Melon news archive – Page 56
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ArticleIvory Coast: pineapples with a difference
Ivory Coast exporters rate Fruit Logistica top of the pile.
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ArticleGreefa provides melon solution
Dutch machinery manufacturer Greefa has unveiled a new MSE-MXL sorting machine aiming to meet the requirements of melon growers.
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ArticleA fresh-cut above
The fresh-cut fruit sector is ripe for further growth as healthy eating messages, enhanced technology and better flavour drive consumption forward. Emma Hatfield reports.
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ArticleSakata holds the key
In the final seed focus, the Journal speaks to two companies that are busy trialing new products. Sakata UK takes us through a range of broccoli, cauliflower and spinach innovations, while Israeli seed specialist Zeraim Gedera reveals that a range of mid 1990s breeding programmes is now bearing fruit.
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ArticleStePac Xtends itself
The Journal introduced StePac to its readers last year. The company’s president Israel Ben-Tzur tells Tommy Leighton that a customer-driven development strategy continues to pay rich dividends for the post harvest solutions provider.
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New squash seeds unveiled by T&M
Thompson and Morgan has unveiled a new winter squash seed - Jaspée de Vendée.
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ArticleTozer Seeds aims for market satisfaction
The Journal will focus on seeds throughout the remainder of January. This week Tozer Seeds reveals its efforts to develop specialist programmes aimed at meeting the needs of growers and supermarkets. While Thompson and Morgan introduces its sweet raw winter squash.
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ArticleTough going for Brazil
The Brazilian melon season is proving a tough one for exporters this season.
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ArticleThe year in stories - January to March
What were the five most-visited stories on freshinfo in each of the first three months of 2003? Click here to find out.
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ArticleGeest explains EVS-Thames Fruit link for Asda
Geest outlines the nuts and bolts behind the proposed merger of EVS and Thames Fruit to supply the vast majority of Asda's fresh produce.
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New label to indicate ripeness of fruit
New Zealand's Rural News has reported the launch of a new label that indicates how ripe a piece of fruit is.
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The power of brands
Brands are threatening to make a comeback in the fresh produce industry but are retailers willing to invest in promotions or do their interests lie solely in own-label goods? Emma Hatfield reports.
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ArticleMorocco put on show
SIFEL 2003, the international fruit and vegetable industry show, will take place in Agadir, Morocco, on December 4-7.
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ArticleWinter hots up for Israel
As UK temperatures start to fall, prospects are hotting up for Israeli winter lines, particularly sweet potatoes, in light of European shortages and poor availability from the US. Emma Hatfield talks to Israeli producers and exporters to catch up on the latest news from Israel on conventional and organic lines.
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ArticleMoroccan innovation
Although Morocco's climate is perfect for the production of green beans, at Guernikako constant investment in facilities, and a unique method of production make all the difference when it comes to enhancing shelf-life and flavour. Emma Hatfield reports.
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ArticleLisbon congress unites world wholesalers
More than 300 delegates representing some 30 countries attended the 23rd congress of the World Union of Wholesale Markets i(WUWM).
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Autumn bliss makes its mark
David Shapley takes a look around the UK's produce aisles.You can always tell when autumn is in the air. Citrus starts to
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ArticleEurepGAP says yes to Del Monte
Fresh Del Monte has become the first of the major US multi-national suppliers to earn EurepGAP certification for part of its operations.
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The bionic watermelon picker
A watermelon picking robot could save substantial amounts of money in the harvesting process.
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ArticleMandar centre lights up Rungis landscape
A new highlight has emerged on the landscape of Rungis. The Mandar Group, a wholesale fixture on the Parisian wholesale market since 1976, has recently moved to a state-of-the-art 8,000 square metre facility that moves the company onto a new stage.