Six months after its creation, CEO Kenneth Avery tells Fruitnet why the new breeding powerhouse is a win-win for growers and consumers, and what we can expect to see from the company in the coming year. read more

Fresh Del Monte Produce has announced the launch of its latest innovation, the Rubyglow pineapple, a red-shelled variety. read more

The world’s largest manufacturer of frozen potato products, McCain Foods, has today published details of the progress it is making towards sustainable farming committments around the globe. read more

Advanced Berry Breeding (ABB) has launched three new raspberry varieties, marking a significant milestone in its ongoing commitment to innovation in raspberry breeding. read more

As demand for Egyptian citrus continues to grow from Europe, how important is it to provide the best quality to your customers? read more

StePacPPC has unveiled a new, improved modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) film designed to maintain the freshness of whole and sliced white mushrooms, and whole exotic mushrooms such as oyster, lion’s mane, shiitake, portabella and more. read more

Citrosol, a leading company in technology and post-harvest treatments for fruit and vegetables, is preparing its participation in the next edition of Fruit Logistica, which will take place in Berlin from the 7th to the 9th of February 2024. The Valencian company will be located in Hall 18, where its stand will be located in
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The soup segment in the mdd continues to be dynamic, driven by the vegetable factor. The year 2024 opens with some innovations from the Viaggiator Goloso. Also renewed are the formulations of some great classics read more

The Red Sea issues have resulted in a Portuguese apple exporter switching its focus to the local market to sell the remaining stock, Joao Juma, export manager for Portuguese apple exporter United Growers, says: “We had some quantities reserved to send to our regular customers in the Middle
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A European freight forwarder has accused the shipping lines of creating “artificial demand” by blanking sailings and talking up a looming empty box crisis. The forwarder, who wanted to remain anonymous, claimed that carriers were talking up the market prior to Chinese New Year in the hope
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Trigo, a leading provider of computer vision technologies that transform traditional shops into digital smart-stores, and discount chain Netto Marken-Discount have announced their collaboration to launch the first end-to-end grocery shop with
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The use of ozone as an irrigation water treatment and the resulting benefits to crops are now countless, and in the world of hydroponics, the effectiveness of the technology has been well established for years. But few are willing to bet on the results in open field applications. In particular,
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As the Red Sea crisis continues, global logistics heavyweight Bolloré Logistics anticipates a surge in air freight demand, akin to the pandemic-induced boom. The French firm asserts that extended ocean transit times are straining inventories, immediately impacting air freight capacities and
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Artificial intelligence (AI) allied with fruit and vegetables: from the field to the supermarket shelf, to monitor crops and plan agronomic strategies that can defend against adversity, to interpret consumers and develop consumption, to revolutionise the
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Belgium: Too Good To Go trials AI inventory management read more

Blueberries all the way from Romania are now hitting supermarkets across the Middle East, thanks to a new partnership between DP World and a young game-loving fruit producer, Agricrafters. read more

As one Turkey’s top five exporters of fresh fruit and vegetables, Perla Fruit, made a rapid entry into cherry exports when it invested US $10 million in new operations in Bursa, in the northwest of Türkiye, in 2019. The company first began packing cherry products there in 2020, achieving high
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The Cape Town Container Terminal has recruited a total of 62 new employees and increased the number of hauliers available to operations from 32 to 44 with the peaking of the deciduous season this month. read more

The South African grape harvest is running ahead of predictions while the pomefruit and stonefruit industries are heading to court to recover losses from shipping authority Transnet. read more

This year, pressure on the fresh produce business to respond to sustainability demands has reached unprecedented levels. As global concerns about climate change intensify, customers, regulators, and even the climate itself now urges companies to engage with their environmental impact and social
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