Longer, relaxed meals to encourage children's fruit and vegetable consumption
Haste is not a friend of healthy eating. The confirmation comes from a study co-ordinated by the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin and published in Jama Network Open, according

“We feel that people want to treat themselves around Easter”
The star of Easter remains the asparagus of course, but many fruits and vegetables also benefit from this festive period. “In general, exotic fruits tend to sell well during the week of Easter.

Asparagus cultivation in Germany: "There is no way around the use of film".
The asparagus qualities in this country are good and the producers are prepared for the season. However, the general conditions in asparagus cultivation are becoming increasingly difficult, as

Al Centesimo Group focuses on home-grown fruit and vegetables
Mario Bonelli, fruit and vegetable buyer for the Sicilian group Al Centesimo, tells IFN about the company's vision to improve the fruit and vegetable department and accompany the consumer to an

Reichenau vegetables 2022: Between cost pressure and weak demand
After the Corona pandemic, the spring of 2022 saw a seamless transition to the next crisis with the war in Ukraine, which also severely shook agriculture, vegetable growing and thus also

Francisco Góngora says goodbye to Hortyfruta
The Interprofessional Organisation for Fruit and Vegetables in Andalusia, HORTYFRUTA, has held its 16th Ordinary General Assembly, which has become a very emotional event after the announcement of

Sales in the EU's first f&h markets decline
Spanish exports of fresh fruit and vegetables in January amounted to 938,451 tonnes, 82% of the total, worth 1,319 million euros. Outside the EU, 210,349 tonnes were exported for a value of 326.6

Spain’s fresh produce exports drop 10% in January
Data from Spain’s Department of Customs and Excise, processed by Fepex, show that the country’s exports of fruits and vegetables fell 10% year-on-year in January to just over 1.1m tones.

Is it possible to harvest fruit and vegetables this year in the South of Ukraine?
The de-occupation of a part of the South of Ukraine will not have an immediately positive effect on the Ukrainian fruit and vegetable market this year. Ukrainian agrarians working in the

Tegut has announced plans to take over an organic supermarket chain
Fewer than two-fifths of Italians satisfied with grocery shopping experience Just under two fifths (39%) of Italian consumers are satisfied with their supermarket shopping experience, according to

Milan vegetable market, saloon brawl breaks out
A lively night at the Milan wholesale market where a violent brawl broke out involving a dozen men. It all stemmed from an attempted theft by a 28-year-old street greengrocer who tried to steal

Boxes of vegetables sent to Parliament to highlight problems of Cameron Highlands farmers
More that 100 boxes of vegetables have been delivered to the Malaysian Parliament to highlight the plight of farmers in the Cameron Highlands. Ho Chi Yang and a spokesperson representing the

"Without a doubt, the most marketed Demeter products in Europe are vegetables"
Biodynamic agriculture has experienced a significant growth in the last decade in Spain, where there are already more than 400 agricultural producers and ranchers certified by Demeter-Spain, out

Tomatoes, Italiafruit's analysis
During the Easter period there is an increased interest in vegetables in view of the various picnics and barbecues outside the home: tomatoes are certainly among the best-selling products.

"There are already watermelons from Morocco and Senegal, but we know that importers are waiting for Almeria to start"
As already anticipated by the Government of Andalusia in its analysis of protected vegetable prices and markets of week 12, the growth in the horticultural supply in Central Europe has led to

REV technology could become a game changer for healthy snacks
Radiant energy under vacuum (REV) technology is a process in which microwave energy and vacuum pressure are combined to deliver high-speed and low-temperature food dehydration. REV is effective

Artichoke 2023 takes place in Molfetta, Italy, from 18 to 21 April 2023
With over 370 thousand tons produced in 2021, Italy is the first artichoke producing Country in the world, with Puglia and Sicily together accounting for three quarters of national production. In

Harvest House turns 10
Harvest House turns ten this year. Several growers officially established this Dutch cooperative on April 9, 2013. "It had to be a chain organization focused on fruiting vegetables," says Jelte

Morocco keeps increasing carrot exports, but not to the EU
The exports of carrots from Morocco continue to grow steadily, and their volume has grown by almost 1.5 times in 2022, as well as in January 2023, EastFruit reports. At the same time, Sub-Saharan

Summer fruit production at risk after late frosts
After a dry winter, polar air has brought frost and hailstorms to central and southern Italy, which risk further blows throughout Holy Week. And the damage is being counted. Crops affected and

Week 12, good for fruit and vegetables, bad for discounters
Sales of both consumer packaged goods (FMCG) and fruit and vegetables by weight also increased in week 12, although the differential between the two performances increased, but to the detriment of

Research center aims to grow and create awareness for organic production
Back in the 1960s, brothers Rob and Bob Grimm opened a roadside produce stand. Their company Grimmway Farms grew into a massive agribusiness operation and became one of the largest carrot growers

Carantic, the Seminis cauliflower for late harvests
Late harvest time for cauliflower and once again this year Carantic, the Seminis-Vegetables by Bayer cauliflower with a cycle of 200-205 days after transplanting, is back in the news. This

"Nowe ziemniaki w deficycie, więc maltańskie ziemniaki najmilej widziane"
Hollandzka firma Altena Potatoes otrzymała pierwsze pełne ładunki ziemniaków Santé wczoraj. W związku z brakiem nowych ziemniaków na rynku, maltańskie ziemniaki

Drake Hall inmates use fruit to create hooch
HMP Prison Drake Hall is a women's closed prison, located near the village of Eccleshall in Staffordshire, England. Inmates there have been brewing illegal hooch from fruit and vegetables,