Oranges, waste becomes lamps
Orange peels give birth to lamps. It is not science fiction but just the intuition of the Milanese design studio Krill Design that transforms waste into new products thanks to an innovative

Broccoli consumption in Spain in 2023 already exceeds 2 kg per capita
Más Brócoli, the association for the promotion of broccoli consumption, held its XIV Assembly on Friday, May 19. The event was attended by partners and customers and involved the participation

The 'cross' of the Dana in the Southeast
The countryside was looking to the sky for water, and finally the rains have arrived, but in torrential form in the southeast of the peninsula. This Tuesday the rains have fallen with intensity

Nowe, słodsze odmiany arbuza zwiększają ogólnokrajową sprzedaż w Chinach
"Teraz jest sezon na nasze arbuzy szklarniowe w ShaHeXin, we wschodniej prowincji Chin Shandong. W tym roku posadziliśmy 2 tysiące małych arbuzów. Zawartość cukru w tych

"The current price of greenhouse watermelons only covers half of its production cost"
"The costs of producing greenhouse watermelon has increased sharply and, with the current yields, stands at € 0.45/kg. This puts producers in a critical situation as the prices that they are

Riverford stanie się w 100 procentach własnością pracowników
Organiczna firma produkująca pudełka z warzywami, Riverford, świętuje pięć lat własności pracowników, finalizując sprzedaż udziałów od założyciela Guya Singh-Watsona, aby stać się

Riverford to become 100 per cent employee-owned
Organic veg box company Riverford is celebrating five years of employee ownership by completing the sale of shares from founder Guy Singh-Watson, to become 100 per cent staff-owned. Singh-Watson

New sweeter watermelon varieties push nationwide sales in China
"Now is the season for our greenhouse watermelons in ShaHeXin, in China's Eastern Shandong Province. This year, we have newly planted 2K small watermelons. The sugar content of this watermelon can

Solidarity is the first medicine for flooding
Italiafruit's editorial office is adjacent to Piazza Saffi, in that part of Forlì's historic centre that was spared by the waters: unfortunately, this was not the case for some of our team

Новые более сладкие сорта арбузов стимулируют общенациональные продажи в Китае
"Сейчас наступил сезон выращивания арбузов в наших теплицах в ШаХэсине, в восточной китайской провинции

Conserve Italia, plants under water
EvenConserve Italia was not immune to the flood that hit Romagna last week. As reported by Il Resto del Carlino, heavy damage was suffered by the plant in Barbiano di Cotignola. Here, one of

Confagricoltura ER: '10 million fruit trees to be grubbed up'
Confagricoltura Emilia Romagna is starting to write the numbers of the disaster in the crater hit by the flood. We are talking about at least 10 million fruit trees to be uprooted - in particular

TikTok avocado hack might breed deadly bacteria
A recent TikTok 'life hack' - widely shared on the social media platform – promises to give your avocados a longer lifespan. But health experts are urging people to take caution because the

Fierce competition for Turkish watermelons
The watermelon season in Turkey has kicked off, and according to Coskun Eren, marketing manager for Turkish fresh produce exporter Eren, everything is pretty much smooth sailing so far: “The

Egyptian melon and watermelon exporters await European summer
Like other North African origins, Egyptian melon and watermelon exporters are patiently waiting for the summer to start in Europe, and the increase in temperatures, favoring the consumption of

From Sant'Anna comes protein water
As we also anticipated at our Think Fresh event (click here to read the article), waters are becoming fruit and vegetables' main competitor on health and wellness issues. An example of this is the

"The picture is not totally bleak for the Moroccan agricultural campaign"
Morocco's agricultural export season is nearing its end, closing in July with the watermelon and grape calendars, and the last volumes of vegetables nearly sold out. It has been a memorably

Flooded crops, how to get them through the stress
Flooded crops are experiencing what is known as root asphyxia, the phenomenon whereby water from rain or irrigation stops at the surface of the soil, almost completely occupying the empty spaces

AMI: Melon supply from Spain continues to grow
The availability of Spanish watermelons is now at full capacity. Plenty of produce is available for export from the early growing areas. With the increasing presence in the trade, demand for the

Catalonia: Fruit trees drop first nectarines due to lack of irrigation
Catalonia continues to be severely affected by drought. One of the consequences of the water shortage was the closure at the end of April of the Urgell Canal (Lleida), which now only supplies

Strong pomefruit campaign a felicitous touch to a decade in fruit trade
Ten years ago Michiel Herholdt and his business partner Andries Greyling established Paarl-based The Fruit Route “with love,” says Michiel. “We mean to be in this business for a long

Afrucat proposes sharing water restrictions in the countryside with domestic uses
Afrucat, the Catalan Fruit Business Association, held a press conference today in a nectarine plantation in Castellserà that clearly shows the evidence of the closure of the Urgell Canal with

The flood in Emilia Romagna as seen by trade associations
On the floods that have been hitting Emilia Romagna in the last few hours, we have collected the points of view of trade associations. We report those of Coldiretti, Cia, Confagricoltura and