IT gong for Melon&Co
Spalding-based supplier Melon&Co has won the award for Best Corporate Adopter at the inaugural ICC C4DTI Digital Trade Awards. The award recognises excellence in standards and framework adoption,

"Even the smaller retail chains prefer Spanish over Chinese garlic"
Noticeable bottlenecks and a lack of desired calibers characterize the current onion import from Spain. "The caliber 80-100 for the wholesale markets and gastronomy as well as the 70-80 for the

"People will continue to talk about us for a long time, even if the city of Düsseldorf no longer operates a wholesale market"
For several years now, what will happen to the Düsseldorf wholesale market after 2024 has been up for debate. Roland Tolls (on the right in the picture), a board member of the Düsseldorf

"Thanks to the earlier and longer season, we have German red radishes on offer for about ten and a half months"
The Palatinate - and thus also the "Gemüsegarten Pfalz" - is considered to be the largest contiguous cultivation area for open-air vegetables in Germany. Due to the favorable climate, flat fields

Almeria: Watermelon cultivation reduced by 2,500 hectares
According to a survey carried out by the agricultural organisation Asaja-Almería, the decline in the Almerian area under watermelons, which are now coming onto the markets, is being seen in all

Nationwide Produce launches asparagus brand
Leading UK fruit and vegetable distributor Nationwide Produce has launched a premium British asparagus brand for its wholesale customers in time for the new season, which officially gets under way

"From the grower to our client's end process, that's where our focus lies"
The Dutch company Snijpunt was founded 25 years ago to add value to bell peppers innovatively and, in the process, unburden clients, says General Director Mark van der Salm. He notes that these

"Many producers have abandoned the summer campaign due to the lack of rain"
Placido Perez Chuecos, the president of COAG in Lorca, stated that the lack of rain was making producers rethink the summer campaign, which focuses mainly on watermelon and melon, and that this

Melons, the campaign for Master Fruit kicks off
After the first removals of the earliest product already at the end of March (click here to read the article), the Red Falcon melon campaign also started last week in Licata for Master Fruit,

It’s all rhubarb to British consumers
Nearly half of Brits don’t know when fresh produce is in season despite wanting to eat more seasonally, reports Grocery Gazette. A new consumer study by online grocer Ocado revealed that 70 per

Currant - planting, cultivation, pruning and care
For a bountiful currant harvest, the seedling is best planted in soil with a slightly acidic or neutral pH (6.5 pH) at about 10-15 cm. Ideally, the spacing between rows should be 4 m and 50-70 cm

Easy Harvest iceberg lettuce conducive to both mechanical and hand harvest
About five years ago, Davie Brooks and Jon Nickerson with Greengo Seed started working on the development of iceberg lettuce that could be harvested mechanically, suitable for both processing as

Research: Plants make sounds - especially under stress
Researchers at Tel Aviv University have for the first time recorded and analysed sounds emitted by plants. The click-like sounds, reminiscent of the popping of popcorn, are emitted at a volume

Another stage of onion price increase has started in Moldova
The wholesale prices for yellow onions of the 2022 harvest in the markets of Chisinau increased by 0.5-1 MDL/kg in the first half of this week up to an average of 15 MDL/kg ($0.83/kg). The rise in

Tomato Brown, resistant tomatoes
The Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus has been wreaking havoc on the entire tomato sector since 2014, when it first appeared in Israel. If resistant products were utopia until a few years ago, they

AltroFood, vegetable innovation with high protein content
On 22 April, Earth Day, or Earth Day, is celebrated all over the world. It was established in 1970 by US Senator Gaylord Nelson with the aim of creating a major environmental protest. The central

New from Bonduelle with Protein Salad
Bonduelle, the market leader in vegetables in Italy, revolutionises the world of fresh-cut vegetables and introduces for the first time legume and vegetable salads that naturally contain protein,

Watermelons, Almeria loses 2,500 hectares
Asaja Almería has conducted a study that reveals a reduction of 2,500 hectares in watermelon cultivated areas, about 20% in greenhouse cultivation and 25% in open field. According to the

There are still no wholesale lots of early carrots on the Uzbek market, and prices for last year’s carrots are record high
According to EastFruit specialists, in the spring of 2022, the first large batches of early carrots became available in the wholesale markets of the capital of Uzbekistan on the 20th of March. In

Pear Club with Jos de Wit on 29 April!
We would like to invite you to the next Pear Club meeting, which will take place on 29 April 2023. The workshop this time will be led by an advisor from the Netherlands - Jos de Wit.We are pleased

AMI: Easing of the market situation for cucumbers
For weeks there was a shortage of cucumbers at the German wholesale markets. In the meantime, the supply has recovered and, in addition to Spanish products, there are also sufficient cucumbers

Will younger generations catch on to health benefits of cacti?
“Cacti family of products is what we specialize in,” says Mayra Vazquez with Latin Specialties in Houston, Texas. Due to favorable weather, the cactus pear season has started early this year,