Excelsior Solutions Corporation finalizes acquisition of Healthy Harvest Mushrooms, Inc.
Excelsior Solutions Corporation (BRYN) has acquired its first investment into a growing company focused on the distribution of mushrooms and new mushroom products. The management team of Healthy

Queen Victoria Market lobby group highlights importance community markets play in Melbourne’s food security
A Queen Victoria Market (QVM) lobby group has made a submission to a federal parliamentary inquiry highlighting the importance community markets play in Melbourne’s food security. In their

Enhancing the value of the IGP Tropea Red Onion in large-scale distribution, an appointment at Macfrut
The partner region of Macfrut 2023 is Calabria, and during the event at the Rimini Exhibition Centre, from 3 to 5 May 2023, the region's symbolic fruit and vegetable products, which we saw at

"Not an easy year to predict and that seems to be the trend – stability is hard to find!"
The grape business has been a tricky one for the past few months. Between the different Southern Hemisphere growing countries there have been weather issues, port strikes, civil unrest and vessel

"We usually offer our mangoes until well into July"
Indian mango exports to Europe are now slowly but surely gaining momentum. "Our conventional mangoes from our own contract farming are flown in exclusively, as the produce is too fragile to

Agroforestry Group expands durian production
Agroforestry Group has announced it is expanding its Musang King durian plantation in Johor, Malaysia, adding an additional 1,500 trees. Paul Martin, managing director of the forestry management

German Fruit and Vegetables: "Now is the hour of the strawberries".
Domestic strawberries are being harvested again - for the time being from protected cultivation. But with mild temperatures and sufficient sunshine, the outdoor fruits should not be long in

Spanish apricots bounce back
Spanish apricot production is set to broadly recover from last season’s devastating frosts. According to the latest forecasts from fruit association Afrucat, presented at Medfel this week,

Busy first day at CPMA
This week, the annual convention of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is being held in Toronto. Due to covid, it’s the first time in six years the city is hosting the event that

Demand for carrots intensified in Ukraine
An increase in prices for carrots has been noted in most regions of Ukraine this week, analysts from the EastFruit project report. Experts say the main reason for this is the seasonal reduction in

Rijk Zwaan will bring innovation to the small fruit market
Rijk Zwaan starts breeding programmes for small fruit, strawberry, blackberry and raspberry, a fast growing market. With this in mind, the construction of a new dedicated greenhouse at the

Why you should use mineral water for cooking vegetables
Vegetables are very beneficial for health. They contain a lot of fibre, vitamins, and useful microelements. To use all their beneficial properties, vegetables should be properly prepared. One of