Costa Group’s mushroom operation Costa Mushrooms has harnessed the power of live supply chain data from Escavox to satisfy the cold chain specifications of the company’s supermarket customers and maintain trust with consumers. read more

Christine Scalzi has been crowned the 2023 cherry queen following the South Australian Produce Market’s annual cherry charity auction with a winning bid of A$60,000.  read more

Fyffes and the Belize Ministry of Agriculture have announced the signing of a Public Private Partnership (PPP), which “marks a significant milestone in the ongoing effort to address malnutrition among school-age children in Belize”. read more

The government must back farmers with a £4 billion a year budget to win the confidence of farmers and the next generation.  read more

Aldi has announced a £12 million investment in lowering more than 180 products in the run up to Christmas.  read more

"Demand is shifting from the UK to the Middle and Far East," said Calla du Toit, purchasing manager at Tru-Cape, adding that there are great opportunities to increase exports, especially as long as international currencies remain strong against the rand. read more

The 2023 campaign was affected by the high temperatures in the first half of the year caused by El Niño, which had an impact on the colour and quality of the fruit. read more

Peru exported 119,099 tonnes of mandarins worth US$137m between January and October of 2023. This represents a fall of 44 per cent in volume and 40 per cent in value compared to the year-earlier period, according to data from Fresh Fruit Peru. read more

With the 10th International Table Grape Symposium winding down in Cape Town today, it has been confirmed that Spain will host the next symposium in 2026. The event will be held in the main table grape region of Murcia during the last week of September. read more

The most popular features of the digital customer card are individualised coupons, exclusive member offers and the competition, which runs until the end of December, according to netto. read more

Spain has great potential for both crops. They are two products with excellent nutritional properties that are highly valued by consumers. The president of the umbrella organisation, Enrique Colilles, explained: "Consumers need to know,
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Australia’s vegetable industry is set to receive a new level of protection against exotic pests through a unique A$10m levy-funded collaborative biosecurity strategy. read more

Crop insights tool HarvestEye has been expanded to offer solutions to onion growers. read more

Rungis International Market in Paris has announced its official support for six French athletes during their preparation for upcoming sporting events. read more

The table grape industry needs to spread the good news about its products to move out of what is increasingly becoming a commodity business. read more

A new knowledge exchange platform has been launched by Adas, initially targeted at farmers who are part of an ambitious project to grow more pulses and cut carbon emissions from UK agriculture. read more

This is 7% more than in the previous year (281 million boxes), but less than the 315 million boxes shipped in 2021 and the 320 million boxes shipped in 2020. With an additional 14.9 million boxes, deliveries to the EU recorded the largest absolute increase. Deliveries to
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Construction specialist Clegg Food Projects says it has completed building ”the world’s biggest vertical farm” for Fischer Farms in Norfolk. read more

The study has just been published in the scientific journal PLOS Sustainability and Transformation and shows that consumers predominantly make a strong connection between the sustainability and healthiness of food and meals. "We have investigated,
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In purely economic terms, the prices for PGI hazelnuts from Piedmont (Nocciola Piemonte Igp) are currently quite favourable at around €7.50 per kg. "Of course, a producer wouldn't say the same," emphasised Delmonte. They are currently lower than at the start of the campaign, when they were at
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