Anecoop will recover cultivation areas in its new watermelon season
With the first watermelons produced in Almeria, Anecoop is kicking off the commercial and promotional campaign for one of its star products, the seedless watermelon, a campaign that aims to win

Almaverde Bio, the new Fruttagel beverage line arrives
Five new products are arriving in Almaverde Bio's spring catalogue: five new organic drinks with no added sugar and a high fruit and vegetable content (70%). The new range produced by Fruttagel

Enhancing the value of the IGP Tropea Red Onion in large-scale distribution, an appointment at Macfrut
The partner region of Macfrut 2023 is Calabria, and during the event at the Rimini Exhibition Centre, from 3 to 5 May 2023, the region's symbolic fruit and vegetable products, which we saw at

"We usually offer our mangoes until well into July"
Indian mango exports to Europe are now slowly but surely gaining momentum. "Our conventional mangoes from our own contract farming are flown in exclusively, as the produce is too fragile to

Busy first day at CPMA
This week, the annual convention of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is being held in Toronto. Due to covid, it’s the first time in six years the city is hosting the event that

City Food & Drink lecture reveals panellists
The City Food & Drink Lecture’s panel of industry experts has been revealed. The panel, which will be chaired by Radio 4 Farming Today’s Charlotte Smith, will tackle a range of topics and

Veg Power launches ‘Growing to Love’
Veg Power, the not-for-profit alliance to increase vegetable consumption across the UK, has launched ‘Growing to Love’ – a tomato growing project to support children’s learning about where

Patrick Cortes joins Divine Flavor
Nogales-based produce distributor and grower, Divine Flavor, announced it has added Patrick Cortes to the company’s development and strategic team. Cortes joins the produce brand as the director

UK govt offers Africa cold-chain funding
African countries will receive £4 million in UK government funding to improve outdated and inefficient refrigeration capabilities and cold supply chains in a bid to support farmer productivity

Spring onions from Egypt suspected in 2021 Danish E. coli outbreak
Spring onions from Egypt were likely behind a deadly E. coli outbreak in Denmark in 2021, according to researchers. Between November and December 2021, the first recorded outbreak of

Apulian table grapes, rain smiles on the bunches
The first bunches of grapes are also beginning to appear in Apulia and, although it is still too early to make forecasts, the sentiment among producers can be perceived. Antonio Cantatore, sales

Pfalzmarkt eG offers complete seasonal range of spring vegetables grown outdoors
From now on, the 120 active producers at Pfalzmarkt für Obst und Gemüse eG will once again be harvesting the complete range of spring specialities. The variety of "crispy fresh vitamins" whets