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UK: Groves Nurseries and Garden Centre sustainability award
2024-03-04 00:00
A garden center in West Dorset has received an award for its work in sustainability. Groves Nurseries and Garden Centre in Bridport has been recognized for making its business more sustainable and has received a Level 5 Sustainable Business Award. Presented to by Litter Free Dorset, it is the
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New ice cubing machine for a wide range of fruit and vegetables
2024-03-04 00:00
The SureTec 240 is the latest addition to FAM STUMABO's comprehensive range of fruit and vegetable slicers. This high-capacity machine guarantees maximum performance in very demanding production circumstances, ideal for frozen vegetable processors and large-scale processors of frozen vegetables.
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Turkey, an important player in agricultural machinery production
2024-03-04 00:00
In the field of agriculture and agricultural mechanisation, Turkey offers technological innovations and automation solutions, from tractors to harvesting machines. Over the past five years, the country has become an important player on the world stage, conducting research and
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33 tonnes of fake Italian potatoes seized
2024-03-04 00:00
"I applaud the women and men of the Guardia di Finanza in Gallipoli and the ICQRFI South-East Italy Office for the joint operation that led to the seizure of 33 tonnes of potatoes, presumably from abroad, whose traceability was allegedly disguised in order to sell them on the
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Agroponiente launches 6 R&D and environmental commitment projects
2024-03-04 00:00
Grupo Agroponiente continues to focus on innovation at all levels and in all areas of the company and, within this framework, the R+D+i Area, in collaboration with the Technical Department of
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Grupo Agroponiente, has been working on innovation at all levels and in all areas of the company.
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Emilia Górska-Mytyk has assumed responsibility for Kuehne+Nagel Poland beginning of February 2024, succeeding Wojciech Sienicki who has gone into retirement. In her tenure, she will be overseeing the company's operations, leading 1.700 logistics experts. Emilia Górska-Mytyk, a Polish
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In order to meet agricultural electricity demands, State Grid Changle County Power Supply in Weifang, Shandong province, organized an innovation workshop, headed by Zhang Aiguo and Ge Yuting to develop an intelligent temperature control system for greenhouse usage. Working together with the
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UK: Groves Nurseries and Garden Centre sustainability award
2024-03-04 00:00
A garden center in West Dorset has received an award for its work in sustainability. Groves Nurseries and Garden Centre in Bridport has been recognized for making its business more sustainable and has received a Level 5 Sustainable Business Award. Presented to by Litter Free Dorset, it is the
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Artificial intelligence on stage at the Food&Science Lab
2024-03-04 00:00
Drones, fruit-picking robots, irrigation sensors, precision animal husbandry. The agriculture of the future will rely more and more on artificial intelligence, with technologies and methodologies that will be able to radically transform agricultural work, both for
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International Rootstocks Symposium to be held at Macfrut 2024
2024-03-02 00:00
Building on the success of the last edition, the Plant Nursery Area – plant nursery and varietal innovation exhibitionwill returnto Macfrut 2024 (8-10 May, Rimini Expo Centre). The Italian fruit nursery industry is one of the key sectors that drive international production chains. The data
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Sustainability takes centre stage at Global Avocado Summit
2024-03-01 13:00
The Global Avocado Summit will focus on the sustainability of the industry when the event returns on 21 November at the Casino Monticello Events Center near Santiago.
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Distribution deal brings HarvestEye into Finland
2024-03-01 10:00
HarvestEye has secured its first distributorship in Finland.
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Blockchain technology offers major boost to tomatoes
2024-03-01 10:00
A multi-partner UK research and development project to map fresh produce from source to consumer using digital technology to reduce food waste has been developed.
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Applications for Hort Innovation’s Churchill Fellowships open
2024-03-01 06:00
Hort Innovation is offering up to four fully funded fellowships for transformational projects that spark positive change in the Australian horticulture sector.
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INI Farms celebrates first shipment of Indian pomegranates to US
2024-03-01 05:00
Leading Indian exporter INI Farms – part of the AgroStar Group – has shipped its first container of Kimaye-branded pomegranates to the US via seafreight.
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Industry alliance criticises EC position on packaging
2024-03-01 01:00
The European Commission’s efforts to reduce the environmental impact of packaging is based on inadequate scientific research, according to a pan-industry group called the The Alliance for Sustainable Packaging for Foods (ASPF).
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A recent investigation by the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign delves into the factors influencing E. coli contamination across various leafy greens, including romaine and green-leaf lettuce, spinach, kale, and collards. Mengyi Dong, the study's lead author, highlights the frequent
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"Successfully rescheduled kiwi shipment"
2024-03-01 00:00
The Georgian company Nergeta started growing kiwis near the Black Sea coast in 2011. Within two years, it created a 20-hectare orchard and built a refrigerated warehouse and packaging plant. The first trial shipments were marketed in a chain
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Pesticides are measured by wearable sensors on the fruit
2024-03-01 00:00
The concentration of pesticides in fruit and vegetables can be measured directly on the fruit. This is made possible by innovative technology based on cellulose acetate, developed by researchers at the Universities of São Paulo and the Federal University of Viçosa in Brazil.
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Space for healthy food at Macfrut 2024
2024-03-01 00:00
The healthy character of fruit and vegetable production finds a home for the first time at Macfrut 2024. New product trends, from the fourth range to fruit and vegetable snacks and fresh juices, will find space in the first edition of Innovation Hub For Healthy Food, realised in
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