Photo report: Interpack 2023
From May 4 to 10, visitors to Germany's Düsseldorf exhibition center could see the latest gadgets in packaging technology and machines. Numerous applications for fresh food to non-food were

DP World trials solar energy at London hub
Emirati multinational logistics company DP World says it has taken another step towards its ambition of becoming the most sustainable logistics business in the UK after the successful trial of new

Switzerland: 'Double harvest' for electricity and soft fruit
The production of food and electricity on the same area has been possible in Switzerland since last year. In Beerenland in the Bernese Seeland, Barbara Schwab Züger has put one of the country's

Photo Report: Toronto, Canada fresh produce retail visit
Vibrant displays of the freshest fruit and vegetables, sourced from around the world, were seen on the shelves of different retailers in Toronto, Canada last week (25-27 April 2023). During last

Macfrut 2023 - vegetable trivia [photos].
From 3 to 5 May, the Macfrut international fruit and vegetable fair is taking place at the Rimini Expo Center in Italy. 1,100 exhibitors representing the entire fruit and vegetable supply chain

Photovoltaic system at Pfalzmarkt generates 2.6 million kWh of electricity per year
Pfalzmarkt eG invited media representatives to its new Hall 4 in Mutterstadt for the official start of the 2023 fresh vegetable season. This new hub for fresh fruit and vegetables was first put

Photo report medFEL 2023
The 2023 edition of medFEL is officially over! This year, the fruit and vegetable sector met on April 26th and 27th at the exhibition center of Perpignan. These 2 days entirely dedicated to the

Dole and Gros award the most beautiful display of premium bananas
The fifth photographic competition organised and promoted by Dole Italia and GROS took place from 31 March to 10 April 2023, during which the shops of the Romano Supermarket Group in the Lazio

Greenhouse show hosted in Sicily
The 1st "Agro Expo" has ended. This two-day event dedicated to greenhouse cultivation in the Sicilian coastal area between Licata (AG) and Portopalo (SR) was organized in Scoglitti (RG) in the

Photo report CPMA Toronto
Last week, from April 25 - 27, the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) organized their annual convention and trade show. For the first time since 2017, the event took place in Toronto,

Agrivoltaics – Harvesting solar power
The world population is growing, as is the demand for food. To tackle the climate crisis, the world needs both agricultural land and surfaces for the deployment of photovoltaics (PV). In line with

'I travel the world in search of strange fruit'
Fruit can be a way to test oneself and have fun while teaching others something at the same time. This is the nice initiative of Riccardo, a young man from Padua who has decided to combine his

Gene-editing may lead to weather-resilient potatoes to be ready by 2025
A gene-editing potato project aims to boost the rate of photosynthesis in potato crops to promote yield, water use efficiency and drought tolerance. The project is known as PhotoBoost; it focuses

Exports of new crop apricots from the southern regions of Uzbekistan have started (photo)
In March, EastFruit reported on the formation of green apricot fruits in the orchards of the southernmost administrative-territorial unit of Uzbekistan – in the Termez district of the

Grower Tabanelli: 'I saved the peaches on the hardest night due to frost'
Emilia-Romagna's stone fruit producers have had to reckon with record-breaking frosts again this year, which have wiped out a large part of their production. Temperatures plummeted as low as -6°