"The unique aspect of organic farming is that you can't replicate what we do with conventional methods."
An organic citrus grower in the Eastern Cape claims to have discovered a method to improve Europe's cold sterilization protocol, which has been causing losses for their wax- and fungicide-free

Vegetable-themed buns at Swish Rolls bakery in Singapore.
Swish Rolls bakery in Singapore has introduced a limited-edition series of vegetable-shaped buns, which will be available until November 10, 2024. These buns are designed to look like vegetables

This week in the Fruit Trade Magazine: Mushrooms, Onions, Potatoes, Seeds
The major challenge when cutting potatoes is to obtain uniform pieces. For this, it is important that the potato is placed exactly in the center of the knife. An appropriate solution for this is

Shift of focus from Horeca to retailers for Polish mushrooms
It's been a tough couple of years for the mushroom industry, with one major challenge following up on the other, says Tomasz Stańko, COO of Polish mushroom exporter Arctic Sp. z o.o: "For the

French consumers support local farmers but struggle to afford their produce
In a Parisian market, Moroccan clementines and Polish mushrooms are approximately 50% cheaper than their French equivalents. Many people empathizes with the difficulties French farmers face and

New Polish packaging center offers Limax more sales opportunities in neighboring countries
More than 20 years ago, Limax established itself in the West Polish city of Wolsztyn. "Back then, Poland was a booming mushroom-producing country for the fresh market. We started as a purchasing

Autumn demand strong for Polish fresh shiitake mushrooms
Bi Shutong is the European Business Developer at QiHe Biotechnology. The company is an expert in the production of substate logs for shiitake, king oyster, oyster, and other exotic mushroom

Invaio achieves first registration for citrus greening solution featuring Trecise technology
Invaio Sciences, a bio platform company accelerating the leap to nature-positive agriculture, today announced that its Citrus Health solution to suppress citrus greening in oranges received

FDACS approves citrus greening treatment
Bio platform company Invaio Sciences has announced that its citrus health solution to suppress citrus greening in oranges has received approval from the Florida Department of Agriculture and

Season of red onions from Acquaviva starts over 15 days late
The first harvesting operations of red onions from Acquaviva started just a few hours ago, with a 15 day delay with respect to the the past season when producers started operations on June 20th.

"From the new location, we want to expand our delivery area in a staggered manner"
During the night of May 1 to 2, the first goods were scheduled and delivered at Fruchthaus Hulsberg's new location in Ganderkesee. The heart of the new facilities is the Freshcut production, where

Top removal during harvest improves onion quality
Topping onions during the loading process isn’t new, but in Europe and other key growing areas it is not common practice. Here the crop is topped before it is swath lifted. Certainly when the

The increase in the export value of champignons 2011-2020 - Poland
Champignons remain unquestionably at the top of Polish exports of vegetables (general category CN 07 - VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN edible roots and tubers). In 2020, these mushrooms (CN category 070951

Export of champignons in the first quarter of 2021
At the outset, a methodological remark referring to the data of the Central Statistical Office (CSO) which does not provide separate information for individual species of button mushrooms, but a