French president Emmanuel Macron attended the Salon International de l’Agriculture (SIA) in Paris this week, where growers updated the French president on the biggest issues facing the sector, including competitiveness, pest and water management, decarbonisation, research and experimentation,
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The Fairtrade Foundation has created ‘The Endangered Aisle’, a pop-up store in London’s Shoreditch highlighting the supermarket staples most at risk from being endangered in the future, due to the climate crisis. read more

UK grocery price inflation rose again in the four weeks to 19 February 2023 to reach 17.1 per cent – the highest level ever recorded by Kantar. read more

Vertical farming specialist Oishii has announced the launch of the Koyo berry, the newest varietal grown by the strawberry brand. read more

T&G Global has assured customers it will have a crop of premium New Zealand apples to harvest this season. read more

Wan Hai Lines has upgraded its refer capacity and is coordinating with industry to improve supply chains in the lead-up to the peak of the Taiwanese pineapple season.  read more

What advantages does Egypt enjoy over some of its competitors in the European grape market? read more

Jennie Coleman, president of Canadian Fairtrade banana company Equifruit, has been named one of the winners of this year’s Globe and Mail Changemakers Award. read more

Suffolk fruit farm Boxford has teamed up with UK greenhouse firm Gardin to trial Gardin’s crop-health-monitoring technology in a bid to maximise its greenhouse-grown strawberry yields, reports Hortidaily. read more

UK retailer Waitrose is selling new season British asparagus sooner than expected this year as its suppliers welcome an early season, reports Retail Times. read more

The horticulture industry is being invited to make submissions to a new House of Lords inquiry into the challenges facing the sector. read more

AP Moller-Maersk has entered into an agreement to divest its logistics sites in St Petersburg and Novorossiysk to IG Finance Development Limited. read more

The highly successful relationship between Waitrose and Heston Blumenthal is coming to an end after 12 years. read more

Promotions are paying off for Superfresh Growers with EverCrisp apples. read more

The Philippine government has announced the first shipment of durian bound for China will arrive in March. read more

US-based CMI Orchards has announced Brett Reasor will join New Columbia Fruit Packers (Columbia Fruit) as its new CEO. read more

The South African avocado export industry has released its first estimate of the new season, predicting that the country will export around 18m cartons this year. read more

Defra secretary Thérèse Coffrey’s grip on the reality of the UK’s fresh produce supply situation is “really out of touch”, according to NFU president Minette Batters. read more

Defra secretary Thérèse Coffey’s grip on the reality of the UK’s fresh produce supply situation is “really out of touch”, according to NFU president Minette Batters. read more

More farmers than ever sought help from national charity the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) last year as families in the agriculture sector face mounting challenges. read more