New award in honour of Caroline Drummond
A new award for farming achievement has been launched in memory of the late LEAF chief executive Caroline Drummond. The Caroline Drummond Award - Celebrating and Communicating Farming Excellence

"Considerably fewer melons being exported from Costa Rica to Europe"
"The unexpected rain in two Costa Rican cultivation areas has resulted in many failed crops and even total losses at melon farms," says Rolf Weber of Global Producers in the Netherlands. "Also,

Netherlands: Continuous growth for 'On the way to PlanetProof'
The sustainability label 'On the way to PlanetProof' has been around for five years. During this time, the label's share of fruit and vegetables in the Netherlands has increased from less than 5%

Serbia hopes to have plant protection rights in place to export fruit plants to EU region
Ivica Djordjevic, from the family nursery ‘Kalem Djordjevic’ based in central Serbia, hope his government will conclude negotiations with the European plant protection authorities that will

Fit with vegetables from the start - Frische Seminar offers information for trainees and career changers
Trainees and newcomers to the fruit trade will be given the basics and background information on the diverse green assortment in the two-day Fresh Produce Seminar "Commodity Knowledge, Focus on

Chile set the global record in plum exports, and Uzbekistan entered the TOP-4 plum-exporting countries!
In 2022, Chile updated its own global record in fresh plum exports of 2019, EastFruit analysts report. Chilean fruit exporters supplied 158 000 tonnes of fresh plums worth $235 million to foreign

Abel & Cole hits donation milestone
Abel & Cole has now donated a million portions of fresh, organic fruit and veg to charity. The box scheme specialist launched an initiative early last year called One Box: One Portion, as part of

UK: Logistics industry cautiously optimistic about new trade deal for Northern Ireland
After months of intense negotiations, the UK and Europe have finally reached an agreement on trade rules for Northern Ireland after Brexit, eurofruit reports. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the

Record Portuguese fruit, veg and flower exports
This represented an increase of 15.6% compared to 2021. The announcement was made by Portugal Fresh at Fruit Logistica, in Berlin. The total volume of exports was up by 13.6% to 1.835 million

"The pineapple harvest in El Hierro scheduled for January is starting to be harvested now due to the cold wave"
Without a doubt, pineapples are one of Spain's most imported tropical fruits. Faostat data indicate that in 2021 the fruit was, in fact, the third most purchased item among the main tropical

Moldova sharply increased exports of vegetables in 2022. Is there a chance of a new increase in 2023?
According to the customs service of Moldova, about 11 000 tonnes of vegetables worth almost $4 million were exported from the country last year. The volume of vegetables exported is much bigger

"Weekly markets and specialty retailers have suffered particularly heavily"
In the Saarland, too, price increases are having an increasing impact on the daily fruit and vegetable business. "The market situation is extremely difficult at the moment, which is mainly due to

1st CASI Gastronomic Day of Flavour
CASI is moving to Madrid to kick off its 1st Gastronomic Day of Flavour. The company wants to give recognition and value to its star product, the tomato, and to present its wide range of gourmet

CASI arrives in Madrid with its I Jornadas Gastronómicas Tomate de Sabor (Tomato of Flavour Gastronomic Days)
CASI has travelled to Madrid to kick off its 1st Tomato of Flavour Gastronomic Days. With this initiative, the cooperative wants to give well-deserved recognition and add value to its star