“We hoped to harvest more than 400 tons of early potatoes, but I'll be surprised if we get to harvest 150 tons”
According to estimates, more than half of Mallorca's early potato crops were lost because of the passage of storm Juliette. "We hoped to harvest more than 400 tons of early potatoes, but I'll be

Haith Group strengthens EU presence
Haith Group, the Doncaster-based vegetable handling equipment manufacturer, has appointed Dutch grading machinery supplier Remach BV to sell its range in Holland and Belgium. Established in 2019,

NL: Minister of Agriculture visits Dutch breeder
Minister of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV) Piet Adema visited the vegetable breeding company Enza Zaden at the invitation of PlantNet International. The purpose of the visit was to

Tesco to lift buying restrictions across certain fruits and vegetables
UK regulator tells Asda to fix competition concerns over Co-op fuel deal Britain's competition regulator has found that supermarket group Asda's 611mln pound ($742mln) purchase of the Co-op's 132

Carnarvon Research Station upgrades come to fruition in a boost for local fruit and veg industry
The Western Australian government is investing in infrastructure upgrades in the Gascoyne Irrigation Area, to assist fruit and vegetable growers to optimise production and rebuild irrigated

Syracuse Lemon Consortium PGI, excellent results from the digital campaign
Making known the excellences protected by the geographical indications mark as the key to pushing consumption. The Consorzio del Limone di Siracusa Igpha has set its sights on a digital campaign,

GLOBALG.A.P. TOUR ESPAÑA 2023 kicks off with great success in Almería
The Palacio de Congresos de Aguadulce, in Roquetas de Mar, Almeria, is hosting the GLOBALG.A.P. Tour España 2023 until Wednesday, which has managed to bring together nearly 200 participants,

Organic grower introduces Italian sweet peppers
Wholesum, Fair Trade Certified grower and shipper of organic vegetables, introduces new Italian sweet peppers, Dolci Belles. This new offering is part of the company's strategy to focus on organic

The season’s first asparagus became available on the Georgian market
The season’s first asparagus has become available on the Georgian market. Although it takes a few more weeks for the open-field production to start, asparagus produced in the high tunnels are

"Demand for regional, processed vegetables continues to grow"
In 2015, the Heitsch family ventured further into the processing of their own products. Starting with hand-peeled potatoes for regional restaurateurs, other forms of processing have developed into

#Repartofresh. Pewex (Selex): drivers to make the department distinctive
The Pewex brand is one of the 12 brands that belong to Cedi Gros (Selex), one of the strongest in the region in terms of number of sales outlets, some thirty located in Lazio with a significant

On Amazon 'Fertile', the docu-film by the Women of Fruit and Vegetables
Fertile, the film by Donne dell'Ortofrutta, a documentary about what lies behind fruit and vegetable production in Italy, directed by Alessandro Quadretti, is now available on Amazon Prime Video.

Discovering the radicchio chain with La Grande Bellezza Italiana #freshtalks
With this episode of #freshtalks, we begin the series we have entitled "Discovering the supply chains with La Grande Bellezza Italiana", which will take us to discover the values and even some

Citrus and garlic, the next contact groups of the Joint Committee on Fruit and Vegetables 2023
The meetings of the contact groups for France, Spain, Italy and Portugal, scheduled for 2023, are continuing, with the strawberry group having already been held on 14 February in

Fruit and vegetable price trends in Italy as at 13 March
The new green asparagus campaign has begun, with produce mainly from Campania. Distribution of Romanesco artichokes is now in full swing, but demand is still subdued. On the other hand, demand for

"20 to 30 percent volume drop for exotics"
The increased inflation is known to influence consumer behavior. The current difficult conditions are also affecting the fresh fruit and vegetable trade, especially regarding the distribution of

Waxes to improve look and shelf-life, there are alternatives #hort fruit
Spanish courgettes larger than the Italian organic product due to the use of waxes (E 901) that would retain moisture? Videos are circulating on social networks telling these theories. We asked

Lower Saxony: Kale cultivation recovers only slowly
According to the results of the Lower Saxony State Office for Statistics (LSN), in 2022 a total of 830 farms in Lower Saxony cultivated vegetables in the open on an area of about 22,000 ha. The

New Zealanders asked to buy local and fresh to support weather-hit vegetable growers
New Zealanders are being asked to buy local and fresh, to support vegetable growers across the country hit hard by continued bad weather. ‘Vegetable growers have endured exceptionally bad