Fruit & Salad school games sbarca in Sicilia

New frontier of automatic filling of horticultural crates
After two years of development and continuous field trials, Ortomec has succeeded in bringing its innovative automatic crate filling system to the market: Easy Pack 4 in 1. "The project was

IT gong for Melon&Co
Spalding-based supplier Melon&Co has won the award for Best Corporate Adopter at the inaugural ICC C4DTI Digital Trade Awards. The award recognises excellence in standards and framework adoption,

"We see more early varieties and an increase in the Agria variety"
Producers in Castilla y León will end planting potatoes at the end of April. There is no official data about the area planted but expectations are that it will remain as in the previous campaign

Online boycott against Huelva's strawberry because of Doñana's new irrigation system
Messages calling for a boycott of the strawberry from Huelva have multiplied on social networks and instant messaging applications after the Plenary of the Parliament of Andalusia approved the

Better dinner out than quality fruit and vegetables
"Are you willing to reduce the quality of the fruit and vegetables you buy in order to go to a restaurant one more time?" is one of those questions that the sacred texts advise against asking in a

Flexibility, our core value
To be able to count on a flexible but at the same time efficient business organisation can really make the difference for companies in the sector. Just as it happens for Claudio Bellia's farm in

"Even the smaller retail chains prefer Spanish over Chinese garlic"
Noticeable bottlenecks and a lack of desired calibers characterize the current onion import from Spain. "The caliber 80-100 for the wholesale markets and gastronomy as well as the 70-80 for the

"People will continue to talk about us for a long time, even if the city of Düsseldorf no longer operates a wholesale market"
For several years now, what will happen to the Düsseldorf wholesale market after 2024 has been up for debate. Roland Tolls (on the right in the picture), a board member of the Düsseldorf

European Sustainability Forum: Sustainability - How must trade position itself?
The topic of sustainability is and remains on the agenda. It is one of the buzzwords of our time. And yet, at times, many consumers do not know what they want. Nevertheless, the trade must serve

Southern Hemisphere to produce bigger volume of Kissabel apples
A bigger quantity of Kissabel apples grown across the Southern Hemisphere is expected to reach the international market in the next two to three years, according to the brand’s owners. Growers

Emilia-Romagna, summer harvest at risk
Last year it already happened that fruit remained on the plants in Emilia-Romagna. And this year? According to regional councillor for economic development Vincenzo Colla and governor Stefano

VSSE: Start of the strawberry season
All over Germany, the strawberry plants showed themselves rich in blossoms. So far, the frost nights have not caused any significant damage, as they have survived them well thanks to the fleece

A good hazelnut harvest is expected in Georgia in 2023 – Merab Chitanava
The head of the Georgian Hazelnut Growers Association (GHGA) forecasts a much better hazelnut harvest in 2023 compared to last year, provided that hazelnut growers are active, EastFruit reports.

Locust control season has started in Uzbekistan
Measures have been launched to prevent the invasion of locusts in Uzbekistan. It is planned to treat more than 500 000 ha of land this year, EastFruit experts report. Measures to treat possible

How to prepare plants for difficult conditions?
Spring has just begun. The first weeks of this season are traditionally marked by strong weather fluctuations. Periods of warmth and relative stability are mixed with a few days of cooler weather

Moroccan cucumber exports have more than tripled in five years!
Morocco, as one of the world’s leading exporters of high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables, remains the focus of EastFruit. Over the past three years, the country has been annually updating

"Thanks to the earlier and longer season, we have German red radishes on offer for about ten and a half months"
The Palatinate - and thus also the "Gemüsegarten Pfalz" - is considered to be the largest contiguous cultivation area for open-air vegetables in Germany. Due to the favorable climate, flat fields