‘Love My Salad’ campaign promotes healthy cooking on a budget
Vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan is celebrating the success of its consumer-facing ‘Love My Salad’ campaign, created to encourage British shoppers to buy and cook more vegetables.

Ghanaian firms demand government support to boost exports to Europe
Ghana’s agribusiness players have renewed calls on the government to facilitate the expansion of fruit and vegetable production so they can boost exports and take full advantage of the United

Vegetable garden Pfalz expects around 180 million bunches of radishes
With the start of the harvest in the Palatinate, the market- and price-dominating monopoly position held by foreign produce over the winter months comes to an end. Peter Steegmüller, radish

Rijk Zwaan campaign reaches 762,000 Brits
Dutch vegetable breeding company Rijk Zwaan is celebrating the success of its consumer-facing ‘Love My Salad’ campaign, created to encourage British shoppers to buy and cook more vegetables.

Prepared or cooked, Mediterranean Salads
At Cibus Connecting Italy some novelties from the fruit and vegetable world were also on stage in recent days. Among these were the Mediterranean Salads, an exclusive and limited edition of

Climate change is one of the main concerns of Europe's fruit and vegetable regions
The Assembly of European Fruit and Vegetable Regions, AREFLH, representing 16 regions and 38 producer organizations from 10 European countries - including the Afrucat, Proexport, and Coexphal

There is still a long way to go to reach the minimum recommendation of 400 g/day of fresh fruit and vegetables
Freshfel Europe’s latest edition of the Consumption Monitor indicates that the average fruit and vegetable consumption in the EU grew to 364,58 g/day/capita in 2021. However, this positive trend

'Organic is not in crisis, large-scale retail gives it more space'
"The data on organic fruit and vegetables are merciless when compared to the general trend in fruit and vegetable consumption, but we need to take action to implement an appropriate communication

UK vegetable grower A H Worth could be cutting jobs in business restructure
A H Worth said it is trying to minimize any job losses by redeploying people due to the challenges posed by a competitive market. A consultation process is currently ongoing across the company and

The importance of a digital campaign notebook
"OP Ioppì's flagship reference, which is known to insiders, is tomatoes. But there is more! We grow the main greenhouse vegetable references, such as eggplants, bell peppers, courgettes, and

"Further strengthen and develop organic vegetable production in Switzerland"
The family businesses Rathgeb Bio and Kellermann Gemüsekulturen have decided to shape their future together from April 2023. The two sustainability pioneers Christian Rathgeb and Martin

Healthy and legume-based, it's the new Mr. Beans snack
Vegetable-based diets are becoming more and more popular and, as a result, the consumption of pulses, a source of iron and protein, is also increasing. The product range can thus also be expanded

Protests in France: no difficulties so far for the Italian fruit and vegetable supply sector
Protests and demonstrations against the pension reform proposed by President Emmanuel Macron, which provides for an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, are still rampant in France.

Switzerland: Eight vegetable producers team up to take over Gugger-Guillod SA
After more than 40 years in business, Patricia and Roland Gugger have decided to hand over their wholesale vegetable business called Gugger-Guillod SA. Eight vegetable producers from the region

Climate problems and lack of labor affect Sicilian agriculture
The vegetable campaign is in full swing, productions are regular and demand is peaking. Yet not everything is going as it should be, as the segment has to deal with problems that used to be

'Young people? This is how I win them over on social media'
A few days ago we told you about the fruit and vegetable retailer that through Instagram and Facebook is trying to give the sector a new lease of life through reels, photos and videos that

European Sustainability Forum: Sustainability - A Demand from Trade and Consumers?
The quality management departments of companies in the fruit and vegetable sector will not run out of work. For in addition to routine business such as checking ripeness and other quality

Good development of winter squash Pietra F1
A courgette 'wonder' for the winter. This is how HM.CLAUSE defines its courgette variety Pietra F1. Last week it was shown again in the field at an open day in the Nijar area. The farm,

The Ortomercato di Chioggia opens up for new areas
'The consolidation of relations between producers and traders directly in the 'field' and/or through harvesting platforms-centres and the existential crises of some P.O.'s that had interests in

Ulma partner Orogel for fruit and vegetable packaging
Orogel, a leading Italian company in the production of fresh and frozen vegetables, is expanding its fleet withUlma Packaging, which boasts 20 years' experience in the food sector and is present

Igp blood orange, one tonne of fruit seized without traceability
The president of the Consortium Arancia Rossa di Sicilia, Gerardo Diana, thanked the Sicilian Regional Forestry Corps and Noras (Nucleo Operativo Regionale Agroalimentare Sicilia) in a note for

New technology and varieties will save energy in the future
Due to rising energy costs, this year's vegetable season in Burgenland is starting 1-2 weeks later. There will be some minor losses due to the later start, but there are not many Austrian farms