New from Bonduelle with Protein Salad
Bonduelle, the market leader in vegetables in Italy, revolutionises the world of fresh-cut vegetables and introduces for the first time legume and vegetable salads that naturally contain protein,

Transporting bananas by rail back on track
Thirty years ago, it was very common to transport bananas by rail in Europe. That type of transport stopped for some time, says Johan Claes, director of the Belgian New Fruit Wharf (BNFW), which

Where next for Belgian horticultural research?
What are the main challenges facing vegetable growers in Belgium at the moment, and what are they coming to you for research on? Indoors it’s mainly Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV) and

Tamil Nadu grapes get Geographical Indication tag
This is Tamil Nadu’s famous Cumbum Panneer Thratchai, also known as Cumbum grapes. The Cumbum grapes recently earned the Geographical Indication tag or GI tag. The Cumbum valley located at the

How America’s beloved Meyer lemon caused a mid-century citrus panic
“To those who have never tasted them, our recurring insistence on Meyer lemons may seem like an irritating California eccentricity,” famed farm-to-table chef Alice Waters writes in her book

Mastronardi Produce responds to lawsuit from NatureSweet
NatureSweet® has filed a third lawsuit against Mastronardi Produce LTD and Mastronardi Produce-USA, Inc. The lawsuit alleges that Mastronardi is mimicking NatureSweet's licensed packaging. The

Uganda's avocado ambitions
With Hass avocado plantings booming across the world – not least in Peru, Colombia and Kenya – you would be forgiven for thinking there wasn’t much need for another country to get in on the

Naeco plants a new forest as a result of its Naeco Reforest programme
With this initiative, which it has carried out for the second time, it seeks to contribute to the fight against climate change, the protection of biodiversity and the improvement of air and soil