The time is right for the global avocado industry to reclaim the narrative around the fruit’s sustainability. read more

It has been a strong start to the year for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable exports with the value of first quarter shipments increasing 10 per cent year-on-year. read more

New Zealand’s Plant & Food Research has announced the appointment of Mark Piper as its new chief executive effective 1 May 2023. Piper will take over from David Hughes who has held the role since 2018 and announced his retirement in late 2022. read more

On the occasion of the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, Dutch fruit and vegetables group Nature’s Pride stated its commitment to being a driver in responsible water management in the fresh produce sector. read more

Thousands of children across South Essex stand to benefit from a greater teacher focus on crucial STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects in the classroom thanks to a £50,000 donation from DP World. read more

Dutch vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan is celebrating the success of its consumer-facing ‘Love My Salad’ campaign, created to encourage British shoppers to buy and cook more vegetables. read more

Leading UK salad suppliers are gearing up for a huge uptick in leafy and prepared salad sales from May onwards, with the King’s coronation a potential high spot for demand. read more

How is the Polish fresh produce industry holding up against the many challenges we continue to see at the start of 2023? read more

J-Tech Systems has signed a partnership agreement with GreenKeeper. read more

SanLucar has revealed that it is joining forces with the Kitchen Stories cooking platform for the fourth time to launch a new promotion in German supermarkets under the slogan “Our recipe for good taste”. read more

Tesco has announced it has become the first UK retailer to go peat-free on its British-grown bedding plants. read more

Mission Produce has released its third annual sustainability report, Finest for the Future, which communicates the company’s global sustainability story during FY (fiscal year) 2022 (12 months to 31 October 2022).  read more

Pink Lady Europe is back with its Adopt A Tree campaign in Europe after the success of last year, which saw nearly 7,000 trees sponsored, according to the association. read more

Freshfel Europe has today (3 April) released the latest edition of its Consumption Monitor, having first outlined some of the early conclusions from its findings in January. read more

Aldi, Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket, is accelerating its sustainability commitments across its entire UK fresh produce supply chain through LEAF Marque certification. read more

The government has published data showing that nationwide uptake of its Healthy Start Scheme is currently at 64 per cent, falling short of the NHS target of 75 per cent set for March 2023, reports The Food Foundation. read more

The Agriculture & Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has confirmed it has hit its target of reducing operational costs by £7.8m by the end of the 2022/23 financial year. read more

Sainsbury’s store refits are putting fruit and veg at the heart of the offer. read more

The Chinese market could open up for Brazilian table grapes by the end of the year according to the president of Abrafrutas, Guilherme Coelho. read more

Sustainability practices and the need to grow consumer demand were headline themes on the opening day of the academic programme at the 10th World Avocado Congress. read more