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Philip van Geest (VGI), the Netherlands: "We needed our flexible business spirit last year"

"We were ready for Brexit, but the Brits were totally unprepared"

Last year, in the Netherlands, Van Geest International (VGI) completed construction on their newest building. This exporting company had already built new premises of just…

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Aerodynamic Allesbeste moves its avocado sales office to the Netherlands

The annual Maluma Symposium would normally be taking place now, drawing visitors from the avocado world to Tzaneen in Limpopo, but due to Covid it has been postponed and…

ISI Sementi obtains GSPP certification

A certification to guarantee tomato seeds

Over the past few weeks, ISI Sementi obtained the GSPP certification, an acronym of Good Seed and Plant Practices: it is the hygiene and prevention system against Clavibacter…

“90% of oranges that are shipped over next two months will be from Egypt”

The Valencia season in Egypt has really picked up steam, according to one exporter. With Spain and India now also importing their oranges from Egypt, both demand and prices…

Italian potato imports dropped by 18% in 2020

"In 2020, Italy increased its potato production by 8% while maintaining the cultivated areas of the previous year. The increase in production is the consequence of a higher…

Enrique Colilles, CEO of Trops: "Consumers should know that there are avocados in Spain and they are 'always at their best'"

Trops launches ambitious promotional campaign to boost avocado consumption in Spain

Trops has just announced the launch of a campaign to promote avocado consumption in the Spanish market under the slogan "TROPS Avocado, the best avocado in the history of…

Strawberry Symposium 2021

"Although it will mainly take place online, the Strawberry Symposium will be a great event. It is the right moment to subscribe," reports Gianluca Baruzzi, member of the…

“Our surveillance system assures farmers that irrigation is proceeding as planned”

“Monitoring irrigation systems is very time-consuming these days. Farmers need to be on site to detect anomalies. We want to make their lives easier,” explains Nicolas…

José Martínez, manager of Arcoval (Spain):

“It is unusual for France, Germany or the Netherlands to start ordering carrots in March. It's a good sign!"

In March, the carrot campaign kicks off in the Spanish province of Cadiz, one of the most important vegetable producing regions not only in Spain, but in Europe, especially at…

David van Steenkiste, Plant-T:

"The plant tower is a mini-vertical farm for the cultivation of herbs, flowers, fruit or vegetables"

For years, David van Steenkiste was a herbalist at star restaurant Hertog Jan, as well as managing herbal company Herbas. David has now sold his company and started Plant-T, a…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Bostock

New Zealand organic apple grower expands further into Vietnam

Vietnam is the third offshore office Bostock New Zealand has opened in three years with companies also in Far East, Russia and North America. Bostock New Zealand International…

Global Focus Bananas

Ontario/Quebec consumers increasingly interested in Fairtrade produce

While produce in general and organics specifically have seen a “pandemic lift” in demand in 2020 and into 2021, Fairtrade products look to be seeing something similar. “Our…

OP Opens

Aggregate to stand out on the market with premium productions

"The original idea was to wait a year after the PO was set up before launching it, as we wanted some time to organize the internal assets better. The Covid emergency has meant…

SIFAV steps up sustainability ambitions in 2025 program

The companies united in the Sustainability Initiative Fruit and Vegetables (SIFAV), as set-up and hosted by IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, have launched their new…

The entrepreneur is from the province of Vercelli

Italian grower changes course and starts growing organic green asparagus

In a picturesque setting, near the Dora Baltea river and with the Piedmont Alps in sight, entrepreneur Achille De Vecchi decided to change course and start growing organic…

BelOrta introduces new Scarlet Red beef tomato

BelOrta has further expanded its tomato assortment. This Belgian cooperative has introduced the Scarlet Red. This tomato is immediately recognizable. It has dark red flesh, a…

The UCLM and Vicente Peris manage to give value to the residues generated in the processing of these fruits

Spanish project develops functional foods with oils obtained from pumpkin and melon seeds

Adding value to the by-products generated by the processing of certain fruit and vegetables is one of the objectives of the producer and marketer Vicente Peris. To this end,…

Denmark

More than 370 tons of “ugly” vegetables rescued with new collaboration

More than 370 tons of “ugly” vegetables have been rescued over the last two years in Denmark. A survey shows that more than half of the Danes would prefer to…

Results of CuteSolar campaign's second survey

76% of European consumers take into account the origin of the fruit and vegetables they purchase

FruitVegetablesEUROPE presented the results of the second CuTE survey carried out within the framework of the CuTE-Cultivating the Taste of Europe promotion…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 05-03-2020)

Week 9 avocado shipments from Spain to Europe at 1,067,000 units

Week 9 avocado shipments from Spain to the rest of Europe stood at 131,000 cartons of Greenskin avocados and 936,000 units of Hass avocados, totalling 1,067,000 units. The…

