Cherry grower turns to shelf-extension technology for packing operations
River Valley Fruit, LLC, a produce grower, packer and shipper based in Grandview, Washington has adopted shelf-life extension technology, Hazel 100, for its cherry packing operations. This simple

Fresh produce logistics: Landgard and Veiling Rhein-Maas optimise structures
With the commissioning of the new Logistic Means Centre (LMC) in building T1200 on the company premises in Straelen-Herongen, Veiling Rhein-Maas and Landgard will jointly lay the foundation for

Europe's second lowest pear harvest in 10 years
According to initial estimates released today at Interpera, the International Pear Congress held in Lleida, the next pear harvest will be one of the lowest in the last 10 years, with around

Costa Rican company responds to labor violations at banana and pineapple plantations
The Costa Rican banana and pineapple producer Grupo Acón is responding toallegations made by a labour union(pubilshed on 21 June, 2023) SITRAP that a third-party contractor hired to oversee

AMMA seeking 4.5 mln euro in damages from North Macedonian company
Austrian industrial vegetable supplier AMMA Import Export Ltd is seeking to recover damages of some €4.5 million owed by North Macedonia's agricultural company Dena Produkt Import Export Veles

Second edition of 'Fruit salad for research' kicks off
The second edition of "La macedonia per la ricerca®", the Fondazione Umberto Veronesi project, realised in exclusive partnership with Autogrill, to support the work of doctors and researchers who

DFHV Juniors: Five-star hotels for strawberries and talks with artificial intelligence
The DFHV Juniors' online X-Change on the topic of start-ups in the food industry went into the second round on 28 June. In around 1.5 hours, four young people once again presented their company

Food consumption falls by 7.1% in 2022
Spaniards spent 2.7% more on food in 2022, a year marked by inflation, although this did not translate into higher consumption, which fell by 7.1% in volume compared to 2021. This is the figure in