Jumbo removes plastic from Dutch fresh produce
2024-03-29 12:00
Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has announced that all of the loose red peppers and cucumbers it sources from within the Netherlands will be sold without plastic packaging from now on.
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Ukraine exported fresh apples to 22 world countries in just one month despite Polish blockade!
2024-03-29 00:00
Despite the ongoing Russian aggression and blockade of the Ukrainian border by the Poles, Ukrainian apple growers and traders continue to improve their ability to export fresh apples. According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine made wholesale shipments of fresh apples to 22 countries on different
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EastFruit analysts draw attention to Ukraine’s success in exporting premium quality apples. In particular, in one of the most important and capacious markets in the Middle East with a high level of prices and competition, Ukraine confidently ranks second in terms of supply volumes in December
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Spanish wholesalers look to Macfrut for apples, grapes and kiwis
2024-03-28 00:00
The next edition of Macfrut will see the participation of twenty-two Spanish wholesalers from the Madrid and Barcelona markets. And although Spain has been exporting fruit and vegetables to Italy for several decades, it is also true that there is a demand for certain products at certain times of
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"After leading the way in Europe in its ambitions to phase out plastic packaging, France is now splitting up the single market and putting its operators in an incomprehensible situation of over-transposition." The interprofessional would like to see a "single rule applied throughout the European
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More colour for table grapes by irrigating with O2 nanobubbles
2024-03-28 00:00
Improving productivity and quality of table grapes by treating them with irrigation enriched with oxygen nanobubbles. Research reveals the benefits. The test at the Sicilian Baglieri farm Use of Molear technology in greenhouses
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Zero residue radishes overcome the crisis
2024-03-28 00:00
The production of zero-residue radishes at Bernardi is local to the Rimini province, so that only a few hours pass between harvesting and shipping. Volumes are not huge, but the number of consumers is constant. Francesco Fabbri and Christopher Bernardi "We are producing radishes in greenhouses
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UK suspends tariffs on all raw almonds - beginning April 11
2024-03-28 00:00
The United Kingdom's government announced it would suspend tariffs for at least two years on raw kernel and inshell almonds from all origins – including the U.S. – beginning April 11, 2024. The Almond Board of California has been working for many years with the UK's Nut and Dried Fruit Trade
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Samskip continues network expansion with new Spain-United Kingdom-Rotterdam Service launch
2024-03-28 00:00
Samskip launches shortsea container service connecting Santander, Tilbury, and Rotterdam, delivering the service reliability, security, and sustainability advantages of intermodal transport to customers throughout Spain, supported by dedicated local customer support. The new service launches
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Kenya poised to triple horticultural exports with Dutch MoU on cool-logistics corridor
2024-03-28 00:00
On Monday, the CS Roads and Transport, Kipchumba Murkomen, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kingdom of the Netherlands to develop a cool-logistics corridor. "The MoU I signed with the Dutch Ambassador in Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, will facilitate private investment in
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Jumbo removes plastic from Dutch fresh produce
2024-03-29 12:00
Dutch supermarket chain Jumbo has announced that all of the loose red peppers and cucumbers it sources from within the Netherlands will be sold without plastic packaging from now on.
read more
Ukraine exported fresh apples to 22 world countries in just one month despite Polish blockade!
