Last week at Fruit Logistica 'It’s Fresh' launched their 2nd generation ethylene moderating technology to extend the peak ripeness window and quality of fresh produce, a new brand RYPEN has been created for this new tech. read more

Poste Italiane launches PosteGoFresh, the new refrigerated transport service for home delivery of fresh food products purchased online. Its creator isMlk Fresh, the company born from the joint venture between Poste Italiane's subsidiary MLK Deliveries and Mazzocco Srl,
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The path towards internationalisation of the Consorzio di Tutela della Pomodoro di Pachino PGI continues, and in Berlin, at the great Fruit Logistica trade fair, it had the opportunity to present its activities at their best, both in terms of production and
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In the wake of ongoing farmers' protests, security measures including the sealing of state borders around Delhi have sparked concerns over the supply of essentials, potentially hiking retail prices of fruits and vegetables. read more

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The purpose of the new lift recently installed by Melinda in the Rio Maggiore mines where the famous underground units are located - i.e. the natural warehouses dedicated to the storage of apples - is efficient handling while further reducing environmental impact. This important innovation,
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The International Federation for Produce Standards (IFPS) has completed the transition to an improved website, including a more functional PLU database. read more

Ensuring a sustainable future for Italian agriculture, thanks to the heritage of history, values and skills that characterise its work: this is the message that Syngenta Italia, a world leader in science and innovation for agriculture, wanted to launch by presenting
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Jarðarberjaland is Icelandic for Strawberry Land – a fitting name for the greenhouse company where Steinar Jensen and his wife Hólmfríður Geirsdóttir grow strawberries for the local market. Sitting on a source with near-boiling water, energy and heat use are naturally sustainable – but
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Be One, this is the guiding claim of Enza Zaden, which wants to establish itself as the breeding leader in the segments it has been following for decades. To achieve this goal, the company has always taken the path of innovation; read more

Nama is the novelty tomato that Fogliati, the leader of a supply chain project, presented at the Berlin trade fair as a preview. Interest also from foreign retailers read more

Growing Kent & Medway is offering a share of £600,000 to businesses with innovative ideas to sustainably improve operations within the fresh produce, food and drink supply chain. read more

Scientists and representatives from the fresh produce industry will meet in Valencia on Thursday to discuss the implications of new genomic techniques including Crispr after the European Parliament voted on 7 February to ease regulation of gene-edited crops. read more

The new service is free of charge for Knuspr Premium customers. All other customers can take advantage of the 15-minute time slots at the start in February for a small surcharge from 1 euro. The service is available in the entire city area as well as in the northern outskirts of Munich, including
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According to the company, this innovation, in which strawberry plants are grown from seed, not only promises a good yield and good quality strawberries, but is above all a major step towards the sustainable cultivation of this crop. read more

According to Marcelo Rodríguez, director of the Agricultural Cooperative of San Nicolás de Tolentino (COAGRISAN), the farmers' protests and blockades are delaying the delivery of nearly 200,000 kilos of tomatoes per week, 100,000 of which belong to his entity. read more

The Cape Town Container Terminal recorded the highest number of refrigerated containers ever loaded on a single vessel at 1,726 when Vessel Santa Rita sailed off to Europe with South Africa’s deciduous fruit exports. The previous record was 1,711 in the year 2021. read more

In a challenging fiscal year marked by supply chain disruptions and a decrease in turnover, Begley's Fresh Produce, headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, faced a downturn. The Terway UC, steered by the Begley family, disclosed a pre-tax loss of €541,132 in 2022, contrasting sharply with the prior
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South Korean shipping company HMM remained profitable in Q4 2023 despite the pressure on container markets. HMM reported a net profit of KRW1.01 trillion for 2023 a 90% drop compared to KRW10.12 trillion in the previous year. The company managed to remain profitable in Q4 2023 with a net profit
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CO2 GRO Inc. is excited to announce a Technology Adaptation Project (TAP) with California-based GreenFruit Avocados (GFA) for its new greenhouse bell peppers project in Colombia. The TAP will be conducted in GFA's first half-hectare (50,000 sq ft) greenhouse module, which will have half the
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