Netherlands: Hospitality industry bought many vegetable mixes and fruit salads in 2022
Business owners in the Dutch on-trade bought 61% more fresh fruit and vegetables last year than in 2021, when Corona measures caused a standstill for much of the year. Purchases of fresh

L'Italian Fruit Village protagonista a Cibus Connecting Italy

Meeting unique vegetable processing needs
IQF products have become more popular. According to Maria Vieitez, marketing coordinator of OctoFrost, this has led fruit and vegetable processors to expand their product lines to process more

Chiny’eksport warzyw w górę o 9,2% w 2022 r.
Chiny odnotowały stały wzrost eksportu warzyw w 2022 roku, z wolumenami o 6,5% w porównaniu do 2021 roku, według danych Ministerstwa Rolnictwa i Spraw Wiejskich. W ubiegłym

Retail prices for vegetables increased in Poland and consumption went down
A recent report shows that last year, in most EU countries (EU-27), 63 million tons of all vegetables were harvested. This was less than in the previous year (2021), when the harvest was 65.7

Spain’s exports fell nearly 10 per cent in January
Fruit and vegetable export volumes from Spain decreased 9.5 per cent in January when compared with the same month of 2022. Data from the Department of Customs and Excise, processed by Fepex,

China’s vegetable exports up 9.2% in 2022
China saw steady growth in its vegetable exports in 2022, with volumes up 6.5% compared to 2021, according to data from the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Around 11.83 million tons of

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BEHR starts the outdoor season
The first sets of vegetable plants are in the ground. At the BEHR farm in southern Hesse, planting of iceberg lettuce already started at the end of February. The Gresse site in Mecklenburg-Western

Freshfel Europe urges facilitation of trade
At a dedicated session on sustainable food systems hosted by the World Trade Organisation’s SPS (Sanitary and Phytosanitary) Committee, Freshfel Europe stressed the important role played by the

"Leek prices dropped sharply last week, but they won't be cheap this season"
For many of the vegetable prices, the peak seems to be finally behind us. Products like leeks have been dropping visibly in recent days, according to Guy De Meyer of Demargro. "This week the price

BVEO: German producer organisations for O+G face the challenges and live up to their responsibility
Massively increased costs - no sufficient compensation through higher sales prices at producer level: this is how the situation of the German fruit and vegetable industry can be summarised, as

Looye is committed to a greener future
Viticulture under glass in the Netherlands helps to guarantee the food supply in Europe. In doing so, the fruit and vegetable sector produces according to the "principle of eco-modernity" and

Owoce i warzywa w supermarketach krajów regionu w marcu 2023 roku - fotorelacja
W marcu analitycy EastFruit przeprowadzają tradycyjny audyt działów owocowo-warzywnych supermarketów w Gruzji, Ukrainie, Mołdawii, Tadżykistanie i Uzbekistanie. Zobaczmy na

UK food price inflation surges to 45-year high
UK food inflation reached a new high of 18.2% this past month amid a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables on supermarket shelves. The price of basics such as vegetables, eggs, and dairy products

Nature's Pride: Adriëlle Dankier and Coen van Iwaarden are speakers at UN Water Conference
In week 12, Nature's Pride is attending the UN Water Conference in New York as a speaker of the official programme. After World Water Week in Stockholm and the European Commission, Nature's Pride

Альмерия: резкое снижение цен за исключением помидоров
Высокие цены, зафиксированные в последние недели в Альмерии на большинство овощей, на 11-й неделе резко

Fruits and vegetables in supermarkets of the countries of the region in March 2023 — photo report
In March, EastFruit analysts conduct a traditional audit of the fruit and vegetable departments of supermarkets in Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. Let’s see in the photos

‘Sprouts’ set to harvest spears
A ‘herd’ of robots is to be released into the English countryside to commercially pick British asparagus for the first time this coming season. Muddy Machines – the robotics company behind

Фрукты и овощи в супермаркетах стран региона в марте 2023 года - фоторепортаж
В марте аналитики EastFruit проводят традиционный аудит плодоовощных отделов супермаркетов Грузии, Украины,

QS Academy: Workshop Series "Correct Sampling in Residue Monitoring
The use of plant protection products on fresh fruit, vegetables and potatoes is strictly controlled in the QS scheme. With residue monitoring, QS has established an effective instrument for

Some Irish vegetable growers pay up to €2,500/ha to lease land
There are Irish vegetable growers that have recently paid up to €2,500/ha to acquire suitable land, a Teagasc report has found. Renting land is important from a rotational perspective for the

La Unión achieves a turnover of 307 million euro that allows it to double its EBITDA
A few months before its 30th anniversary, La Unión, a leading company in the marketing of fruits and vegetables, published its annual balance for the 2022 financial year, in which it grew by 8.4%

Greenyard Fresh Belgium aims to save over 100,000 m³ of water for fresh fruit and vegetables each year
Greenyard Fresh Belgium and Pidpa, a Belgian integrated water utilities company, have announced that they have entered the final phase of their plans to install a new on-site water purification

Rhubarb from German cultivation is only available in limited quantities
At the end of February, the first production farms in Germany started harvesting rhubarb from protected cultivation. The season started conspicuously low in price, which quickly turned into the