Sustainability news archive – Page 91
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ArticleItaly’s largest apple supplier repositions as ‘home of apples’
With around one-third of Italy’s total production, Vog remains a major force in the international market for fresh apples
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AdvertorialEurope’s fresh produce is ‘greener and more sustainable’
Innovation in production and processing, water-saving precision technology, economically sustainable new varieties: just some of the ways in which European fruit and vegetables can meet new climate and geopolitical challenges
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ArticleVOG presents organic apple range at BioFach
This week’s organic BioFach trade fair gives Italian apple consortium VOG a chance to highlight its range of organic apples and other sustainability initiatives
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CommentIt’s time to take mental health more seriously in logistics
PML’s HR manager Imrana Giannotto explains why fresh thinking and urgent action are needed to improve mental health in the logistics sector
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ArticleWestfalia collaborates with beauty brand to use stones as exfoliant
Avocado supplier’s industry-first partnership with Dr. Craft will open up higher-value alternative to anaerobic digestion
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ArticleBiobest boost for Argentinean tomatoes and peppers
Empacadores Unidos has reported record yields following the introduction of a bespoke Biobest pollination and biological control programme
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ArticleFrance and Belgium feel the heat
Producers in western Europe have once again had to contend with soaring summer temperatures, with likely impacts on the apple, pear, potato and vegetable markets
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ArticleM&S launches recyclable tomato packs
The retailer has rolled out widely recyclable vine tomato packaging as part of 2025 sustainability target
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ArticleJupiter Group installs solar panels at RSA facility
Company’s Limpopo packhouse now runs completely on green energy
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ArticleIFPA welcomes Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act
A number of IFPA recommendations have been included in the Act, which will expand access to school meals and preserve the future of such programmes
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ArticleExtreme weather: fruit companies must ‘create resilience’
Peter Stedman, director of sustainability at Chiquita, considers the climate challenge in the context of wider sustainability efforts
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ArticleEast-West Seed provides farmer upskill funding
Some US$18m will be made available as it joins the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
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ArticleKorean smart farms seek new customers
As smart farm production accelerates suppliers may be forced to look beyond current contract farming outlets
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ArticleNine elms for Nine Elms
Planting at New Covent Garden Market by the Fruiterers Livery Company will provide natural habitat for rare butterfly species
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ArticleCorpoHass wins government business award
Trade association recognised for its efforts to promote Colombian Hass avocados in the global market
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ArticleLost farmland ‘costs 250,000t of veg’
Countryside charity CPRE calls for comprehensive land-use strategy in the wake of research showing lost farmland
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ArticleIndustry-first carbon offset programme to launch
US-based ProducePay and ALLCOT introduce programme for fresh produce growers
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VideoMore room for growth in French market for avocados
Key players from France’s avocado trade explain how the country can continue to lead the way in terms of sales per capita
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ArticleSainsbury’s expands ‘Great fruit & veg challenge’
Retailer’s healthy eating initiative has been extended by three weeks this summer
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ArticleEmirates Crop One launches largest vertical farm
A JV between Emirates Flight Catering and Crop One will grow over 1,000 tonnes of produce a year at its vertical farm in Dubai