Millennials (those born between 1980 and the late 1990s) are increasingly opting for tasty and healthy alternatives. Bejo is responding to this trend by offering a range of snack vegetables that have been selected for their excellent taste. This range includes carrots, kohlrabi, and. read more

The three project partners, Laimburg Research Center, University of Trento, and the company LandLab, have set themselves the goal of examining the ingredients of different apple varieties in detail to determine which varieties are particularly beneficial for health. read more

The seminar "Understanding and Implementing HACCP", taking place on February 11, 2025 (from 10 am to around 12 pm), provides employees working in quality assurance in the fruit and vegetable wholesale industry with a comprehensive overview of the legal requirements and demands. read more

A Michigan State University (MSU) agricultural engineer is working to secure the future of fresh produce in the region by developing technologies that improve mechanization and automation in harvesting and production processes, especially considering the current labor trends. read more

The Fresh Seminar will offer a comprehensive program for professional development and further education in 2025. In addition to classics such as product knowledge training on market-relevant fruit and vegetable items, a special emphasis will be placed on the challenges in quality assurance and. read more

Some of the most important developments at Hydro Fert include the introduction of a new, more efficient fertilizer production process that reduces environmental impact, the implementation of advanced technology for precision agriculture that optimizes nutrient application for crops, and the expansion of the company's distribution network to reach more farmers and agricultural markets. read more

Fresh fruit accounted for four out of the five agricultural products shipped from the Port of Chancay in its initial weeks of operation. read more

Copefrut S.A., a Chilean producer, packer, marketer, and exporter, has been appointed as the exclusive licensee for TUTTI™ brand apples in Latin America, starting with 150 hectares of cultivation in Chile. TUTTI™ is the world's first apple specifically developed for hot climates. read more

VentureFruit, the commercialization partner for the Hot Climate Partnership, has announced the appointment of Coperfrut as the exclusive licensee for Tutti-branded apples in Latin America. read more

Pierwsze południowoafrykańskie owoce kamienne sezonu dotarły do Indii, w tym nektarynki, brzoskwinie i śliwki. read more

The combination scale is the latest addition to the Sorma portfolio, which currently includes around 160 machines protected by 60 patents. The LCP-128A is designed to reduce overfilling in packaging by 20g to 30g per unit and process up to 55 packages per minute. read more

Projections indicate that fresh pear exports from the US are set to decrease by nearly 23 percent to 85,000 tonnes this season, marking their lowest level since the 1980s. This decline is a result of a more than 20 percent drop in production. read more

A green revolution is taking place at a time when agriculture is trying to produce more with less, as reported by the Agricultural Information Service (LID). In Perly, in the Geneva countryside, it's a bit like Silicon Valley for Jeremy Blondin. The 30-year-old vegetable farmer... read more

The California Table Grape Commission (CTGC) has named Jackie Nakashian as its director of community service and health programs. read more

Fruit World is enjoying a successful mandarin season, both organic and conventional, with the company, based in Oakland, California, noting that this year's organic Clementines have achieved remarkably high sugar levels and exceptional quality. read more

This is the highest per capita consumption of potatoes in twelve years, as shown by preliminary figures from the Federal Information Center for Agriculture (BZL). Compared to the previous year, the calculated consumption of fresh eating potatoes increased by 8.4 kg per person to 25.5 kg. read more

New Zealand exporter T&G Global reported that returns for its premium Envy and Jazz apple brands are the highest they have been in several seasons, with a reported NZ$124 million (€68.3 million) distributed back to growers. read more

In 2023, each household in Germany bought around 7.9 kg of oranges, whereas from 2019 to 2021 it had been over a kilo more at around 9 kg. However, there has been a significant price increase since then (2019-2023: +4.9% per annum) due to rising production costs as well as poor harvests. As a result, the read more

The value achieved in the first eleven months of this year of 2.1 billion US dollars far exceeds the value of 1.715 billion US dollars reached in the entire year 2023, marking a return to a normal trend in the production of this fruit after the climatic. read more

Accordingly, approximately 334 tons of kale were harvested in Hesse in 2023. Kale accounted for only 0.3% of the total vegetable cultivation area in Hesse, making up a very small proportion. Its main cultivation areas are in North Rhine-Westphalia and Lower Saxony. read more