Riverford to become 100 per cent employee-owned
Organic veg box company Riverford is celebrating five years of employee ownership by completing the sale of shares from founder Guy Singh-Watson, to become 100 per cent staff-owned. Singh-Watson

Great sourcing opportunity for onion importers – price in Tajikistan fell to for US $0.18/kg at wholesale!
While Ukraine continues to break price records for onions – last week wholesale prices here reached $1.18-1.34 per kg – prices continue to fall rapidly in Tajikistan. As of the end of last

Holandia - Rynek cebuli ponownie znalazł drogę w górę
"W Holandii wciąż jest więcej cebuli niż myśleliśmy" i "nadchodzi nowa cebula spoza Europy" - to w dużej mierze determinowało nastroje na rynku cebuli jeszcze

NFU President presents a new hospitality report
NFU President Minette Batters has presented a new hospitality report at an industry-wide roundtable. Based on research with consumers and businesses, the report showcases the British food and

UK farming groups slam government U-turn on developing horticulture strategy
Farming groups in the UK have heavily criticised the government’s decision to scrap plans to co-produce a comprehensive horticulture strategy to support and grow the sector. On May 2nd, farming

Spain: Drought threatens to further increase EU food prices
So far this year, cumulative rainfall in Spain is less than one-fourth of the 10-year average. The intense drought is now afflicting a wide range of crops, threatening to drive food prices higher

"Our goal is to offer more than 300 items from regional production this season"
On Tuesday, May 16, Knuspr invited members of the press to take a look behind the scenes and also introduced the regional producers. For around two years, customers in the Munich and Frankfurt

Coraz więcej krajowych warzyw z tegorocznych upraw
Na lokalnych rynkach hurtowych pojawiają się kolejne młode warzywa z krajowych upraw. Proces ten postępuje, mimo że wiosenna pogoda jak dotąd na niespecjalnie rozpieszczała. Ale zimna

Conserve Italia, plants under water
EvenConserve Italia was not immune to the flood that hit Romagna last week. As reported by Il Resto del Carlino, heavy damage was suffered by the plant in Barbiano di Cotignola. Here, one of

Industrial tomatoes from the North, price set
After months of interminable negotiations, the agreement on the price of processing tomatoes for the 2023 North Italian marketing year between the Producer Organisations and the Industry has been

Great sourcing opportunity for onion importers
While Ukraine continues to break price records for onions – last week wholesale prices here reached $1.18-1.34 per kg – prices continue to fall rapidly in Tajikistan. As of the end of last

UK fruit exports have halved since Brexit, data shows
The UK’s fruit exports to the EU have lost more than half of their value, equal to almost £135m, in the two years to March 2023, according to new data published by the government’s tax