Today marks 64 years since New Zealand re-branded the Chinese gooseberry as kiwifruit
Today marks 64 years since New Zealand re-branded the Chinese gooseberry as kiwifruit. The first kiwifruit seeds were brought to New Zealand in 1904 by the principal of Wanganui Girls' College,

“Direct sales of daily asparagus allow us to differentiate ourselves from supermarkets”
Growing asparagus at Asparagus is a family affair. “My grandfather used to grow them, along with vines and hops. Today, only the asparagus crops have survived, and we now also produce cereals,

'Moro Sardo, a great campaign'
The Moro Sardo campaign, the pearl of the Agromediterranea Groupwhich breathes new life into the typical Sardinian cherry tomato, is in its final stages. A season characterised by good sales and

“Argentina is our main lemon source this time of year”
Lemon imports from Argentina into the US started in May. “We’ve been receiving product for the past month and we’re getting very good reception,” says Ronnie Cohen with Vision Global

"Current price increase will not save the disastrous apple year"
Prices of German apples have risen considerably in the past three weeks. "The storage apples are characterized by their quality and stability, and we also sense a high willingness on the part of

UCR to release new high density avocado scion cultivar
The University of California (UCR) is to release a new high density avocado scion cultivar. BL516, which will be marketed as Luna UCR and is pending plant variety protection in the US, officially

Edeka Nord draws up balance sheet for financial year 2022
Despite the challenging market environment, Edeka Nord can look back on a respectable financial year 2022. Edeka Nord's consolidated turnover was around 3.73 billion euros. "The Russian invasion

Bakker Barendrecht: AI-controlled fruit scanners from OneThird in Albert Heijn's supply chain
OneThird, an AI-based food tech company that combats the annual waste of one-third of all food produced, announced the use of its AI-powered scanning technology in Bakker Barendrecht's supply

Lamb Weston opens new innovation centre
With a small-scale production line, or pilot line, the new innovation centre offers the opportunity to innovate products using different potato varieties, cutting techniques, crisp shapes and

The Sevillian harvest comes to an end
So atypical that the start-ups have been carried out in the afternoon, something completely unusual in a province where the workers are used to working at six o'clock in the morning to avoid the

Scientists create an avocado that doesn't turn black after being cut
A group of scientists has used the revolutionary gene-editing technique based on the CRISPR tool to turn off the gene that drives oxidation after the avocado is cut and its inside comes into

Increasing sales of soil processing equipment
People have gone back to using milling cutters over the past few months. Alessandro Calderoni specifies that "they are mainly specific tools for under the rows, so a lot of precision and an agile