There could not have been a more appropriate place than Salerno to discuss the future of ready-to-eat salads, and being able to do so with the main players in the supply chain provided an opportunity to verify on the ground the feasibility of options for relaunching a supply chain that is now at risk
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The American mushroom market is undergoing a transformation, with consumers increasingly choosing a variety of exotic mushrooms alongside traditional favorites like button and brown mushrooms. Shandong Imperial Garden Biotechnology, a large producer of fresh shiitake and shiitake substrate logs
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More than eight tons of Hass avocados from Australia’s South West region have now been airfreighted to Bangkok, ready to be distributed to retailers, hotels and restaurants. The first shipment of WA avocados to Thailand was given the green light earlier this week. read more

The British Society of Plant Breeders (BSPB) has welcomed proposals considered by the Food Standards Agency Board yesterday (20 September) for a streamlined approach to the regulation of precision-bred food and feed products under the Genetic Technology Precision Breeding Act 2023. read more

New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has this week (21 September) launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks. read more

DiMuto has announced the launch of a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management feature on its trade solutions platform. read more

DiMuto has announced the launch of a new Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Management feature on its trade solutions platform. read more

New Zealand-based agritech company Robotics Plus has launched Prospr, an autonomous, multi-use, hybrid vehicle designed to carry out a variety of orchard and vineyard crop tasks more efficiently and sustainably while reducing reliance on labor. read more

Ten of Australia’s leading agricultural research organisations are pooling their powers to bolster on-farm adoption of research outcomes and returns to farmers. read more

T&G Global has announced the appointment of Kotahi as its ocean freight services provider, with Kotahi to lead the procurement of all ocean freight for the company from 2023/24 onwards.  read more

Two cold fronts back to back and a spring tide wreaked havoc along the South African coastline, the South African Weather Service said on Monday, and the huge swells caused "major headaches" for them, a source at a shipping line says. read more

Often the fruit and vegetable community has snubbed marketing, seeing it as a source of cost rather than profit. This view is continually borne out in the way innovation projects are constructed. Marketing expenses, in fact, are always among the last items in almost every
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UPM Specialty Papers has launched compostable food stickers, usable for fruit and vegetables. Juhani Ylikoski, sales director at UPM Specialty Papers, said: “We are happy to provide a compostable solution, which helps our customers to meet this regulatory change as well as their sustainability
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An expanding market in Italy and abroad, a growing turnover and new services for partners gaining ground. After the summer for L'Insalata dell'Orto - a company from the Veneto region specialising in the production, packaging and marketing of leafy vegetables from
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On the 25th of October, Dalival and its IFO research and development station will present their new Tonik and Canopy apple varieties, as well as their latest M200 rootstock innovation, at the IFO site in Seiches sur le Loir. read more

AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a AgTech innovator specialising in post-harvest produce freshness and quality solutions, announces the completion of its acquisition of Tessara. read more

Focusing on the increasingly urgent topics of sustainability and proper nutrition, the 'OrtoRomi for Schools' educational project is back for the 2023-2024 school year with a big new feature: the resumption of in-presence workshops after a three-year hiatus due to measures
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A new round of funding and mentoring is available to talented executives working within small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the food supply chain as leadership recruitment firm Eden Search launches its second Emerging Leaders programme. read more

Starr Ranch Growers/Oneonta Trading Company – which includes Custom Apple, Diamond Fruit and Apple King—have announced an agreement has been reached to join forces with CMI Orchards, delivering more than 8m cartons to CMI’s manifest. read more

TopFruit has celebrated its 40th anniversary with the South African cultivar management company reflecting on its journey and looking to the future with great excitement.  read more