Ambitious Welsh farmers are perfectly placed to deliver healthy and nutritious, sustainable food alongside tackling climate change given the correct policy conditions and support frameworks. read more

Marks & Spencer has announced a new partnership with FareShare, the UK’s largest charity fighting food insecurity and waste. read more

A new study from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV) has concluded that wood is the most sustainable packaging option for fruit and vegetables with the lowest environmental impact. read more

Breeding giant Bloom Fresh has announced that it is taking proactive measures to safeguard table grape production as El Niño threatens vineyards across the globe, bringing extreme heat to some regions while inundating others with heavy rainfall. read more

Sakata Seed Corporation has announced plans to develop F1 seed strawberry varieties suitable for greenhouse cultivation. read more

Rockit Global, the New Zealand-based company behind the miniature Rockit apple, has established its first plantings in the country’s South Island through a partnership with Turley Farms. read more

Rockit Global, the New Zealand-based company behind the miniature Rockit apple, has established its first plantings in the country’s South Island through a partnership with Turley Farms. read more

Global Star Group has announced that it has gained GCC Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) certification from the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (Zatca), the main regulating authority in Saudi Arabia for customs and taxes. read more

Pro-Force says it has become the first UK Seasonal Worker Scheme (SWS) operator to complete Stronger Together’s Responsible Recruitment Progress Assessment (RRPA) audit process, established to protect seasonal labourers working in UK horticulture. read more

Sun World International has appointed Bernardo Calvo as president and chief operating officer, reporting to CEO David Marguleas. read more

Assured Food Standards (AFS), which licenses farmed foods’ Red Tractor quality mark, announced yesterday (31 October) that it will not progress with the implementation of any new environmental standards or additional modules until the NFU has completed the first of two proposed independent
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Jazz apples have added to their trophy cabinet by collecting the top prize at the National Fruit Show (NFS) for the second year running. read more

Argentina has carried out its first shipment of organic citrus to the European Union for 20 years after the reopening of the market last May. The 60.5-tonne consignment of organic lemons, certified by plant health service Senasa, departed from the port of Buenos Aires and arrived in Europe
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Chile expects to ship 95.4m (5kg) cartons of cherries during the 2023/24 season, according to the first estimate released by the Chilean Cherry Committee on Tuesday. read more

Fresh Del Monte saw year-on-year net sales drop in the third quarter (Q3) of the year, hurt by lower sales across its fresh and value-added product segment. read more

As the South African citrus season in the US ends, the focus has now shifted to the 20th US-sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum (AGOA) in Johannesburg this week. read more

Indian ag-tech start-up Superplum has announced the launch of its new fresh produce traceability system to connect consumers with farmers. read more

Global Pac Technologies, a New Zealand-based company, started marketing the Aporo produce packing robot in 2018 on behalf of New Zealand inventor and manufacturer Robotics Plus and have just hit a major milestone, having packed one billion pieces of fruit. read more

Moleaer has opened a new production facility in Almería to roll out its proprietary nanobubble solutions to the Spanish and European markets. The innovative technology uses a generator to enrich irrigation water with trillions of oxygen nanobubbles which can help increase productivity and
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As Brits get ready to celebrate Halloween with pumpkin carving, trick or treating and fancy dress today (31 October), one UK waste management company is highlighting the haunting impact the festivity can have on our environment. read more