South African lemons head to markets outside Europe
The South African citrus season is barely a month underway, and the country’s lemon exporters are clearly favouring Middle Eastern, Russian and Asian markets for their early shipments. The first

QS: Start random audits on harvest hygiene
QS will be carrying out random audits at producer farms in the coming weeks with a focus on "operational hygiene management during the harvest of fresh fruit and vegetables". Compared to the

'"Great prices for overseas melons"
Even though the warm weather has not yet fully taken hold in Northwestern Europe, the melon market is remarkably good. "In fact, for overseas melons, it's the best year in a very long time. These

#Repartofresh. Simone Cicognola: 'What's new in Spazio Conad (Pac 2000A)'.
A restyling operation is modernising the Spazio Conad points of sale which, while maintaining the characteristics of the format, will have some new elements. Fruit and vegetables is a strategic

EvokeAg heads to Perth in 2024
AgriFutures Australia’s EvokeAg event will be held in Western Australia in 2024. The Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre will host the event, which runs from 20-21 February. EvokeAg will

Almonds and capers create a vegetable battery
Almonds, capers and seaweed for sushi are the basis of the new vegetable battery made by the Italian Institute of Technology. As reported by Corriere della Sera, 'The world's first prototype was

Tomato prices in Uzbekistan have fallen by a third in a week
Wholesale prices for fresh tomatoes have fallen sharply over the past week in Uzbekistan – the average wholesale price for rose tomatoes has fallen by 32%, and red round tomato prices have