“The tenderness of French asparagus is even more pronounced in the Cevennes”
The Camp-Galhan winery in the Cevennes also produces sweet onions and green asparagus on 4 hectares. Lionel Pourquier, manager of the farm, has been adapting and perfecting his production

Avocado: how to avoid blossom loss and fruit drop and achieve 50% more fruit set
Spring is the arrival of the decisive phase for avocado crops on the Spanish Mediterranean coast to achieve a larger and better fruit set, thus avoiding fruit drop, and at the same time to recover

"Our goal is data-driven and sustainable strawberry production"
Crisp, fresh strawberries from local cultivation all year round: this is what the Witten-based start-up vGreens, founded in 2022, achieves thanks to sophisticated vertical farming technology. In

The Elche mollar pomegranate opens the period for farmers to register their plots in the Denomination of Origin.
These registrations are aimed at farmers whose pomegranate crops of the mollar variety are in the geographical area covered by the PDO (the regions of L'Alacantí, Vega Baja and Baix Vinalopó).

Spain: O+G exports start January with nine per cent decline
According to official data, Spain exported 1.1 million tonnes of fresh fruit and vegetables worth 1.646 billion euros in January 2023. This is a decrease of 9 % and an increase of 7.5 % compared

Israel’s largest port shut as protests escalate
As protests in Israel escalate further, the fresh produce industry is uncertain about the effects on harvesting, packing and exporting. The Ben Gurion International airport in Tel Aviv has

Potato breeder LIND joins Europatat

Mexican avocado exporters do not see prices match up this Super Bowl
Although avocado exports from Mexico to the world in January and February increase each year to mainly meet the demand for guacamole due to the US Super Bowl, prices did not help Mexican producers

20% of Italian fruit subject to variety piracy #vocidellortofrutta
An economic loss of about 20 million a year, not to mention the risks linked to the uncontrolled spread of various diseases. The topic of variety piracy, which has been a pervasive phenomenon in

"Our preservative sachets help extend the shelf life of stone fruit"
The stone fruit season in Europe will officially start at the end of May. Most of the fruits currently on the market come from Chile and South Africa. But production from both origins has fallen

French endive producers are “tired but resilient”
2022 was a painful year for the endive sector and producers are “tired but resilient", according to Stéphane Jacquet, general manager of APEF. Pushed to the limit by the excessive increase in

Prices for tomatoes in Uzbekistan update records
Greenhouse tomato prices continue to break records – the average wholesale price for red round tomatoes has increased by 29% over the past week and current wholesale prices are almost 2 times