Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 5 June
Italian apricots are on the market, with a high price range due to lower product availability, also due to the flooding in Emilia-Romagna. Quality and demand are pushing melon prices up. For

Yakima Valley turned Covid-period experiment into a full-fledged strawberry business
Cody Edwards, owner of the Yakima Berry Company, has turned a Covid-time backyard experiment into a full-fledged business, harvesting between 6,000 and 8,000 pounds of strawberries on about 1.5

'I show you that agriculture can be interesting'
Maria Pezone, recently turned 25, is an explosion of passion and dynamism that, mixed with the desire to share her knowledge and her work, has in a year and a half given rise to a community of

Ecuador to formalise official living wage compliance certificate for banana sector
The Ecuadorian banana sector is taking one step forward towards formalising compliance with national living wage policy by requesting the Ecuadorian Ministry of Labour to issue an “official

Tighter supplies likely ahead for California carrots
The supply of carrots over the next couple of months out of California is going to be a little tighter than normal. The transition from the Imperial Valley to Bakersfield, California is underway,

Branston leads the way with electric lorry trial
Branston is driving forward its plans to reach net zero by 2035 by trailing Volvo’s FM Electric 4x2 truck as part of its fleet. In a move described as one of the first trials of its kind in the

International blueberry summit in Poland has 20 countries on board
The 2023 International Blueberry Organization (IBO) Summit, starting on July 3 in Poland, promises to be a truly global meeting of the blueberry industry. It is the first IBO Summit in Europe, and

Aiab asks Masaf to open a technical crisis table on organic farming
The AIAB (Italian Association of Organic Agriculture) has asked the MASAF to open a technical crisis panel linked to the dramatic situation in the Emilia Romagna Region. 'As is well known,'

“We have made merchandising our speciality”
In the middle of their store in Neuville-les-Dieppe (Normandy), a 4-masted ship sails on an ocean of melons and tomatoes. The Pomona Terreazur Group organized this theatrical display in the run-up

WTO appraises EU’s trade policy and practices
WTO Members started the fifteenth Trade Policy Review of the European Union in Geneva today, examining the EU’s trade policy and practices from the end of 2019 until the end of 2022. The

Hort Connections delegates get a taste of South Aussie exotic mushrooms
A tour of the Epicurean Food Group’s exotic mushroom facility north of Adelaide has given 50 Hort Connections delegates a taste of the newly established farm’s potential to achieve its goal of

Bananas from Ecuador at £0.96: no change from last week
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and