Published: Jul 04, 2012

B.C. raspberry producers will increase their competitiveness by developing new products with the support of the Governments of Canada and British Columbia.

Published: Jul 04, 2012

Despite the 2011 floods, in which 130 million litres of water swamped orchards, Riverina blood orange growers are seeing record crops this year.

Published: Jul 03, 2012 By: Nathan Gray

A supplement made from fruit and vegetable concentrates could help boost health and fight fat in overweight children, say researchers.

Published: Jul 02, 2012

A new discovery could make more tomatoes taste like heirlooms, reports an international research team headed by a University of California, Davis, plant scientist.

Published: Jul 02, 2012

Dole Fresh Vegetables, a subsidiary of Dole Food, is recalling 2,598 cases of bagged salad in the US, as the products may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

The food and fruit industries to be vigilant against a banned variety of genetically modified papaya coming into the EU from Thailand, say experts.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Nitrate-rich vegetables, such as spinach, could have a ‘powerful effect’ on boosting muscle strength by increasing the levels of certain proteins, according to new research in mice.

Published: Jun 30, 2012

Dried extracted residues from vegetables such as tomato peel and cauliflower waste are high in antioxidants and could provide low cost, sustainable dietary supplements, according to a study.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

A diet packed with vegetables could help stave off the development of acute pancreatitis, but fruit intake has no effect, say researchers.

Published: Jun 29, 2012 By: Stephen DANIELLS

The potential cardiovascular benefits of blueberry may be related to the berries’ anthocyanins interacting with bile acids to promote cholesterol reduction, suggests data from a study with hamsters.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

The U.S. 2012 tart cherry crop was forecast at 73.1 million lbs, down 68% from 2011 due to losses in top-producing Michigan, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in its annual Cherry Production report today.

Published: Jun 29, 2012

Laurence Olins, Chairman of British Summer Fruits, which represents 90 per cent of berries supplied to UK supermarkets, said "There is ample supply of British strawberries now and for the rest of the summer," contrary to some press reports of a shortage.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Lovers of early potatoes from the Pfalz should again not hope for a record harvest this year. "We expect the average harvest," Peter Schmidt, secretary of the growers association Pfälzer Grumbeere, said.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

In Austria the potato harvest started this year with varying yields per hectare. As the old harvest, as far as quantity is concerned, is no longer of importance, the branch concentrate entirely on selling early potatoes. In all federal states harvesting h

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: NEWS DESK

Wholesale prices of leafy vegetables in Taipei have risen 64% in comparison to what they were before Tropical Storm Talim, as a result of agricultural shortages.

Published: Jun 25, 2012

The Department of Agriculture is finalising new legislation which targets obesity in children by stating what can and can't be sold in vending machines and cranberries - as a sweetened product - could be be struck off the list.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: BBC

Britain is being taken to court by the European Commission in a battle over a £15m unpaid tax bill on imports of Chinese garlic.

Published: Jun 25, 2012 By: Archana Aroor

Life today is fast-paced, and to keep fit, one has to consume nutritious food. India isn't immune to this positive trend either, and the proof of the fact is the numerous ready-to-eat foods, healthy snacks and confectionery brands that have mushroomed in

Published: Jun 25, 2012

Victoria’s Deputy Premier Peter Ryan and Minister for Manufacturing, Exports and Trade, Richard Dalla-Riva recently announced the approval to SPC Ardmona of grants of $3.9 million from the Victorian Government’s “Sustainable Process Development Project” a

Published: Jun 22, 2012 By: Rod Addy

Netherlands-based SVZ has completed its acquisition of Mondi Foods from Sono International, following approval of the deal by competition authorities and the Dutch works council.