Geert Schoofs, Vergro:

"All our Evelina apples are heading for the Belgian market this year"

“Serbian fruit and veg producers and exporters have generally done well in 2020”

Jesús Abenza, commercial director of Alimer (Murcia, Spain):

"We thought that growth in broccoli consumption in Europe could be peaking"

Christine Cortes, BioTropic:

“Good start of campaign for the Nadorcott mandarins”

Carmine Cirimele (Frugales LLC Cologne) on the current cold snap

"Due to the weather, many traders cannot go to the markets"

Giuseppe Licitra of Marina Iblea

"Horticulture 20 or 30 years ago didn't have to deal with the problems we are struggling with today"

Pieter de Ruiter, 4Fruit Company: Spanish vegetable harder to sell; quality not great

NL: "Last week, we sold watermelons for EUR 1.30-1.35/kg, despite the snow"

Ecoplastica

Customizable crate made of 100% regenerated polypropylene

Guillermo González de Aledo, of Sweet Papaya:

"Little by little, Canary papayas are becoming more and more popular in Europe"

Workshop for European importers of Mexican produce scheduled for February 25

Special Asia

Global Focus Organics

"This collaboration combines knowledge of both companies"

Grows by 19%

Dutch avocado imports reach new heights in 2020

Switching to sprout inhibitor ethylene: safe and cost efficient

First report of preharvest fruit rot on ‘Pink Lady’ in Italy

61% of growers have said ‘No’ to the statutory levy on horticulture

UK horti growers vote to abolish levy for AHDB

New promotional campaign focused on the apple's explosive energy supply

Kanzi® achieves much higher sales than last season in Spain

Open days at seed houses from February 15 to 19

Horticultural varietal innovation shining these days in the Region of Murcia

Freshuelva

Canada green lights Spanish strawberry imports

Improving food safety on the road

Russia imports more plums, cherries, persimmons and hazelnuts from Georgia

81% of Spanish consumers take the packaging material into account

First British strawberries of the year reach Aldi supermarket shelves

Organic acreage in Europe grows by 46% in 7 years

Lleida has lost 2,000 hectares of fruit trees in the last five years

The main debate of the CAP revolves around its green architecture, according to the European Commission

'Time for organic to seize the day'

Mackie's Crips

Having invested £750,000 in new crisp production facility

Mackie's Crisps unveils new vegetable chip

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £0.68 per kg

Grower looking to create consortium of Dominican Republic plantain growers

Extreme winter weather in Texas

“It’s the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre for Texas produce”

Smitten® apples launching in Coles in February

Taha Ibrahima, Olga Fruits:

“In the current context, maritime transport takes a lot of time”

Bananas gain more and more popularity in the beauty world

United Fresh event

Join the sixth annual BrandStorm™ event March 9-11, 2021

Netherlands intends to import avocados & lemons from Angola

Mendoza, Argentina

Aylin, an early white garlic developed for the international market

Canada: Okanagan apple acreage dropped by 66% compared to 30 years ago

'farmers have defeated the stinkbug'

Georgian hazelnut exports up 49%

Main exports go to Ukraine and Russia

Georgia: Revenue from feijoa exports up 37%

Zespri accused of attempting to intimidate Kiwifruit NZ over China deal

Retail

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