Cal Poly San Luis Obispo’s Strawberry Center and the USDA Research Agency recently received a federal grant to focus on tools to help automate strawberry farming in California. The Strawberry Center’s goal is to use research and education to increase the sustainability of California’s
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ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA will be held at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong from 6 to 8 September. This year, Hongjiu Fruit, the leading Chinese fruit trader, will be the first official fresh produce partner of the fair. read more

Macfrut is promoting the 2024 edition with a presentation in Cesenatico, in the heart of Romagna. On July 3rd, Cesena Fiera President Renzo Piraccini, together with various advisors and the entire Cesena Fiera staff, presented the 2024 edition, which features two new introductions: the
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China's outbound cross-border freight trains operated normally during the first half of 2023, with the cargo transport volume to Europe, Central Asia and Southeast Asia keeping a positive trend and supporting China's foreign trade. read more

Rachel Rosenkrantz is a sustainability-minded guitar-maker who is innovating with biomaterials. She trained as an industrial designer, but embarked on her career as a luthier; a maker of string instruments. Over the past several years she has integrated mycelium and other biomaterials in her
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High prices and a compromised harvest in Italy also due to the flood. In fact, global demand for cherries is increasing and packing stations are under pressure as they have to handle larger volumes. An emergency that can be overcome thanks to the
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L'Insalata dell'Ortoclosed the first half of 2023 with an important growth in turnover. "In the first six months of the year we recorded a 10% increase in turnover over the same period in 2022," explains CEO Cinzia
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It is the peak fruit season in the northern hemisphere. With the increase in the import and export volume of the fruit industry, the market demand for temperature loggers used in logistics has also rebounded. read more

July kicks off with the celebration of the Melon & Watermelon Innovation Days. This is an event where the main Spanish and international seed houses with experimentation centers and farms in the Region of Murcia open their doors to professionals in the agricultural sector to show them their
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The former group CEO and current chairman of G’s Fresh, John Shropshire, has called for more continuity in the seasonal worker scheme to give fresh produce businesses the confidence they need to invest. read more

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has today (5 July) released data for May 2023 global air cargo markets showing weak market conditions. read more

Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labour are all possibilities being considered by Australian berry growers as part of new research trying to boost labour efficiency. read more

Communicating directly to the consumer the quality of the product, the transparency of the supply chain and the value of environmentally friendly agriculture: this is the bet made by Paolillo with the launch of its new websitewww.buonoinognimomento.it, at the centre of a communication plan aimed at those who
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The Horticultural Development Council of Zimbabwe welcomes the re-introduced possibility of loading out through Beira - the average transit time from Zimbabwe to Beira is around 18 hours - while also concerned by a news report in Zimbabwean media that created the impression that fruit destined
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Highline Mushrooms, a grower of organic mushrooms, is addressing plastic concerns by taking significant steps toward sustainability. Recognizing the urgent need for environmental advancements and the well-being of future generations, the grower is committed to finding better and more
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A lot of people attended the Open Field Day organized by AVI and OP Valleverde (Novello&C) in collaboration with authorized Sicilian distributors Barbera International, Colleroni (OP Sicula), Frutta In, OP Opens (Co.Ra and Si.fa Bio). read more

The green bean campaign has started about ten days late in the Piacenza area, where Riverfrut, the Rivergaro-based farm that has made this vegetable its core business for over 40 years, dedicating over 600 hectares of land to the reference in the period
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Klaveness Digital announces its latest partnership with Citrosuco, a global leader in orange juice concentrate production, as the company adopts CargoValue to optimize supply chain operations. Citrosuco is the latest to join a growing community of industrial companies taking the lead in how they
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Training fruit pickers using virtual reality equipment, employing robots to move fruit containers, and wearing exoskeletons to support physical labor are all possibilities being considered by Australian berry growers to boost labor efficiency. read more

The agricultural world is where a quiet revolution is taking place. It is transforming the way we cultivate, care for and harvest one of the world’s most important staple foods; potatoes. This transformation is led by modern machines. Advanced machinery, equipped with cutting-edge technology,
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