New interpretative leaflet on banana/banana quality standards
The OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) has published the new "Interpretative Leaflet on Banana Quality Standards" on which ASPROCAN has been working for the last three

Several EU member states will produce smaller fruit sizes and, therefore, lower volumes
The ongoing crop 2022/23 for was initially estimated by WAPA at a volume very similar to the preceding crop. Since the month of August 2022, however, several Member States registered additional

Guatemala ends avocado export season to Europe on good note
Guatemala has just ended their avocado export season with good demand and sales across Europe and the United Kingdom. But it has been challenging says Luis F. Teo from the export company Frutesa,

Italy can produce 100% plastic-free packaging for the fruit and vegetable sector
“The official data of the environmental balance of paper production, by considering the entire tree-farm cycle for its production, that is, from when the trees are planted, has shown a positive

Warmer temperatures may push melon demand up
Supplies of melons from Mexico and Central America continue to be slim. “There’s a bit more available than what had been out there on the market but it’s still a tight market. It’s across

An Italian innovative system for managing hydroponic crops
Our automated management system can be installed in only a few minutes by simply drilling two holes in the nutrient solution tank to upgrade the greenhouse to become automated and interconnected.

Dole doesn’t expect to recover all costs of ransomware attack
According to Dole spokespeople, the company may not be able to fully recover costs related to a ransomware attack that temporarily disrupted its North American operations in February. The

Packaging sector ready and willing to embrace EPR
Leading environmental compliance data specialists Ecoveritas hailed 2023’s Packaging Innovations event in Birmingham a significant demonstration of the sector’s willingness to embrace upcoming

"We want to offer high-quality organic products to smaller buyers as well"
Recently, the Bremen wholesale market acquired a new tenant called Levante Organic Farming Ltd. The company can draw on a colorful range of products from 20 hectares of Spanish open ground