Can lettuce be frozen?
Freezing food Preserving freshness for long periods of time is a common practice in many households around the world, and this includes freezing foods such as lettuce. This delicate leafy green is

British cannabis smugglers appear before judge
A crime ring with links throughout Europe has been caught red-handed after shipping £2 million of cannabis into Seaforth docks. The drugs were hidden among pallets of broccoli, kale and lettuce.

Sormac expands its delivery programme with Felcon machines
Felcon B.V., formerly known as Feltracon B.V., has been developing machines for vegetable and fruit processing for many years. Felcon has become a household name with its vertical centrifuges for

Penny Italia launches Pianetiamo, the pl line of salads for vertical farming
Penny Italia is currently launching its Pianetiamo line dedicated to fourth range salads from vertical farming, in particular from aeroponic technology. The retailer is the first brand with a

Vertical agriculture from Murcia hopes to reach Africa
Verti has developed a vertical farming technology for the hydroponic cultivation of lettuces, and it wants to reach emerging markets with it, starting with Africa. "There are many vertical farming

Fast growing Canadian lettuce vertical farm aims to dominate local market
Vertically farmed lettuce represents the future of agriculture as regular supply chain disruptions in traditional crop farming due to the weather, climate, and contamination remain as uncertain as

Fully automated lettuce crop monitoring by greenhouse drones
In spring 2022, Corvus Drones introduced fully automated greenhouse drones for young plant producers and breeders. Operating greenhouse drones is easy and can be done from one's office. Docking

Little Leaf Farms inaugurates greenhouse, will add a new one in fall
US lettuce grower, Little Leaf Farms, is announcing it will open a new state-of-the-art greenhouse in McAdoo, Pennsylvania, this fall. This will be the fifth greenhouse for Little Leaf Farms and

Lettuce will be the star of Fruit Attraction
"Lettuce will be the Star Product at Fruit Attraction 2023". This was announced yesterday in Madrid by the director of the event, María José Sánchez. There are many reasons for this, but she

“Lettuce will be Fruit Attraction 2023's star product”
The director of the event, Maria Jose Sanchez, announced yesterday in Madrid that Proexport would organize the Lettuce Attraction 2023. There are many reasons to do this, she said, but she

Vegetable Quality Control: Only a few places left at the Fresh Produce Seminar in Berlin
The quality control of vegetables is the focus of the face-to-face training of the Frische Seminar on 10 May 2023 at Fruchthof Berlin. What are the marketing standards for the most important

BVL/QS: Emergency authorisations for plant protection products Proman and Verimark
The Federal Office of Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has announced that the herbicide Proman (BCP222H) with the active ingredient metobromuron may be used on lamb's lettuce for the

BVL/QS: Emergency approvals for Fonganil Gold
According to this, the application of Fonganil Gold for the control of downy mildew on lettuce species and fresh herbs in the greenhouse on sealed surfaces as well as on tomatoes for young plant

The Region of Murcia was the world's leafy-crop innovation hub center for a week
Last week the main Spanish and international seed houses with experimentation centers and farms in the Region of Murcia held the Lettuce Innovation Days, in which they opened their doors to

BASF updates its Roman range with more resistors to complete the cycle
BASF, which operates in the vegetable market under its brand Nunhems, held a new edition of its Lettuce and Spinach Demo Field from the 31st January to the 17th February at its experimental farm

Larger and more sustainable lettuce
Thanks to the social awareness of farmers to promote care for the planet, the sustainability of production methods has increased. In fact, more and more professionals are opting for the use of