Greenyard has announced that Nicolas De Clercq will join Greenyard as chief financial officer (CFO) and member of the executive management of the group. read more

From 25-30 June, New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher John Hipkins led a delegation of business representatives for a visit to China. In the presence of Prime Minister Hipkins and Zespri chairman Bruce Cameron, a strategic sustainable collaboration agreement was signed between Joy
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Zespri has announced new distribution and sustainability agreements in China that will see more of its fruit reach more cities in sustainable packaging in the coming years. read more

Perfection Fresh’s approach to offering more choices for growers and consumers has been highlighted in its banana category as the wider Australian industry battles the spread of Panama TR4 disease. read more

Organic farming has answers for all the things that are “radically wrong” with current agricultural practices, according to Alex Cullen of the Soil Association. read more

A team of seven cyclists from The Worshipful Company of Fruiterers has cycled 125km around the Isle of Wight to raise over £21,000 for London-based food redistribution charity City Harvest. read more

African countries have been warned that the European Green Deal is on the way, and they should be better prepared to deal with the effects. read more

Organic farming has answers for all the things that are ”radically wrong” with current agricultural practices, according to Alex Cullen of the Soil Association. read more

A strategic partnership between Tenderstem and Action Against Hunger has left a lasting impact on hundreds of families facing food poverty in the UK, Spain and Kenya, following 12 months of community initiatives. read more

Defra farming minister Mark Spencer has reiterated the government’s commitment to supporting farmers in the wake of the publication of John Shropshire’s independent review into UK labour shortages in the food supply chain. read more

Defra farming minister Mark Spencer has reiterated the government’s commitment to supporting farmers in the wake of the publication of John Shropshire’s independent review into UK labour shortages in the food supply chain. read more

IGD has emphasised its commitment to raising awareness of the wide range of employment opportunities available in the food and consumer goods sectors. read more

A vision for nature-friendly food production set out by farming and environment groups was welcomed by the three largest UK political parties at the Groundswell farming festival in Hertfordshire yesterday (29 June). read more

The forthcoming European pear harvest will be one of the smallest in the last ten years, with a forecast of around 1.9m tonnes. read more

Former G’s CEO John Shropshire, OBE, has today (30 June) published his much-anticipated independent review into labour shortages in the UK food supply chain. read more

Belgian cooperative BelOrta is supporting an environmental awareness campaign this weekend as food partner at electronic music festival Paradise City in Flemish Brabant. read more

The Mexican apple packer is based in Cuautemoc, Chihuahua one of the country’s major apple production regions. The medium-sized business had originally used manual sorting equipment and invested in Reemoon’s intelligent sorting equipment to increase production capacity, control quality, and
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Festival of Fresh 2023 saw 300 people from across the UK fruit and vegetable supply chain come together in Alconbury Weald, Cambridgeshire to celebrate the best of fresh produce in Britain. read more

Almost one year since Nottinghamshire vegetable cooperative Freshgrowers (Freshgro) launched the world’s first carbon-neutral carrots, the group’s managing director Martin Evans came to tell Festival of Fresh 2023 how they did it. read more

A Pink Lady apple promotion at UK Aldi stores offering shoppers the chance to win one of 100 Minions Fitbits through the purchase of a promotional pack of PinKids, the Pink Lady range of smaller apples for children, has been hailed a success by marketers Coregeo. read more