Eight of Italy’s most important fresh grape production areas have agreed to pool resources and work together on joint promotional activities to support sales and exports of the fruit. read more

Fruit Logistica, the leading trade show for the global fresh produce business, is on course to attract a large number of exhibitors and visitors from all over the world to its next edition, which takes place in Berlin, Germany, from 7 to 9 February 2024. read more

The next SNFL Fresh Global Summit, titled Beyond Innovation, will be held on 16 th and 17th August at the SNFL Innovation Centre in Murcia, Spain. The event continues to promote the sector so that it can grow together with an eye on the future. read more

The commercial campaign of Metis, the premium fruit resulting from the natural cross between the plum and the apricot, started two weeks early, thanks to the first varieties from Southern Italy (Basilicata). Excellent product quality and good sales even though production
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Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables fell in May, with volumes down 4.4% year-on-year, according to data published by the Spanish Customs and Excise Department.   read more

Europe is the continent with the highest PL share in the world and, among its countries, Italy ranks below average, while Great Britain stands out, with more than half of its sales developed by PL. In Italy, the retailer with the highest PL penetration is
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The supply of melons and watermelons, the summer fruits par excellence, is scarce at this time, while Europe is scorching due to the heat waves Cerberus and Charon, which have caused temperatures to reach record levels in various parts of the continent, FreshPlaza reports. read more

Bremia threatens the lettuce sector (click here to learn more about the greenhouse range); in fact, this phytopathology can be damaging to several varieties both in protected cultivation and in the open field, with significant economic damage to those areas specialised in the cultivation of
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Foodiverse and Taylor Farms, leading growers and producers of fresh salads, vegetables and other fresh foods in Europe and North America respectively, are pleased to announce an agreement to welcome the US company as a new shareholder of the Spanish group; read more

The commercial campaign of Metis®, the premium fruit resulting from the natural cross between plum and apricot, started two weeks early, thanks to the first varieties from Southern Italy (Basilicata). Positive quantity and: "Medium large size," explains Antonio Zani, Office
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The Cabina di regia on the PNRR, which met on Thursday afternoon at Palazzo Chigi, approved the proposals of the Minister of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forestry, Francesco Lollobrigida, to respond to project applications that could not be financed due to a
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After talking with the participants and management of the Pomușoarele Moldovei Berry Growers Association,EastFruit analysts summarized their observations on how the berry season is developing for local fruit market operators. The harvest-2023 of berries in Moldova will be significantly more
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The season of early varieties of apples in Ukraine is already in full swing, analysts of theEastFruitproject report. But, if selling prices in this segment remained stable the previous two weeks, then this week, the apple price of the new harvest began to fall rapidly. read more

Morocco has been continuously increasing its fruit and berry exports, with France and the UK accounting for the most important part in this growth, as reported by EastFruit. In 2018-2022, Moroccan fruits and berries were available on the markets of 122 countries, with Spain, France, the
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Banca Agricola Popolare di Ragusa will manage, as an authorised credit institution, 12 million euro of investments from the Ministry of Agriculture of Food Sovereignty and Forestry, as well as subsidies amounting to approximately 7.5 million euro, destined for companies belonging to the
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In fruit and vegetables, we fight daily over cents. We often tell of producers who are unable to get distribution chains to accept price increases in the range of 10-20 cents/kilo; therefore, we were rather surprised when for the same product we found,
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Lidl Italia's commitment against food waste continues with the launch of the 'anti-waste bag', a project that restores value to fruit and vegetables that are not aesthetically perfect, but still good and safe, or with damaged packaging. The initiative, which involves all 730
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A second major storm in two weeks swept through the Balkans this week, bringing high winds, heavy rain and hail as it passed through Slovenia and Croatia before reaching Serbia and Bosnia. read more

Exporters of Picota cherries – Europe’s only naturally stalkless variety grown exclusively in Spain’s Jerte Valley – welcomed key figures from the UK cherry industry, as well as Spanish chefs, social media influencers and trade press, to Barrafina Coal Drops Yard in London at the end of
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AILIMPO’s first estimate of the Fino lemon harvest for the 2023/2024 campaign indicates a crop in Spain of 990,000 tons, which represents a 30% increase compared to the previous campaign, and a return to the levels reached in the 2020/2021 season. This first harvest estimate will be
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