Vignola Igp cherries, communication campaign kicks off
The three-year communication and promotion campaign for PDO and PGI fruit and vegetables continues. "Europe signs the products of its territories", for the entire month of June the activities

Kenyan entrepreneur makes leather shoes or handbags, made from pineapples
Project manager and entrepreneur Wangechi Kuria explains that the pineapple value chain, especially in her country of Kenya it is about three things; the fruits, the juice and - in limited form

UCR to release new high density avocado scion cultivar
The University of California (UCR) is to release a new high density avocado scion cultivar. BL516, which will be marketed as Luna UCR and is pending plant variety protection in the US, officially

Ecoculture expands its staff in Extremadura and La Mancha
Translator Ecoculture Biosciences, a company specialised in specific solutions against plant stress, continues its expansion in Spain, reinforcing its attention and advice to crop growers in the

Bakker Barendrecht: AI-controlled fruit scanners from OneThird in Albert Heijn's supply chain
OneThird, an AI-based food tech company that combats the annual waste of one-third of all food produced, announced the use of its AI-powered scanning technology in Bakker Barendrecht's supply

Lamb Weston opens new innovation centre
With a small-scale production line, or pilot line, the new innovation centre offers the opportunity to innovate products using different potato varieties, cutting techniques, crisp shapes and

The Sevillian harvest comes to an end
So atypical that the start-ups have been carried out in the afternoon, something completely unusual in a province where the workers are used to working at six o'clock in the morning to avoid the

Brazilian giant also wants potato for processing
The multinational Kellogg intends to double its production capacity for Pringels potatoes in Brazil, just five years after starting local production. The Brazilian market, with a population of

'First sugar apricots arrived from Turkey'
Spanish apricots dominated and were most likely flanked by Italians. Unloadings from France complemented. From Turkey came, on the one hand Matador; on the other hand the first sugar apricots also

Meléndez sponsors the Aecoc fruit and vegetables congress
Patatas Mélendez set up a spectacular tasting counter in the garden area next to the Valencia Conference Centre, where the event was held. During the evening cocktail, the firm offered a tasting

Conserve Italia, restarts juice production in Barbiano
Fruit juice production has restarted at the Conserve Italia plant in Barbiano di Cotignola, in the province of Ravenna, which was badly hit by the floods of 16 and 17 May. "After twenty-six days

With fewer potatoes and 50,000 fewer jobs
The reduction in the area under potato cultivation in Spain can be analysed in many ways, but from a labour point of view alone, this means the loss of 48,375 permanent jobs in the last 30

Stocks on 1 December 2022 for 10 most important EU producers was 4,419,513 tons
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

Inequality in the South East
This large extension allows for a staggered harvest, which starts earlier than in the Seville area and finishes much later and includes the summer crops of La Mancha. On the verge of stock