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.

New Sunrise Magic apple variety available across the US
It usually takes about two decades to bring a new apple cultivar to market. With universities and private breeding programs trying to speed up the process, new varieties are launched fairly often

Bananas from Costa Rica at £1.05: 4% drop from last week
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and

Dragon fruit acreage in India expected to expand to 50,000 ha in five years under MIDH scheme
Kamalam or dragon fruit, a herbaceous perennial climbing cactus widely known as Pitaya, has its origin in Southern Mexico, Central America and South America. It is widely cultivated in South-East

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

Granada: Green asparagus campaign starts late
The Andalusian province of Granada is the largest Spanish production area of green asparagus. In 2022, there was a production of 30,000 t, 15 % less than in a normal year. Now the new season is

“Obtaining the PGI has created a real dynamic around the French asparagus du Blayais”
Danielle Chambaraud has been cultivating asparagus for 35 years in the north of the Gironde department, on about 12 hectares today. A long history that has recently taken another turn since for a

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

Portugal: Port of Sines to become main transhipment point for fruit from Brazil
To be able to supply the Iberian, European and North African markets as the main hub for fruit from Brazil, a logistics centre is currently being built in the port of Sines where industrial and

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