“The pomegranate has many assets to develop on the French market”
The Federation of Pomegranate Producers of South-Occitania came to the 2023 edition of medFEL in order to represent this original red fruit. “Our federation was created in 2014 and it now has 60

North Dublin vegetable grower fears enormous tax bill after farm land was rezoned for housing
A north Dublin vegetable grower is facing a potential €120,000 tax bill because of a government levy targeted at developers hoarding prime building land, that is also hitting farmers. The land

Assomela opposes EU proposals for packaging ban
Italian apple producer association Assomela has criticised proposed EU regulation that would ban all fruit and vegetable packaging, except for products over 1.5kg, describing the measure as

Bonduelle innovates the fourth range with Lettuce & Dates

San Lidano, sustainability becomes a work of art
Breaking the mould was San Lidano's aim for this Macfrute and the result went even beyond expectations. As the company had anticipated (click here to read more), the project was to represent the

How did Brussels sprouts become more palatable?
Brussels sprouts went from being a rather despised vegetable, certainly among young children, but they have been accepted more and more in the past decades. It turns out, there’s a science-based

The Mesa Social del Agua de Andalucía denounces the "marketing" in water transfers
Translator Translator The transfer of irrigation rights that were intended for rice and which are to be managed by a private company has provoked the opposition of the Mesa Social del Agua de

Aldi Süd continues to promote regional agriculture and focuses on German strawberries
Since 10 April, Aldi Süd has only bought German asparagus during the season - now the discounter is expanding its commitment to regional agriculture and is also focusing seasonally on German

Chitosan technology to be tested for post-harvest storage of fresh produce globally
KitoZyme, the developers of fungal chitosan and Janssen PMP, a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV, have signed an exclusive collaboration agreement to evaluate and develop KitoZyme technologies

Biopark: Balanced relationship between environmental protection & agriculture in the rewetting of peatlands
The rewetting of peatlands is an important contribution to climate protection, as peatlands can store large amounts of carbon. When peatlands are drained, the carbon is released and contributes to

Apofruit, supply chain project kicks off with Colt.Or.
A new supply chain project is starting for Apofruit. It is the collaboration with the Colt.Or. company that, as we had anticipated in the last few days (click here for more details), was made

“Machine harvesting is blueberry cultivation's future”
Every year, Schrijnwerkers Plants propagates about 1.5 million blueberry plants for the European market on its Dutch production site. In recent decades, the company has built up an extensive