Ideal Melon: the new melon that changes color to indicate its maturity level
A melon whose rind changes color to signal its ideal harvest, storage, and consumption time? That's the new melon line developed by Syngenta Vegetable Seeds. The patent-pending technology was

Ukrainian apple export needs to be completed by the end of April
Theoretically, the prices of apples should increase during the first half of the year, experts believe, because there is a classic relationship: the fewer the leftovers, the higher the price. The

Switzerland: More than half of the stored organic apples marketed - Only Gute Luise left in stock
The stock shortage of organic apples in February was 890 t. This is about 110 t more than in February last year and about 40 t more than in February 2021. Demand for organic apples remains high,

Mr Apple commits to customers and community
Mr Apple, one of New Zealand’s biggest apple grower-packer-exporters, remains committed to supplying its international customers with premium quality fruit this season. Like many businesses

Mercabarna posts record results
Mercabarna sold more than 2.245m tonnes of fruit and vegetables in 2022, an increase of 11 per cent on 2021 and 3 per cent more than in 2019 before the pandemic. The record results were achieved

Apeel Sciences adds to leadership team
Apeel Sciences has promoted Ryan Fink to senior vice president of the Americas and Marius du Plessis to chief commercial officer in EMEA. Du Plessis and Fink will leverage the company’s produce

UK prisons defy national salad shortage with inmates growing their own vegetables
As salad becomes increasingly hard to find in supermarkets, green-fingered inmates at The Verne, a men's prison on Dorset's Isle of Portland, have harvested their own. And it’s not just one or

Switzerland: Stock reduction for apples at a high level - end of season for Gute Luise and Conference
The stock at the end of February 2023 is 33,203 t, 6,870 t lower than the previous year (40,073 t) and 4,708 t lower than in 2021 (37,911 t). The stock reduction in February 2023 is 1,373 t higher