A new freight railway service is to open in October that will connect Alicante (Spain) with Barking (London) once a week. Trains will leave the Spanish port on Thursdays and […]
mar 17/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Spain imported 9.4% more fruit and vegetables in the first 5 months of 2021, according to FEPEX. Fruit imports were up by 13% to 772,000 tons, with pears and apples […]
lun 16/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Label Investments has acquired Tropical Organic Growers, a leading Mexican marketer of organic bananas, reaffirming the firm’s commitment to organics. Alexandre Pierron Darbonne, founder and CEO of Label Investments, said: […]
mar 10/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
UNICA, the leading horticultural exporter in Spain, and MAAVi Innovation Centre, the largest biotechnology centre dedicated to natural agriculture in Europe, founded by Kimitec, have signed a strategic collaboration agreement […]
mar 10/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
The Fresh Food Logistics Fair and the Nuts Hub are among the new proposals that will be on offer when the world’s produce sector meets in person at Fruit Attraction […]
mar 03/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Sun World International
Spanish grape specialist Uvas Doce has developed new varieties to seduce the world. Alfredo Miralles, manager of Uvas Doce., said: “This year will be our first season producing and marketing […]
lun 02/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Comité de Gestión de Cítricos (CGC)
The bulk of this first experimental shipment coordinated by the Citrus Management Committee (CGC) of nine containers of Valencia oranges left the Port of Valencia on June 9, arriving at […]
mer 21/07/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Barcelona’s wholesale market Mercabarna has announced the winners of the 2nd Paco Muñoz Awards which recognise initiatives to reduce food waste. The winner in the private sector was Catalonia-based supermarket […]
mar 20/07/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Global consumer demand for organic food increased substantially during the pandemic, with evidence that retail sales have increased by as much as 30% in some countries. But even before the […]
jeu 15/07/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Copa and Cogeca have expressed their growing concern about the consequences of the EU-Morocco agreement on the fruit and vegetable markets, particularly the tomato market. With the cumulative effects of […]
mar 06/07/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Pierre ESCODO, Eurofresh Distribution
The 4th International Biofruit Congress, on organic demand and sustainable supply, kicked off on June 17 with a digital session held on LiveConnect at ifema.es. “How to satisfy the more […]
mar 29/06/2021 by Julie Butler
As every year, the General Meeting of Members of the Protected Plant Varieties Club has carried out an overview of Nadorcott. It has concluded that the success of this protected […]
mar 29/06/2021 by Don Pawanco
