This week in Fruchthandel Magazine: Logistics and sweet peas
A pandemic lasting years with numerous lockdowns, war in Europe, exploding costs for energy and thus also for transport, cooling and storage, unstable supply chains worldwide, staff shortages,

Expansion of export market demand for California table grapes
The California Table Grape Commission is positioned to expand international demand for California table grapes in 16 target markets with its 2023 export marketing campaign. The 16 target markets

BASF presents its innovation portfolio with solutions to accelerate the transformation of agriculture
BASF presents the latest additions to its portfolio of crop protection products, seeds, traits and digital solutions, which aim to provide farmers with tools to control local and typical pests of

New Chilean exporter sees higher fruit demand in Europe
A normal trading year does not exist just yet for Matias Gonzalez Rojas, CEO and owner of WHM Fresh in Chile, who started this exporting company during the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown period.

Two people could be sentenced to 3 years in prison for committing fraud in the purchase of 700,000 kg of oranges
Two people from the province of Cordoba could be sentenced to three years in prison on charges of fraud in the sale of oranges. According to the prosecution, when the orange season arrived, one of

'Tomatoes, prices slightly up'
It is a slow trend that characterises sales on the wholesale markets in this last period. From the fruit and vegetable market in Trieste(Moi), we took stock with Renato Guercio, owner together

Three countries account for 92% of Peruvian fresh blueberry shipments this campaign
In week 11, Peru exported 1,072 tons of blueberries, i.e. 20% more than in the same week last year, which brings the cumulative total of the current campaign (two weeks before its end) to 331,580

'Insufficient flows decree, pensioners and students also needed'
All to hoe, arms are needed to give back to agriculture. And soColdiretti Toscana goes on the hunt for pensioners, students, the unemployed, recipients of various supports - Naspi, citizenship

French organic vegetables from unheated greenhouses available in March
MediTerraBio, the association of 16 organic producers of the Provence region, and ProNatura, which specializes in organic fruit and vegetables, have announced the arrival of zucchinis and early

Retail focus for California grape promotions
Retail promotions will feature prominently in the California Table Grape Commission’s 2023 export marketing campaign. The campaign will focus on 16 target markets. These markets represented

Czy ceny kapusty pekińskiej powtórzą rekord sprzed dwóch lat?
Bieżący sezon przyniósł w swojej części zimowo-wiosennej wysokie ceny krajowych warzyw. Wiele z nich ( z cebulą na czele) bije teraz rekordy wysokości swoich cen

dvi survey: recycling and reusable top preference when dealing with packaging
In March 2023, the German Packaging Institute (dvi) asked people in Germany in a representative survey about their preferences in dealing with used packaging, the topic of reusable packaging and

"The point isn't to eliminate human labor, but to make the work easier for my employees”
The current world is being taken over by AI. The internet has been flooded with illustrations, and even videos created by AI. While some people are concerned that may cost them their job, growers