It's Veganuary: Germany starts vegan in 2024
2024-01-02 09:00
Christopher Hollmann, Head of Veganuary Germany: "Veganuary is an influential motivator and powerful accelerator for the transformation of our diet. This January, our campaign and the topic are more far-reaching and visible than ever - we will once again reach millions of people.
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"In the run-up to Chinese New Year, issues in the Red Sea could cause complications"
2024-01-02 00:00
The threat of Houthi rebels in the Red Sea means several shipping companies say they will opt for the route around the Cape of Good Hope. That significantly affects European exports to Asian countries, as is the case for Belgian Fruit Valley. It is currently in the midst of its export season,
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Trops invests EUR 6 million in Portugal
2024-01-02 00:00
On 2 January, the Spanish company Trops began work on the extension of its warehouse in Tavira (Portugal), which will add a new production centre to its Portuguese headquarters. The investment, which amounts to more than six million euros, should be completed by "the middle of January".
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Moroccan growers on track for a great avocado harvest
2024-01-02 00:00
Morocco has become a significant player in the global avocado market since their introduction. According to Abdellah Elyamlahi, President of the Moroccan Association of Avocado Exporters, Morocco's northern regions have important water reserves which have boosted agricultural production. "The
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"This year we are noticing a significant increase in melon and watermelon consumption in winter"
2024-01-02 00:00
The decline in logistics costs and unusually warm weather in the autumn months have boosted the demand for Piel de Sapo melon and watermelon during the off-season in Spain and given an impulse to the growing trend towards the year-round consumption of these products.
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Westfalia Fruit India is delighted to announce the import of the first commercial shipment of avocados from Australia into India. With the completion of trial shipments from Australia, the market access for Australian avocados to India was recently confirmed.
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Potato prices 3.5 times higher than last year in Ukraine
2024-01-02 00:00
Wholesale prices for potatoes in Ukraine have surged by 19% within a week, reaching 0.43 euros per kilogram, which is a 3.5-fold increase compared to the end of December last year. This has been reported by representatives of the largest wholesale market in Western Ukraine, known as "Shuvar."
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Russia failed to affect Moldova’s apple industry with trade embargo
2024-01-02 00:00
According to EastFruit, despite serious fears of market participants for fresh apple price collapse after Russian embargo on all produce imports from Moldova and the more recent blockage of the Red Sea, which is the main rood for apple exports to the Middle East and Asia, the worse case scenario
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Fresh produce growers in some Asian countries have great product but often don’t have the knowhow to get it to markets; some just sell for low prices at local wet market markets and some are taken advantage of by big corporates and not given a fair price. One man who has made a big difference
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Egypt’s apple imports hit 6-year low
2024-01-02 00:00
As Egypt faces the consequences of the pound’s devaluation, a food crisis and other economic woes in 2022-2023, it has cut down on its apple imports, according to EastFruit. The country bought the lowest amount of apples from the EU in at least six seasons during the first four months of the
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Idlib sees too many Turkish tomatoes flooding the market
2024-01-02 00:00
An Idlib vegetable merchant claims that the al-Hal popular market is flooded with tomatoes, imported from Turkey. The quantities exceed the market’s capacity, leading to a drop in prices and financial losses for the merchants.
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This is outlined in Resolution No. 713 (4) by the Council of Ministers. According to the document, monthly limits on changes to producer prices are introduced. Thus, vegetables essential for traditional borscht, cucumbers, tomatoes, and seasonal apples can increase by a maximum of 3.5% compared
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New avocado plantation planned in the borough of Alcácer do Sal
2024-01-02 00:00
Sources say there is a new project under evaluation for planting 722 hectares with avocados (one of the fruits that consume the most water) in the borough of Alcácer do Sal, which is one of the areas most affected by low rainfall in recent decades. The area of avocados in southern Portugal has
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Daxel Logistics & Solutions Benelux continues under new name
2024-01-02 00:00
From today on, we are officially called Getting Logistics Done. Daxel Benelux is now separated from the parent company, Daxel Italy, and continues under the name Getting Logistics Done.
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Ukraine has made a breakthrough in the Swiss market for berries
2024-01-02 00:00
According to EastFruit analysts, in 2023 Ukraine made a real “berry breakthrough” into the very difficult Swiss market. The fact is that Switzerland is not a member of the European Union, so the food market in this country is very protected from imports, and the requirements for product
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The winter season is in full swing at Euro Gijbels' farm in Catalan, Spain. At this time of year, they primarily grow cauliflower, parsley, celery, and citrus, and currently, there's more demand than supply for cauliflower and parsley, say John Gijbels and Stef Minten. "If we had five times the
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Inadequate number of cold weather hours for Italian pistachios
2024-01-02 00:00
It's a busy time for the cultivation of pistachios in Italy. The number of hectares continues to increase in the southern regions and the advantage of managing them with more modern agronomic techniques capable of guaranteeing satisfactory economic results is now widely known among growers. The
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Veganuary, retailers and restaurant chains support plant-based
2024-01-02 00:00
With the month of January, Veganuary returns, the international initiative, promoted in Italy by the organisation Essere Animali, which accompanies consumers to try a plant-based diet with free daily recipes and advice. Over a hundred adhesions, with the
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Movement of green bell peppers from Mexico crossings through Nogales, Arizona is expected to increase seasonally. Trading moderate with prices on green jumbo and extra-large slightly higher, others generally unchanged. Prices 1 1/9 bushel cartons jumbo and extra-large mostly 18.95-22.95, large
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