Elo Life Systems raises $24.5m to support new sweetener, disease-resistant Cavendish banana
North Carolina-based Elo Life Systems has closed a $24.5 million Series A round to accelerate the development of a natural high-intensity sweetener ‘inspired by monk fruit,’ and Cavendish

"More and more avocado growing companies from La Axarquia are acquiring land in Huelva"
In October 2020, hand in hand with AGQ Labs and Natural Crops, Frutas Faustino, a partner of the Eurobanan group, launched Avofun Europe, an ambitious avocado cultivation project in the Spanish

Globally, Medjool dates from Bard Valley region are preferred during Ramadan
Although growing only a small percentage of dates in the world, the Bard Valley region in the United States distributes dates globally. “It’s a testament to the quality produced in the

Georgian juice producer Achinebuli exports its products to the US and Europe (photo)
The Georgian company Achinebuli producing natural juices under the Alali brand currently exports 60% to 70% of its products. Gocha Gvinepadze, the founder of Achinebuli LLC, told EastFruit that

"I don't see unbelievably high Spanish greenhouse vegetable prices changing any time soon"
"Unbelievable, these prices. We've been in business for a few years now, so we've naturally seen occasional outliers, but prices have been outlandish for days," says Pieter de Ruiter of 4Fruit

Tanzania: Isles government acknowledges that ban on banana imports will remain
According to Minister for Agriculture, Natural Resources, Irrigation and Livestock Shamata Shaame Khamis, the Zanzibar government will not reverse a decision to ban imports of fresh banana into

Sprouts Farmers Market launches rescued organic produce programme
Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the largest and fastest growing specialty retailers of fresh, natural, and organic food in the United States, has announced the launch of its Rescued Organics

France: Mycophyto raises 4 million euro
After a remarkable fundraising of 1.4 million euros [1.5 million USD] in 2019, Mycophyto has recently closed a new round of financing of 4.155 million euros [4.5 million USD]. Founded in 2017 by

Inspired by nature: new design with the same quality as always.
Each product will have its own appearance, but at the same time remain recognisable as a Koppert product. During this year, we will redesign our entire product portfolio, starting this February