In June FreshPlaza will be focussing on the cooling and logistics sectors. Are you involved in either of these sectors? If so we would love to hear from you. read more

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has announced the commencement of the issuing of grant approvals under the 2023 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Seed Potato Sector and Chipping Potato Sector. read more

From June 30, it will be mandatory for buyers of raw materials to use the Royal Decree 1028/2022, which was developed by the Register of Food Contracts and was approved on December 20, 2022. The Register of Food Contracts is a digital register in which the food contracts that are signed with
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In recognition of its commitment to sustainability, Veracruz Almonds has secured two new certifications. The company announced that it had once again received Global Gap certification for the entire production process, from planting to harvesting. In addition, the
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Importers of fruit into Sri Lanka will be required to obtain a report on heavy metals starting from June 1 as part of the country's efforts to improve food safety, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The new requirement came after a recent survey by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Health, which
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Together with customers, Ellips is looking for opportunities to improve their grading technology. This ongoing collaboration and our drive for innovation has helped to revolutionize the onion market by improving operational performance and enabling our customers to deliver the quality and
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In recognition of its commitment to sustainability, Veracruz Almonds has secured two new certifications. The company announced that it had once again received Global Gap certification for the entire production process, from planting to harvesting. In addition, the
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Ortofrutta Italia, the Interprofessional Organisation of Italian Fruit and Vegetables, and AIAB, the Italian Association of Organic Agriculture, have signed a memorandum of understanding and operational collaboration aimed at promoting the development of organic fruit and vegetable supply chains; read more

TieUp Farming, a provider of advanced farm management software, will be participating in the upcoming Hort Connections trade show in Adelaide. The company will showcase their innovative modules for machinery and fertigation management, and offer an exclusive sneak peek at upcoming features. read more

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully transported its first shipments of avocados from Kenya to Brunei using Carrier Transicold’s innovative EverFRESH Controlled Atmosphere system. read more

Superplum has announced the launch of a new pre-packed fresh lychee offering as India’s season kicks off. read more

Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. read more

The Danila Bragantini Prize, the Oscar for innovation in the fruit and vegetable sector promoted for the fifth consecutive year by the National Association Le Donne dell'Ortofrutta and aimed at giving voice to female entrepreneurship in the sector, enters its final phase. The award is aimed at
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Peel Ports Group has announced an investment of approximately US$34.5 million in a new facility at the Port of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. The company's largest single storage investment in the current year aims to a nearly 22,300m² warehouse, which is expected to be built at Peel Port's
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Along with watermelons, the melon is the undisputed king of the fruit and vegetable department in summer. Its presence is always noticeable, but this is often not enough to boost sales. What is needed, in fact, is a distribution policy that is reflected in a display capacity capable of attracting
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The MAF RODA Group has been innovating and developing robotics systems for years to automate the tasks of fruit and vegetable processing plants. “Robotics is one of the group's six major lines of innovation, which also include electronics, automation, electricity, mechanical engineering, and
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For about four and a half years, experts from the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GIZ, the Global Nature Fund (GNF) and the Lake Constance Foundation developed and tested effective approaches to this using bananas and pineapples from Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic as examples,
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Dirk Winkelmann, president of Vanguard Direct, gives an update on the industry and its ongoing supply chain challenges. According to Winkelmann, there has been improvement in areas such as North America and Europe. However, Asia and Mexico are still experiencing many challenges. read more

The 2022 financial statements of Ri.Nova, a cooperative dedicated to innovation in agriculture, born from the merger of the Plant Production Research Centre and Alimos, were positive, closing with a profit for the year of 15,450 euro, which brought the net assets to over 2.6 million euro. The
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The campaign for Barbera's seedless table grape Arra Sugar Drop (Arra 30) gets under way: early June will see the first releases. "The market is ready in Italy too: 2023 will be the breakthrough year for this premium product," says Alessandro Barbera, founder, owner and
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