The Fruitnet Tomato Congress will be held in Malaga on 11-12 November, bringing together the key players and decision-makers in the European tomato industry for discussions and networking in southern Spain. read more

Przed Kongresem Pomidorowym Fruitnet, który odbędzie się 11-12 listopada w Maladze, Hiszpania, koordynatorka hodowli pomidorów w firmie HM Clause, Katarzyna Grabka, rozmawia z czasopismem Fresh Focus Tomato o walce z ToBRFV, adaptacji do wyzwań klimatycznych i sile tej kategorii. read more

Children participating in the Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign are consuming an impressive 60 percent more vegetables than children who are not involved in the campaign. read more

Robbert Biemans, the business development manager for high-tech tomatoes at Hazera Seeds in the Netherlands, believes that real tomato innovation begins by involving every participant in the supply chain - and that now, more than ever, includes retailers. read more

Dole China and Truval are once again collaborating with the popular television characters, the Smurfs, to promote Belgian Conference pears in China this season. They have plans to expand the campaign to Tier 3-5 cities across the country. read more

Zespri has secured a major legal win in China by successfully protecting the intellectual property rights of New Zealand kiwifruit growers. read more

The killing of a prominent figure in Mexico's lime industry, who had spoken out against organized crime, has sparked concern among lime producers in the state of Michoacan. read more

The South African Table Grape Industry (Sati) and Transnova Africa have been jointly awarded a Platinum Award at the 2025 GIBS Logistics Achiever Awards. read more

In the latest episode of Fruitnet's Fresh Ideas Show, hosts Mike Knowles and Maura Maxwell are joined by John Hey from Fruitnet Asia. Hey discusses the recent Asia Fruit Logistica event in Hong Kong and explores the significant opportunities available for fresh produce suppliers in Asia. read more

Fieldwork Robotics has partnered with the Research Centre for Sustainability, a research consortium consisting of Portugal's largest berry producers' organization Lusomorango, INIAV, Portugal's National Institute for Agricultural and Veterinary Research, and various companies. read more

Westfalia Fruit has announced that it has started commercial trials of avocados and limes treated with AgroSustain's edible coating, Afondo, after successful pilot tests conducted over the past three years. read more

Chile has started its 2025/26 cherry campaign by sending two air shipments to China. Last week, Global Talsa sent a 1.4-tonne consignment to Shanghai via Seafrigo Lancargo. Shortly after, Garcés Fruit completed a second shipment with cherries harvested in the Coquimbo Region and processed at its facility. read more

Enza Zaden has developed a range of lettuce varieties with intermediate resistance to Nasonovia ribisnigri, the green lettuce aphid which continues to be a major challenge for European producers. read more

The inaugural Asia Fruit Logistica Peru Meet Up, originally planned for October 28-29, 2025 at the Swissotel in Lima, has been postponed by the organizers. Due to a rapidly evolving political situation and safety concerns for participants, the organizers have decided to... read more

Durian growers in southern Thailand, with the assistance of Thai authorities, have introduced new measures to improve the quality of their fruit and compete with other major production regions. read more

Before the Fruitnet Tomato Congress, which will be held on 11-12 November in Malaga, Spain, Fresh Focus Tomato interviewed Hicham Abba, the head of marketing and area manager for the Americas, Western Europe, Africa, and the Middle East at Yuksel. He mentioned that the tomato industry is dynamic but challenging. read more

Cauliflower growers will have the opportunity to review 81 established and new varieties from nine seed houses during the annual Duchy College 2025-26 field open days. read more

New Zealand grower-marketer The Fresh Berry Company has partnered with Driscoll’s to market Eterna, the blueberry variety that was recently certified as the world’s largest by the Guinness Book of World Records. read more

A new six-month campaign is aiming to bring Swedes back to the forefront of Scotland's food culture by presenting the vegetable as a fresh, modern ingredient. read more

Westfalia Fruit has partnered with AgriSound, a UK-based agtech company, to improve avocado breeding and commercial production by using advanced pollinator monitoring techniques. read more