Home compostable grape bag winner in global packaging competition
Jac. Vandenberg’s SUNRAYS® brand was celebrated for excellence in package innovation and sustainable design at the prestigious PAC Global Awards Wednesday night. The company’s branding and

IFG names DW Cain Award winner
International Fruit Genetics (IFG) has announced Kuara Comercial e Exportadora de Frutas as the winner of the second annual DW Cain Award. Named after IFG founder Dr David Cain, the award

Uvasdoce Fresh to attend Fruit Logistica 2023
Uvasdoce Fresh are heading to Fruit Logistica 2023, one of the most important international fairs in the fruit and vegetable sector. It will be held from 8 to 10 February in Messe Berlin as usual.

Chile wildfires: Potential damage to fruit production areas being assessed
The fruit export sector of Chile is busy assessing any potential damage that raging wildfires could have caused in the 7th largest production area in the south-central part of the country around

Grapes moving into promotional volumes next month
While supplies of grapes had been wavering in the past month, overall volumes are now starting to maintain a sense of normalcy. Peru: Peru’s political unrest means grape volumes have been

New varieties of grapes, peaches, and flat nectarines to reach other EU countries
Naturitalia's portfolio has recently expanded to include peaches, flat Ondine nectarines and three varieties of IFG grapes. "We always look for products that can meet the needs of both markets and

В следующем месяце виноград переходит на рекламные объемы
Поставки винограда колебались в течение последнего месяца, но сейчас общие объемы начинают приходить в

Agrograde partners with IG International
Indian fresh produce company IG International and agri-tech start-up Agrograde have formed a joint venture, IG Agrograde. The partnership will focus on selling and leasing sorting and grading

W przyszłym miesiącu winogrona wchodzą w ilości promocyjne
Podaż winogron w ostatnim miesiącu była chwiejna, ale obecnie ogólne ilości zaczynają utrzymywać poczucie normalności. Peru: Niepokoje polityczne w Peru oznaczają, że ilości

“We went from exporting 2.9 million boxes of table grapes in week 4 of last year to only 126,000 in the same week of this year”
The social instability, blockades, and mobilizations in Peru have greatly impacted its agricultural sector. The data for January exports will only be available in the coming weeks, but different

Chile and Peru cherries, grapes and blueberry January 2023 market feedback
Chilean and Peruvian cherries, blueberries and table grapes have done well in key markets of China, the US and Europe during January 2023. The Chinese Golden week during week 4 was indeed golden

CUT back in Berlin to promote Italian grapes
Although it has no exhibition space, the Commissione italiana Uva da Tavola (CUT - Italian table grape commission) will still fly to Berlin to attend the leading international fair for the fresh

Peru: Unrest affects fruit exports
The ongoing demonstrations inside Peru have had a clear impact on the country's fruit exports. According to Fresh Fruit Peru, the road blockades in particular played a large part in this. It is

“Peruvians need to have peace, they have to go back to work"
Tomorrow will mark two months of a deep political crises in Peru with the fresh produce export sector calling for peace. Leading the call for peace on behalf of Peru’s table grapes, blueberry,

Naturitalia presents innovations on stone fruit and grapes in Berlin
Naturitalia, a fruit and vegetable co-operative based in Bologna, will present itself at Fruit Logistica with important varietal innovations: Ondine peaches and flat nectarines, protagonists of an

Berg River farmers avoid loadshedding through pilot project with Eskom
In the Berg River Valley, along the aptly named Broodkraal feeder line around twenty farms, which include black economic empowerment (BEE) farms, growing a mix of table grapes, wheat and wine,

First organic table grape exports from Peru to US a success for producer
The first limited volume of organic grapes, from Pura Fruit in Peru, arrived in the US with customer feedback saying the arrivals were in good condition. Felipe Arriagada, board member of Pura

“Piura's total table grape production is slightly higher than Ica's”
The cultivation of table grapes in Piura has experienced a huge boom in the last two decades. Twenty years ago, Ica was the representative region of this crop; however, at the beginning of the

AMFRESH to host Festival of Fresh 2023
The forward-thinking fruit business has grown to become one of the biggest suppliers of citrus, grapes, tropical fruits, topfruit and flowers in Britain. And on 21 June 2023 the company welcomes

Third generation grower Scott Montague elected as Chair of Australian Fresh Produce Alliance
The Australian Fresh Produce Alliance (AFPA) unanimously elected Scott Montague, as AFPA Chair for the 2023 term. He takes over from Fresh Select’s John Said who served as AFPA Chair in 2022.

Global Focus on Grapes
In February FreshPlaza will be focussing on grapes, are you a grower, importer or exporter of grapes? We would love to hear from you. You can send us some information or we can call you for an

Bayer/M2i Group: Partnership for distribution of pheromone-based biological crop protection products
Under this agreement, Bayer says it will exclusively distribute selected M2i products to control harmful lepidoptera in crops such as stone and pome fruits, tomatoes and grapes. M2i uses

Result Group scoops WorldStar Award for traceability pilot
Result Group has won the World Packaging Organisation’s (WPO) 2023 WorldStar Award in the fresh fruit and vegetables category for its pioneering work on the Australian Table Grapes Traceability

Result Group zdobywa nagrodę WorldStar za pilotażowy system śledzenia produktów
Result Group zdobyła nagrodę World Packaging Organisation (WPO) 2023 WorldStar Award w kategorii świeżych owoców i warzyw za pionierską pracę nad Australian Table Grapes

Компания Result Group получила награду WorldStar Award за пилотный проект по отслеживанию данных
Компания Result Group получила награду World Packaging Organisation (WPO) 2023 WorldStar Award в категории свежих фруктов и овощей за