BASF Venture Capital invests in WayBeyond
WayBeyond’s bid to transform the controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) industry has been boosted by fresh investment from BASF Venture Capital (BVC). Founded in New Zealand and now

More fruit and veg in Asda café meals
Asda is offering free fruit to kids in its in-store cafés, as part of moves to make its meal deals healthier. The supermarket announced that its ‘Kids Eat for £1’ café meal deals are to be

#Repartofresh. Pewex (Selex): drivers to make the department distinctive
The Pewex brand is one of the 12 brands that belong to Cedi Gros (Selex), one of the strongest in the region in terms of number of sales outlets, some thirty located in Lazio with a significant

Westfalia Fruit India marks beginning of another strong and exciting avocado season
Westfalia Fruit India is delighted to announce the arrival of the first avocado container of the season from Tanzania and parallel, the first air shipments to India from Westfalia Fruit Peru have

Measures to combat the marble bug scheduled for 2023 have started in Georgia
The marble bug control coordinating center of the National Food Agency of Georgia has started implementing the activities scheduled for 2023. According to the National Food Agency (NFA),

On Amazon 'Fertile', the docu-film by the Women of Fruit and Vegetables
Fertile, the film by Donne dell'Ortofrutta, a documentary about what lies behind fruit and vegetable production in Italy, directed by Alessandro Quadretti, is now available on Amazon Prime Video.

Dragon fruit acreage in India expected to expand to 50,000 ha in five years under MIDH scheme
Kamalam or dragon fruit, a herbaceous perennial climbing cactus widely known as Pitaya, has its origin in Southern Mexico, Central America and South America. It is widely cultivated in South-East

Discovering the radicchio chain with La Grande Bellezza Italiana #freshtalks
With this episode of #freshtalks, we begin the series we have entitled "Discovering the supply chains with La Grande Bellezza Italiana", which will take us to discover the values and even some

Citrus and garlic, the next contact groups of the Joint Committee on Fruit and Vegetables 2023
The meetings of the contact groups for France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, scheduled for 2023, are continuing, with the strawberry group having already been held on 14 February in

Portugal: Port of Sines to become main transhipment point for fruit from Brazil
To be able to supply the Iberian, European and North African markets as the main hub for fruit from Brazil, a logistics centre is currently being built in the port of Sines where industrial and

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 13 March
The new green asparagus campaign has begun, with produce mainly from Campania. Distribution of Romanesco artichokes is now in full swing, but demand is still subdued. On the other hand, demand for

Strawberry volumes in Morocco are down due to cold snap, raspberry volumes resist
After a slowdown in Moroccan soft fruit exports at the end of 2022, due to inflation in Europe which disrupted consumer behavior, the cold snap in Morocco in early 2023 dealt another blow to