Bananas from Guatemala at £1.01: 4% drop from last week
This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale markets in Birmingham and

New study reveals blueberry quality discrepancies at retail markets
A study published in the Foods Journal finds that some preharvest and postharvest factors may influence the quality of blueberries. However, blueberries' phenolic content and antioxidant

The Ercolini pear season started 10 days earlier than usual in Lleida
The Ercolini pear season in Baix Segre, a region in the northeastern Spanish province of Lleida, has started about 10 days earlier than usual. According to Jordi Vidal, head of the provincial

Farbela, Farbaly and Nelson late apricots harvest expected to start soon in Italy
"Only a few more days left and then we will start harvesting the late varieties Farbela and Farbaly. We will give the market a little more time to absorb the mid-late apricots, such as Kioto and

Amazon workers at a warehouse in Britain will stage a strike for 3 days
UK: Riverford scoops hat-trick in annual organic awards Veg box company Riverford (and publisher of Wicked Leeks) scooped a hat-trick at the Soil Association-run BOOM Awards, for best veg box,

Ruszył skup wiśni
Tegoroczny sezon skupu wiśni w Polsce właśnie startuje. Podobnie jak w ubiegłym roku, pogoda nie była najlepsza dla tych owoców. W jednych rejonach kraju

Vip mountain cherry harvest kicks off
The VIP mountain cherry harvest is starting in the Vinschgau Valley. It will start this week and is expected to last until mid-August. The production, thanks to the favourable climatic conditions

“Producers can already place orders to acquire the only banana plant variety tolerant to Foc TR4”
Formosona-218 is currently the only somaclonal variant of the Cavendish banana that has a very high tolerance to Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense Tropical Race 4, the greatest threat to the

Fresh produce segment growing in former USSR Asian countries
While the fresh produce sector is experiencing both positive and negative aspects in many areas in Europe, other areas are going through significant developments. Futura srl, specialized in