Lidl in Germany to pay price premium for Fairtrade bananas
The German discount retailer Lidl commented on paying a price premium and so called "living wage" for bananas: “Lidl is currently implementing another milestone within its banana range: In

Romanian organic blueberry farm launches new global brand
Făgăraș-based organic blueberry farm Dealul cu Afine launched a new global brand amid plans to reach several international markets in the next 12 months. UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Germany, and

In week 11, Peruvian banana shipments experienced a 34% year-on-year increase
Last week, Peruvian fresh banana exports finally ended the six-week streak in which shipments were lower than in the previous season. “In week 11, Peru exported 5,467 tons of bananas, i.e. 34%

Owoce i warzywa z "brudnej dziesiątki" zrekultywowane
Badania, opublikowane niedawno w Journal of Toxicology, wykazały, że doniesienia o słynnej liście, znanej w Ameryce jako 'Dirty Dozen', czyli dwunastu najbardziej skażonych

Bring! Shopping Trend Study 2023: German consumers focus on prices and sustainability
Inflation and the rapid rise in prices for food and many other products are the most important factor currently determining the shopping behaviour of Germans. This is according to the Shopping

Lidl bananas at 0.95 euro cents kg not sustainable says LATAM banana producers
Latin American banana producing countries are unhappy at the latest -35% price reduction in a recent promotion by German retailer Lidl. The week of March 13, the German retail supermarket Lidl,

'Italy is inside': Valfrutta returns with a TV campaign
Valfrutta is back in communication. The campaign, which started last Sunday, includes two TV commercials (30 and 10 seconds) on air for four weeks on the main national broadcasters. A chain of 14

What's new on the basil front
L'Ortolano produces various basil varieties suitable for all kinds of needs. "For us, basil is a leading product in which we have invested and continue to invest a lot. Our varieties are different

Bananas: Latin American criticism of 'cheap offer' from Lidl
The 'Latin American Banana Sustainability TaskForce' criticises an offer for Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas recently seen at Lidl Germany. The discounter offered a kilogram of the bananas

Przynieś! Shopping Trend Study 2023: Niemieccy konsumenci stawiają na ceny i zrównoważony rozwój
Inflacja i gwałtowny wzrost cen żywności i wielu innych produktów są obecnie najważniejszym czynnikiem determinującym zachowania zakupowe Niemców. Tak wynika z badania Shopping

Fruit and vegetables of the 'dirty dozen' rehabilitated
Research, recently published in the Journal of Toxicology, has shown that the reports of the famous list, known in America as the 'Dirty Dozen', i.e. the twelve most pesticide-contaminated fruit

Co nowego na froncie bazyliowym
L'Ortolano produkuje różne odmiany bazylii odpowiednie dla wszystkich rodzajów potrzeb. "Dla nas bazylia jest wiodącym produktem, w który zainwestowaliśmy i nadal inwestujemy

Bananas from Colombia at £1.07
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

"The producers are the ones whose margins are getting smaller and smaller"
Of all the challenges facing banana growers in Latin America today, including Fusarium TR4 and climate change, the most profound problem is the lack of fair pricing, said the Guatemalan

LatAm Taskforce hits back at Lidl banana promotion
The Latin American Banana Sustainability Taskforce, a consortium of banana producers and exporters of Latin America, has criticised German discount group Lidl for selling a kilo of Rainforest

French endive producers are “tired but resilient”
2022 was a painful year for the endive sector and producers are “tired but resilient", according to Stéphane Jacquet, general manager of APEF. Pushed to the limit by the excessive increase in

"The impacts from climate change require financial resources for resilience building, to be borne by the value chain"
Last year, the organic industry was confronted with various challenges. This year, too, the situation seems to remain tense. When asked, communications manager Lisa Kadagies of lehmann natur told

Francuscy producenci endywii są "zmęczeni, ale odporni"
2022 był bolesnym rokiem dla sektora endywii, a producenci są "zmęczeni, ale odporni", jak twierdzi Stéphane Jacquet, dyrektor generalny APEF. Popychani do granic możliwości

Corteva Agriscience: Fungicides ready-to-use formulation for safety of action on late blight for potato
Following its successful introduction in other European markets, the product Zorvec Entecta™, formulated as a liquid suspension emulsion, is now also available for potato cultivation in Germany.

Total EU banana production forecast for 2023 stands at 382.938 tons
The EU banana production forecast for 2023 stands at 230.000 tons for Spain, 134.902 tons for France (Martinique and Guadeloupe), 1.496 tons for Cyprus and 925 tons for Greece. The 2022 prices of