2024-03-29 00:00
Despite the ongoing Russian aggression and blockade of the Ukrainian border by the Poles, Ukrainian apple growers and traders continue to improve their ability to export fresh apples. According to EastFruit analysts, Ukraine made wholesale shipments of fresh apples to 22 countries on different
read more
read more
EastFruit analysts draw attention to Ukraine’s success in exporting premium quality apples. In particular, in one of the most important and capacious markets in the Middle East with a high level of prices and competition, Ukraine confidently ranks second in terms of supply volumes in December
read more
read more
Spanish wholesalers look to Macfrut for apples, grapes and kiwis
2024-03-28 00:00
The next edition of Macfrut will see the participation of twenty-two Spanish wholesalers from the Madrid and Barcelona markets. And although Spain has been exporting fruit and vegetables to Italy for several decades, it is also true that there is a demand for certain products at certain times of
read more
read more
"After leading the way in Europe in its ambitions to phase out plastic packaging, France is now splitting up the single market and putting its operators in an incomprehensible situation of over-transposition." The interprofessional would like to see a "single rule applied throughout the European
read more
read more
More colour for table grapes by irrigating with O2 nanobubbles
2024-03-28 00:00
Improving productivity and quality of table grapes by treating them with irrigation enriched with oxygen nanobubbles. Research reveals the benefits. The test at the Sicilian Baglieri farm Use of Molear technology in greenhouses
read more
Zero residue radishes overcome the crisis
2024-03-28 00:00
The production of zero-residue radishes at Bernardi is local to the Rimini province, so that only a few hours pass between harvesting and shipping. Volumes are not huge, but the number of consumers is constant. Francesco Fabbri and Christopher Bernardi "We are producing radishes in greenhouses
read more
read more
UK suspends tariffs on all raw almonds - beginning April 11
2024-03-28 00:00
The United Kingdom's government announced it would suspend tariffs for at least two years on raw kernel and inshell almonds from all origins – including the U.S. – beginning April 11, 2024. The Almond Board of California has been working for many years with the UK's Nut and Dried Fruit Trade
read more
read more
Samskip continues network expansion with new Spain-United Kingdom-Rotterdam Service launch
2024-03-28 00:00
Samskip launches shortsea container service connecting Santander, Tilbury, and Rotterdam, delivering the service reliability, security, and sustainability advantages of intermodal transport to customers throughout Spain, supported by dedicated local customer support. The new service launches
read more
read more
Kenya poised to triple horticultural exports with Dutch MoU on cool-logistics corridor
2024-03-28 00:00
On Monday, the CS Roads and Transport, Kipchumba Murkomen, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Kingdom of the Netherlands to develop a cool-logistics corridor. "The MoU I signed with the Dutch Ambassador in Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, will facilitate private investment in
read more
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Vog introduces Innovation Corner to showcase apple advances
2024-03-28 12:00
Italy’s Vog apple consortium has launched a new display format across several European countries that showcases its most modern brands together in one place in a bid to add value and attractiveness to supermarket produce departments.
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Ukraine: carrot prices down again
2024-03-28 00:00
Analysts from the EastFruit project have observed a significant reduction in carrot prices in Ukraine this week. The market has seen an influx of carrots from local farms, leading to a surplus that has driven consumer demand down and slowed sales within the carrot segment.
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Vog introduces Innovation Corner to showcase apple innovation
2024-03-28 12:00
Italy’s Vog apple consortium has launched a new display format across several European countries that showcases its most modern brands together in one place in a bid to add value and attractiveness to supermarket produce departments.
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Planting of early potato crops has been limited in Ireland
2024-03-28 00:00
The current weather crisis is causing huge concern for Irish potato growers. Planting of early crops has been extremely limited, and the forecast is for continued unsettled weather. With the current shortage of main season crop, this extreme weather will worsen the situation. Consumption remains
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"After leading the way in Europe in its ambitions to phase out plastic packaging, France is now splitting up the single market and putting its operators in an incomprehensible situation of over-transposition." The interprofession would like to see a "single rule applied throughout the European
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48,000 Spanish schoolchildren fight against poor nutrition
2024-03-28 00:00
Fighting bad eating habits, learning about healthy and balanced nutrition and having fun at the same time is possible. This has been demonstrated by the almost 48,000 pupils in the 2nd and 3rder cycles of Primary Education from all over Spain who took part between October and
October.
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Kenya poised to triple horticultural exports with Dutch MoU on cool-logistics corridor
2024-03-28 00:00
On Monday, the CS Roads and Transport, Kipchumba Murkomen, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Kingdom of the Netherlands to develop a cool logistics corridor. "The MoU I signed with the Dutch Ambassador in Kenya, Maarten Brouwer, will facilitate private investment in
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French brand saves farms from abandonment
2024-03-28 00:00
A group of French fruit and vegetable producers have decided to embark on a wonderful adventure by creating the "Paysans Résistants" initiative. Faced with the decline in growers and farmland in France, this movement aims to save farms from abandonment. "Many farms end their activity due to
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The cherry trees in Hungary are flowering up to ten days earlier, which points to a possible early start to the open field harvesting. Peter Kelemen, from the Medifruct cooperative in Hungary: "This season the time of the start of flowering is around 10 days earlier than the last five year
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"Convergence of greenhouse and early open-field asparagus make for acceptable prices leading up to Easter"
2024-03-28 00:00
In Belgium, the first open-field asparagus has been harvested, and according to Katrien De Backer, they have arrived just in time for Easter. "Greenhouse asparagus are still in full swing. That, and the limited open-field volumes, ensures there's currently no price spike, making restaurants keen
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