EU countries agree on legal action against UK in Northern Ireland Brexit spat

EU countries have backed a proposal to launch legal action against the UK for unilaterally deciding to delay introducing post-Brexit customs checks in Northern…

Allowing for extension of shelf life of harvested produce

Janssen PMP and Lipofabrik sign agreement to develop Mycosubtilin containing products

Janssen PMP, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, today announced the signing of a collaboration agreement with French company Lipofabrik SAS specialized in…

Video Fresh produce looking fresh in new Lidl supermarket

Last month Lidl opened a new store in France. On the popular app TikTok, the video below was posted of the AGF department of the new store. Hats off to the team of the fresh…

France: Dordogne strawberry producers looking for seasonal workers

Strawberry producers in the Dordogne have made arrangements with the Grand Perigueux employment agency to recruit seasonal workers for the upcoming harvest.…

Moldova: Fruit and berry prices up, potato and vegetable prices down in 2020

Data from the Moldovan National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that wholesale sales prices by producers with agricultural enterprises and farms processing 50…

Video Robot hand with a 'human touch'

A human hand can grasp anything. From a whole pineapple to a bag of tangerines. We also instinctively know how to adjust our grip on products. The company Soft Robotics…

"This opening is part of the company's expansion philosophy"

Grupo Agroponiente opens a logistics and management center in Aguilas

The Agroponiente group from Almeria continues its expansion in different productive areas with the opening of a new logistics and product management center in…

Moroccan fruit and vegetable imports into the EU increased by 9% in 2020

The latest data updated by Eurostat on Community fruit and vegetable imports show that EU purchases from Morocco increased in the last year. According to the…

Rain over the southwestern parts of the Western Cape

Peachy year for South African stonefruit

It’s been a season in which the Western Cape has again showed itself as one of the world’s best stonefruit production regions. Growing conditions were ideal, the winter wet…

Growing at a healthy rate with Intergrow Greenhouses

It's a good thing that the foundations and the underground pipework of Intergrow's new greenhouse were already put into place last autumn, because with current temperatures of…

Lindsay Pederson, keynote speaker at BrandStorm:

“A strong brand can remain impactful for generations”

United Fresh BrandStormTM is taking place virtually this week. The event kicked off on Monday, March 8th, with a networking reception and the educational sessions began the…

Florida supplies are peaking

Volumes building on strawberries push pricing

Supplies of strawberries are peaking right now out of Florida. “We’re picking half a million boxes a day in Plant City which is peak. I think the volume is about the same as…

US sweet potato growers welcome EU tariff relief

U.S. sweet potato growers are relieved following an agreement between the European Union and the U.S. to suspend tariffs of billions of dollars on a variety of products,…

Flavorite Group & Murphy Glasshouse businesses merge

The Flavorite Group are pleased to announce the merger of their business with the Murphy family businesses in Victoria, formerly known as Murphy Fresh (Mansfield) and Tatura…

Due to upcoming Brexit border regulations

April trade breakdown feared by major UK wholesalers

UK retailers have been advised to stock up on core fresh and chilled lines by April; wholesalers and trade bodies have warned upcoming border regulations could…

Vietnamese exports to France: Still room for growth

Vietnam remains France’s largest goods supplier within ASEAN, but Vietnamese exports still have the opportunity to penetrate further into the European market.…

ICAR-NRCB has developed expertise for fulfilment of shipment protocols

Ten tonnes of nendran bananas shipped to UK for ‘Vishu’ festival

On Monday, ICAR-National Research Centre for Banana shipped 10 tonnes of fresh nendran bananas meant for Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom. This was…

Kenyan parliament ratifies UK-Kenya trade deal

On Tuesday night, Kenyan MPs ratified the Kenya-United Kingdom trade agreement, setting the stage for duty-free access to their markets. Mandera South MP and Trade…

Video Processing dragon fruit in Vietnam

The video below shows the processing of dragon fruit, which will be exported from Vietnam after the process.

Prepara

Video Herb Saver that keeps produce fresh for longer goes viral

On TikTok, there is a video about a viral herb saver that may be just what you need to keep your cilantro, chives and dill fresher for longer. So if herbs are hard for you to…

Retail

Dreamstime

Bestway Wholesale is to restructure Costcutter

Mercadona is planning 9 store openings in Portugal

Irish grocery sales reach highest level since November 2020: KantarTake-home grocery sales in Ireland grew by 17%, with shoppers spending an additional €151.1mln in the latest…

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Covid affects apple shipments

Washington exports hampered by cargo-container shortage

In Wenatchee, Washington, tens of thousands of boxes of apples that should be on their way to the Middle East and Asia are instead filling the warehouses. The…