Production of a unique sweet red onion is going from strength to strength in the UK. The partnership between Bedfordshire Growers Ltd. and Alastair Findlay Farming Partnership has gone from growing 40 tonnes in the 2013/14 season, to 80 tonnes in 2014/15
Prices for tomatoes grown in Florida have been higher than normal this year. Abnormal winter storms have caused shortages of all Florida grown produce.
In order to ensure the safe consumption of agricultural products in the future, Beijing will start a pilot test this year, of a traceability system for large vegetable wholesale markets, 300 vegetable specialty shops and 300 direct supply stores.
The last lychee newsletter (Lettre du litchi) confirms that the lychee season in Europe has reached an end : “No longer in consumption at all, the fruit is now at the bottom of consumer’s shopping lists. Despite a still satisfactory quality and prices sti
Field authorities expected an increase in the municipality's apple production as a result of crop conversion; however, that didn't happen this year as, instead of increasing, production decreased by 25 percent.
The iniagrape-one, the first table grape variety developed entirely in Chile by Consorcio Biofrutales, has received good reviews in the UK, South Korea and China, reported Fedefruta.
Disaster due to listeria contamination. The impact of the zika epidemic. It may be far from home for many fruit and vegetable companies, but architect Herman Bessels deals with it every day.
In the current period, 13% of the total budget for direct payments for the "Fruits, vegetables and livestock" sector is being distributed, as reported by the Bulgarian Minister of Agriculture, Desislava Taneva.
The Bulgarian Agency for Food Safety (NVS) has started conducting mass checks of incoming fresh fruits and vegetables in the border checkpoints on the Bulgarian-Greek and Bulgarian-Macedonian borders, reports the press office of the agency.
The Court of Justice of the European Union has confirmed the mandatory use of labelling in citrus indicating the preservatives and other chemicals used in the post-harvest treatment.
The People's Republic of China is now among the ten largest suppliers of vegetables to the European Union (EU), although this is little more than an anecdote, because its volume of sales represents only 1.35 percent of the total
In a reserved decision released today, Prepared Produce Limited was fined $196,406.25 for six offences and ordered to pay $57,000 in reparation to three victims.
German supermarket chain, 'Real' are the first to sell branded permaculture produce. The supermarkets are working with permaculture farmers who create healthy soils with natural ecosystems, to grow fruit and veg.
Starfruit has been importing exotic products, including passion fruit, since it was created. The first volumes arrived to Brussels in the late 80's and, up until 2016, imports have continued growing at a reasonable pace.
The banana is the Argentineans favorite and most consumed fruit: per capita consumption stands at more than 12 kilograms per year. Argentina produces bananas in a tropical area in the north of the country but local production only supplies a fraction of w
Prices for fresh vegetables in Canada were up 18.2 per cent in the 12 months to January, where the average price of food in global markets has fallen by 14.5 per cent in the last year as wholesale prices fell for oil, grains and other food products, accor
After a stretch of the season where supplies of lettuce from California could not keep up with demand, the market has shifted the other way and prices have dropped significantly since January.
Production of pomegranates is increasing in both India and Turkey. Growers from both countries have increased their supplies of the fruit in recent years, which has caused prices to come down.
Stephan and Yves Wolfcarius, with their fruit farm in West Flanders, are perceived as a pretty unique player, given that West Flanders is best known for its fruit production.
