Addressing food insecurity in arid regions with an open-source evaporative cooling chamber design
The scientific principle, known as evaporative cooling, can be a game-changer for preserving fruits and vegetables grown on smallholder farms, where the wilting dry heat can quickly degrade

VOG apples are increasingly going international
This year, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras have been added to the more than 75 export destinations of the VOG consortium, that produces 500,000 tons of apples per year in South Tyrol,

Dutch company starts construction of organic vegetable seed production facility
Vegetable breeding company Enza Zaden officially gave the go-ahead today for the construction of their own sustainable, eight-hectare production location in Luttelgeest, in the province of

“Israel’s desert bred stone and pome fruit ideal to withstand climate changes”
A pear, the Eden Gold, bred and developed in the harsh Israeli desert without shade or hail nets, is just one of the new stone and pome fruit hardy varieties producers around the world need to

Retail partners keep asking for new exotic items
Most exotic produce items are in season currently. “We offer both conventional and organic exotics,” says Melissa Hartmann de Barros, Director of Communications at HLB Specialties. Within the

Prognozy dla rynku jabłek i gruszek w Europie na sezon 2023/2024
W dniach 2-4 sierpnia 2023 roku w regionie Trentino we Włoszech odbędzie się 48. edycja dorocznej konferencji Prognosfruit, najważniejszego branżowego wydarzenia poświęconego prognozom

Enza Zaden kicks off Vitalis facility project
Vegetable breeding company Enza Zaden has given the green light to the construction of its sustainable 8ha production location in Luttelgeest, in the Dutch province of Flevoland. Enza Zaden

Jakie ceny skupu wiśni?
Kampania zbioru wiśni w Polsce nabiera rozpędu. Pojawiły się już oferty sprzedaży odmiany Łutówka. Z drugiej strony zakłady przetwórcze, a zatem i punkty skupu

Italian apple producers demand GlobalGAP ‘simplification’
Large-scale producer groups can play a more central role when it comes to ensuring the safety, sustainability and ethical soundness of fruit and vegetable supply, but certification schemes must be