NZ produce industry ushers in Sustainability Guidelines to meet pressing UN deadline
This week United Fresh launches its Sustainability Guidelines, a significant body of work designed to assist fresh fruit and vegetable value chain organisations throughout Aotearoa New Zealand to

"Major shortages and unprecedented high prices in the European potato market"
"I've never seen the potato market this hot," says Robert Voskamp of the Dutch company Rola Fresh. "Small potato prices currently start at €1.70 and even reach above €2 per kilo. Those are

Free online mini symposium on melon quality
On Friday, June 30, Normec’s produce specialists will host a free online symposium on melon quality. The melon world is continuously developing in order to have year round supply with tasty

Mozzarella and spreadable cheese, veg alternatives
The vegan-based mozzarella and cheese spread is made in Parma. Developed by start-up Dreamfarm, it is a product created using fermented paste from Mediterranean almonds grown with natural

Trentino strawberries, the start of the campaign bodes well
The strawberry campaign has also begun in Trentino, where Melindasta is harvesting almost 2 thousand kilograms a day thanks to the dedication of many of the producer families belonging to the

Syngenta unveils new ToBRFV-resistant date varieties
From Syngenta research comes four Baby Plum tomato varieties specifically for the Italian market with high brix and also resistant to the Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus. The new cultivars

GRoW Harvesting Robot picking tomatoes at Axia Vegetable Seeds
The GRoW Harvesting Robot, a collaborative effort by Ridder and MetoMotion, is picking XR ToBRFV-resistant tomatoes in Axia Vegetable Seeds' demo greenhouses in the Netherlands. This demonstration

'Being prepared is key for achieving a competitive advantage'
The Maersk Europe Market update dated June 2023, focuses on logistics systems in all sectors: Ocean Update June marks the start of summer peak period for cargo moving from Asia to Europe, looking

Fair Trade, bananas support fair consumption
With 13 million kilograms, bananas confirm their position as the best-selling Fair Trade product, although slightly down on the previous year (-3%), due to the general contraction in organic

Partnership agreement between Soex 2 and Green Fruit
By virtue of this agreement, Green Fruits will market 100% of Soex-2's production, which currently amounts to around eight million kilos of fruit, mainly clementines, which puts the volume of the