EarlyBirds has announced a collaboration project with Zespri. This project will support Zespri in realizing its vision for sustainable operations and carbon footprint reduction across the kiwifruit supply chain. read more

Creating an indestructible and stainless 'Bolognese' courgette. Or at least resilient to the diseases that most limit its production, primarily fungal diseases and virosis, so as to increase the competitiveness of the fresh market courgette sector by focusing on the
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More than 400 farmers have already set up an online farm store with the help of Bremen-based company "Friedhold". There is now the "Support your Farmer" app, which end customers, i.e. consumers, can use to order goods for collection. A delivery service for parts of Bremen's city center has
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The Management Board of the MULTIVAC Group turned the first spadeful of earth for a new production factory, which is intended for manufacturing parts and handling spare parts logistics in Wolfertschwenden. read more

Amazon is expanding its logistics network to include over 300 sea routes across Europe read more

Three years ago, BlueDrop and BerryTech joined forces with a shared vision to expand their berry business in Mexico and the USA. “BerryTech, as valued partner, contributes extensive expertise as a nursery and genetic developer, boasting a remarkable 30-year legacy in the berries industry.
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In November, the research project SPLASH, which was funded by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), was officially brought to a close. Prior to this, the results of the project had already been presented to visitors at the KRONEN Customer Day: The twelve-month-long test
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South Africa still finds itself in a dire situation with ports across the country, according to Jacques du Preez, trade and markets at industry body Hortgro. read more

South Africa still finds itself in a dire situation with ports across the country, according to Jacques du Preez, trade and markets at industry body Hortgro. read more

The chief executive officers of leading global shipping lines issued a joint declaration at COP 28 calling for an end date for fossil-only powered newbuilds. read more

According to the company, the investment volume amounts to 60 million euros. The new building complex with a floor area of 27,500 m² comprises a production area of 18,000 m², a logistics area of 9,500 m² and around 3,750 m² for offices, canteen and social rooms on the first floor.
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The event featured an academic congress, with technical conferences focused on areas such as productivity, quality, markets and exports around avocado, showing trends and advances in terms of sustainability, innovation and technology. There was also a series of AvoTalks by leading companies in
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GreenV is establishing GreenV Mexico and has appointed Mauricio Revah as Managing Director. Mauricio Revah explains: "There is no doubt about the importance and potential of the Mexican market. The main advantage for Mexican growers and investors is that GreenV Mexico combines the strength of
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Shipping bottlenecks experienced during the Covid shipping bubble brought much of the North American supply chain into disarray. “Capacity restraints and port slowdowns crippled the transpacific tradelane,” says Jane Colazzo with UWL. “It drove us to rethink the traditional carrier model,
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"After 35 years of trading mushrooms and 40 years of growing them, it's time to look to the future. I've decided to hand over my business to my brother Mari's three sons, Bart, Roy, and Mike. Bart will take care of logistics, planning, and some sales. Roy will be responsible for cultivation, and
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Air-freighted Chilean cherries arrived this week, and are very popular in the market. According to information from merchants, there are lots of buyers coming to check the fruits, but not purchasing many orders. The price of cherries continues to fall but is still higher than before. A 2.5kg
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The International Rootstock Symposium (IRS) makes its debut at Macfrut 2024 as part of an area entirely dedicated to genetic innovations in the rootstock sector. An international symposium with four in-depth seminars on the latest results of worldwide public and private research. Together with
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,Internationalisation, logistics, 24-hour services, sustainability and social relevance within and for the community are some of the challenges that wholesale markets will have to face in the years to come, as could be seen from the event 'Fresh is good. The role
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As far as digital payments are concerned, the key word is simplification: this is what emerged at the eighth edition of the Salone dei pagamenti, a convention that took place in Milan at the end of November and that focuses on all the innovations in the payments sector. As reported by
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The Agrion Foundation organised a meeting on 'Research and Innovation in Fruit Growing'. During the focus, held last Friday at the Foundation's headquarters in Manta (CN), crucial issues for the future of apple-growing were discussed; in particular innovation
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