Ramon Alcedo appointed as new director of Fairtrasa Peru
Fairtrasa is proud to announce the appointment of Ramon Alcedo as the new director of Fairtrasa Peru S.A. Fairtrasa Peru is part of the Fairtrasa Group, a vertically integrated global organic

FPAA celebrates Spring Policy Summit 2023
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) hosted its Spring Policy Summit on 14-15 March, bringing together industry leaders, policy makers, and experts to discuss critical issues

Late frost, the centre-north still suffers
As we had anticipated (click here to read the article), unfortunately, the temperatures have also dropped below zero over the last two nights, frightening growers in the centre-north, especially

Poste Italiane launches fresh produce delivery service
MLK Deliveries, a subsidiary of the Italian postal service Poste Italiane, has partnered with Italtrans logistics company Mazzocco to launch a courier service that delivers fresh produce and other

NIAB publishes annual review of fruit work
NIAB has published its first annual review summarising all the fruit-related research and demonstration projects it is currently engaged in. The NIAB Fruit Annual Review 2023 includes results of

Cooperation between France and Italy to save organic apples
With 193,000 and 227,000 tonnes respectively, Italy and France are the two largest producers of organic apples in the European Union, accounting for 64% of the 658,000 tonnes of European

Nationwide Produce launches new premium asparagus brand - Spear It
Nationwide Produce have today announced the launch of their new premium British asparagus brand, ‘Spear It’. The asparagus are exclusively packed for Nationwide and available for purchase as

Drake Hall inmates use fruit to create hooch
HMP Prison Drake Hall is a women's closed prison, located near the village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. Inmates there have been brewing illegal hooch from fruit and vegetables,

Defra unveils draft border plan
The government has published its long-awaited post-Brexit border plan. The UK government, working with the Scottish and Welsh governments, unveiled its draft Border Target Operating Model (TOM)

“There currently is a complete focus on price, not quality”
Banana cultivation in India has come a long way in the past few decades, says Ajay Chopra, founder of Indian fresh produce brand Wonderberry: “The Indian banana cultivation has seen a fair bit

Iranian exporters are frustrated with risky payment conditions in Gulf countries
Demand from Gulf countries for Iranian produce has increased significantly in recent weeks, but not in the way Iranian exporters would like. "There is a strong demand for certain fruits and

How Brexit, supermarkets and the cost of living hurt British apple growers

In-store Pinova, when the promoter is the producer
Ten days in selected Poli Group shops, the historic Trentino organised distribution group, to promote Val Venosta Pinova, the apple with the perfect mix of sweetness and acidity. This is the

"The factors that favored imports are now lacking"
"One aspect we are currently experiencing on the market is the promotion of domestic produce rather than the imported one due to the increase in costs in all producer countries worldwide. We are

Timing key to sustainability success, says Vanoirbeek
Luc Vanoirbeek, the general secretary of the Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives (VBT), shares his thoughts on the state of the industry in Belgium. With rising costs, low prices,

VIP apple farmers present the Bio-Kanzi® in tegut...-stores
Apple growers from Val Venosta travel to Germany to present their organic Kanzi® to end consumers in tegut...supermarkets: This was the latest sales promotion campaign organised and carried out

Agrinorm secures new funding
Switzerland-based Agrinorm has announced that it has secured a seven-digit round of financing to further develop its AI-powered software for quality risk management across fresh produce value