"Last year, we expanded our Dutch greenhouse acreage by 5 hectares"
In the Netherlands, Van Vugt Kruiden bought two nearby greenhouse companies, adding five hectares to its greenhouse acreage. "Expanding our Dutch cultivation is an important focus for us. Everyone

Fruit importer-exporter reflects on 2022
Even though 2022 turned out to be as challenging as previous pandemic years, Salix Fruit, a company in the import and export of fresh fruits, ended with a successful year. The team from Salix

BASF and StePac partner to develop sustainable packaging for fresh produce shelf-life extension
BASF SE (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and StePac Ltd. (Tefen, Israel) have joined forces to create the next generation of sustainable packaging specifically for the fresh produce sector. Supplying

JD.com is to close its e-commerce services in Indonesia and Thailand
UK: Asda faces prospect of strikes over plans that risk thousands of job losses Asda is facing the prospect of strike action unless it makes significant concessions on its self-styled "efficiency"

Queensland pineapples might be rotting in the field - consumers urged to buy up tropical fruit
Queensland pineapples will be left to rot in fields as farmers struggle to keep up with a prematurely ripened crop. Unseasonal winter rain caused a mass natural flowering event on farms across the

"Soft fruit demand doubled in January"
In the first week of January, Herbert Widmann Ltd moved into its new premises at the freeway junction in Taufkirchen and is now located in the direct vicinity of the Feldbrach company and the

Recovery plan, increased production and common specifications for kiwi producers of France
During its press conference at SIVAL, the organization of kiwi producers of France addressed its desire to increase production and establish common specifications. A first assessment of the 2022