will be affected by the reduction in the mandatory toll limit from 7.5 tzGm to > 3.5 tzGm, which will come into effect on 1 July 2024, 100,000 of which will be eligible for the situational exemption for tradespeople. In addition to craft businesses, other
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Although the rise in the cost of living in Germany slowed slightly overall last year, the further increase was from an already high level. In contrast to the previous year, fresh food also included fruit and vegetables for the
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Zespri has released its final forecast for the 2023/24 season, with record per-tray returns forecast for green, organic green, SunGold and RubyRed kiwifruit. read more

The landscape, known as the páramo, combines different climatic and ecosystem conditions. It is also home to the Frailejón (Espeletia sp), a high mountain palm, the Roble (Quercus humboldtii) and the Pino Colombiano (Retrophyllum rospigliosii), all of which are protected tree species. read more