GreenTech Amsterdam 2023: Theme knowledge programme announced
The knowledge programme of GreenTech Amsterdam, the global horticulture platform, will be all about ‘Your connection to sustainable food and flower production’. Specific topics such as smart

Aldi angażuje się w produkty oznaczone LEAF Marque
Aldi, czwarty co do wielkości brytyjski supermarket, przyspiesza realizację swoich zobowiązań w zakresie zrównoważonego rozwoju w całym łańcuchu dostaw świeżych produktów

The business of spices and herbs at Macfrut #vocidellortofrutta
"Ė a strongly desired exhibition, there is great global interest. The future of a large part of pharmaceuticals is linked to these products: organic molecules that replace synthetic products.

Compensation for the dual-tariff electricity contract for irrigation
LA UNIÓ Llauradora asks the Spanish Government to assume its patrimonial responsibility and retroactively compensate irrigation communities and professional farmers for the increase in costs

Starting signal for the "Future of Nutrition in Lower Saxony" research network
Science Minister Falko Mohrs presented the partners in the network with a funding notification for 9 million euros from the "zukunft.niedersachsen" programme in Hanover. The funding will be used

Jamaica: Michael Swaby named ‘world’s best innovative coconut farmer’
Michael Swaby of Crescent, St. Mary, Jamaica, has been passionate about growing coconuts since he was 17. In November 2022, he was nominated for the title by the Coconut Industry Board for his use

Swiss AgTech startup Agrinorm secures 7-digit funding
Agrinorm, a Zurich-based AgTech startup, has secured a 7-digit round of financing to further develop their AI-powered software for quality risks management in the fresh produce value chains. The

Aldi has been officially named Grocer of the Year at the Retail Week Awards 2023
Top 10 supermarket retail chains in Germany Here's an overview of the top ten supermarket retail chains in Germany, according to their most recently-available full-year turnover. All data is

Bio-Kartoffel-Erzeuger e.V.: Healthy, organic, good for the climate - Home-grown organic potatoes all year round
Bio-Kartoffel-Erzeuger e.V., a group representing 240 nationwide farms specializing in organic potato and onion cultivation, can supply sufficient domestic produce for food retailers year-round.

There's a limited supply of watermelon and very high prices a few weeks before the start of Almeria's harvest
Summer fruits -such as watermelon- are starting to take center stage as temperatures rise. The market is currently facing low product availability, which, together with high production costs, has

Hope for California strawberry supply to stabilize by mid-May
Strawberry supplies are really right at the moment. Florida: “Florida is on a trend downward as it usually is this time of year. Volume is around where would expect it to be,” said Nick

Protests in France: no difficulties so far for the Italian fruit and vegetable supply sector
Protests and demonstrations against the pension reform proposed by President Emmanuel Macron, which provides for an increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 years, are still rampant in France.

“Hectic shortages” of South African mushrooms
The rumour that Denny Mushrooms, South Africa’s largest mushroom producer, is closing its doors, is not true. The mushroom grower, South Africa’s largest with farms in various provinces, is

Launch of regional fruit salad from mirontell in cooperation with Werder Frucht as of April 2
Regionality seems to be gaining importance again - after all, it is considered a marker for a reliable supply of seasonally available products. Fittingly, the fruit salad producer mirontell

Modernizacja Sainsbury's ma w sercu owoce i warzywa
Przebudowa sklepów Sainsbury's stawia owoce i warzywa w centrum oferty. W zeszłym tygodniu Sainsbury's zakończył wielomilionową modernizację swojego supermarketu w Streatham

Ruggiero, the potato mascot lands in Sicily
On 1 April, it will have happened to many Arena Group customers to go shopping and come across, in the aisles of the Superstore Decò Gourmet Experience in Balatelle di Catania, the smiling and

Tight blueberry supplies from Mexico
Blueberry supplies out of Mexico are very tight currently. “In December and January, the market was really low so a lot of the people who grow them got discouraged and didn’t want to invest

African Blue broadens supply
Costa’s African Blue business has been operating in Morocco since 2007 and now has circa 465 hectares of farms coming from both own farms and third-party growers. In a strategic move to broaden

Spain and China sign export agreement for Spanish almonds and persimmons
According to official information, the phytosanitary protocol for the export of Spanish almonds and persimmons to China was signed during the visit of the President of the Spanish Government,

Sainsbury’s upgrades have fruit and veg at heart
Sainsbury’s store refits are putting fruit and veg at the heart of the offer. Last week Sainsbury’s completed a multi-million upgrade to its superstore in Streatham Common, with the aim of

"In cherry-producing countries with surpluses in the supply, consumption is usually limited to the season"
The cherry campaign in Extremadura will start later this year, since the cold recorded in January and February, which was otherwise necessary for the proper awakening of the trees, delayed the

Analiza Daltix: Knuspr oferuje największy udział produktów ekologicznych
Firma Daltix zajmująca się danymi o handlu detalicznym codziennie zbiera aktualne ceny, oferty cenowe i informacje o produktach w pełnym asortymencie największych

Руджеро, талисман картофеля, приземляется на Сицилии
1 апреля многие клиенты Arena Group отправились за покупками и наткнулись в проходах супермаркета Decò Gourmet Experience

"System can give full traceability as well as profit and loss from the field to the final customer"
These days traceability is everything, whether it’s for the end customer to see the provenance of the product or to get right back to the source if there are health issues. Further, what