Benoit Labouille started growing sweet potatoes in 2015, wanting to offer a product from France to supermarkets and wholesalers. Initially, the producer only supplied the local market, but the need to expand sales has led him to turn to supermarkets as well. Today, Benoit Labouille owns almost
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Domestic strawberries clearly dominated the markets. Dutch goods came second. Lots from Greece, Poland, Belgium, Italy, and Spain arrived only sporadically and were all of a merely supplementary nature. According to the BLE, deliveries from the domestic market, now from the open ground as well,
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There has been a change in management at the online supermarkets Knuspr (Germany) and Gurkerl (Austria). Carolin Kracmer, Marketing Director, Stephan Lüger, Commercial Director, and Lorenz Diederichs will jointly take over the management of the Rohlik Group subsidiaries with immediate effect,
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Night frosts and unfavourable weather conditions during the flowering phase have led to a disappointing cherry harvest in many areas this year, according to the Dutch Fruit Growers' Association (NFO). read more

Law enforcement officials in Spain and Poland have taken down an international drug trafficking organization, suspected of bringing vast amounts of drugs into Poland, hidden in shipments of fruits and vegetables. read more

“Spain and some producing areas of Mediterranean Europe are experiencing the emergence of pistachio, but, compared to California, we are like a drop of water in the ocean. There are synergies that we should all take advantage of. If we want to maintain the current profitability, we have to
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The EU Commission has dropped the infringement proceedings against Germany for non-compliance with the EU Nitrate Directive. The Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL) has announced that the threat of very high fines is now a thing of the past. read more

Italy authorises the field experimentation of Tea (Assisted Evolution Techniques), of which genome editing is the best known. The green light was given with the approval of an amendment to the Drought DL in the Senate's VIII and IX Joint Commissions. An essential tool to target the
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Tomato farmers in Subukia have been confronting the menace of a pest that has mostly been chewing into the leafage of the crop. The resultant effect has been the possibility of a massive drop in the quality of the produce and obvious losses. read more

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As the summer approaches, all eyes turn to what is a busy cherry season across Europe. read more

Pacific International Lines (PIL) has successfully transported its first shipments of avocados from Kenya to Brunei using Carrier Transicold’s innovative EverFRESH Controlled Atmosphere system. read more

Fine Food Australia, the largest food industry event in the Australasian region, is scheduled for September 11-14, 2023. The event is Australia’s leading trade exhibition for the foodservice, hospitality, and retail industries, with 19,000+ professional visitors. The show alternates locations
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Superplum has announced the launch of a new pre-packed fresh lychee offering as India’s season kicks off. read more

Tevel has expanded into South America in a new partnership with Unifrutti that has seen flying autonomous fruit picking robots deployed in Chile. read more

In the first two months of this year alone, Bulgaria imported more than 55,000 tons of fresh vegetables. In the same period, the import of fresh fruit in Bulgaria was nearly 66,000 tons. For these first two months of the year, the import of vegetables increased by nearly 6 percent compared to
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Peel Ports Group has announced an investment of approximately US$34.5 million in a new facility at the Port of Liverpool in the United Kingdom. The company's largest single storage investment in the current year aims to a nearly 22,300m² warehouse, which is expected to be built at Peel Port's
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This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and London. This publication is updated weekly. read more

EastFruit analysts review a recent surge in kiwifruit imports for the latest season in Georgia. They also address more long-term trends. For the first time, import volumes are more than 50% of the local production, which in turn has not decreased. This means the demand has grown. read more

Belgium has always been a country of cooperatives. Names like BelOrta, Coöperatie Hoogstraten, LTV, REO Veiling, and BFV ensure that supply has become increasingly centralized in recent years. The upcoming BelOrta/BFV integration in July only reinforces that. But what is the strength of the
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