Italian company targets Easter holiday sales period with new range of brightly designed, limited-edition gift packs
Royal Agricultural University to show ground-breaking documentary spot-lighting soil health and regenerative farming
UK import tariff on prune juice suspended after lobbying by UK trade and California Prune Board
New LUCAi platform for InVision2 leverages Tomra’s Deep Learning technology to add value to cherry packing
Alongside next month’s Freskon exhibition in Thessaloniki where Poland is set to appear as the country of honour, visitors will be treated to conferences on apricots and kiwifruit, as well as a separate transport and logistics show
Andrew Morgan of Global 78 offered a preview of a new investigation into the long-term impact of Brexit on fresh produce supply chains
The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) looks set for approval next month, but critics suggest the latest version is a wasted opportunity to revolutionise how business is done in the EU
PGRO has launched a new tool designed predict the optimum harvest time for UK vining peas
The French wholesale market has recruited environmental services group Suez to implement measures to boost the sorting and recovery of waste at the market
Fruitnet’s Fresh Produce India event offers chance to learn how Dutch technology could open up new market opportunities for Indian fruit and veg suppliers
Agucates CV label aims to differentiate regional production and provide a guarantee of quality and freshness for the consumer
UK-based TuberGene project aims to harness the power of gene editing to address supply chain challenges
NorgesGruppen, Bama and Gartnerhallen want consumers in Norway to eat more domestic produce, so have clubbed together to fund new research into the country’s pear production
Packaging industry representatives slam PPWR as ”poisonous” and “ideological”, and warn of negative consequences for Italy’s fruit and vegetable export business
Aldi has donated 2.5m meals through surplus food redistributor Company Shop Group
The discounter is making meal planning easier for customers with refreshed recipe hub
Having experienced rapid growth in its grape exports to markets across the globe, Lebanese producer Awdi Gardens sees potential for Lebanese cherries, plums and kiwifruit
Logistics advisory Global 78 is searching for more businesses to get involved in research to understand how the fruit and vegetable sector can trade most effectively post-Brexit
(Re)Generation Fruit, a Blue Whale-led consortium in France, is seeking to support the ecological transition of the sector while providing vital economic resilience for its growers
Retailer’s share of Spanish market edges up 0.6 per cent to 27.6 per cent
Lively debate at City Food & Drink Lecture focuses on food policy, retail supply relationships, trade deals, and tackling the health crisis
Italian courts have ruled in favour of Sun World International in four separate cases in recent months in litigation the company has filed against unlicensed growers for their unlawful production and sale of Sun World grape varieties.
Event will address the future of agriculture and water management
Key speakers at Global Tomato Congress will offer delegates the benefits of their consumer research into what shoppers are looking for in terms of taste, look, packaging and messaging when the tomato event returns to The Hague on 14-15 May
Irregular supply and slow demand make for a tough market, says Marcel van Rooijen of Trofi
Marc Evrard of topfruit exporter Belgian Fruit Valley talks to Fruitnet about some of the issues behind the farmers’ protests across Europe and the effect of the disruptions in the Red Sea on trade flows to East Asia
As Italy’s import volume rises, leading kiwifruit marketer Jingold and Sicilian producer Spo Zentrum see an opportunity to grow and market avocados within the country itself
Simon Roberts says close, longer-term partnerships are needed in the supply chain to build a more resilient food system
The growing impact of climate change and soaring production costs mean urgent action to address unsustainable banana prices is essential, according to Fairtrade Foundation
Association urges caution over the impact on EU-UK trade of Defra’s proposed risk reclassification and inspection rates for EU fresh produce imports
United Nations economist predicts price increases for consumers as temperature rises make it harder to protect existing production
The German discounter has worked with Ifco and importer Biofrusan to eliminate non-returnable packaging used to bring fruit in from the Dominican Republic
Early ripening variety delivers consistent, uninterrupted production until the end of the season, consortium says
POME project led by crop advisory Hutchinsons aims to allow inputs to be targeted in a way never seen before in UK orchards
A CEA Alliance workshop on the Farming Forward stage looked at what is a rapidly growing sector of the fresh produce industry and discussed sustainable improvements
With a promotional campaign set to start in Italy and Germany, producers near Bologna are hopeful that their product’s reputation as a culinary speciality will keep demand high
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