NFU launches negotiation skills workshop
A new workshop focused on helping suppliers negotiate contracts is being launched by the NFU. The one-day negotiation training workshop, open to NFU members, is run by former supermarket senior

“Fusarium, Bremia and mildew resistance are our main focus in the leafy vegetable products"
This week the Enza Zaden Winter Leafy Days are being held in El Albujon, Murcia in Spain. Amid demo fields with dozens of familiar and new varieties, Enza Zaden breeders and colleagues will bring

Fresh produce probe in South Africa
A new probe in the distribution and marketing of fresh produce in South Africa will focus attention on the reasons for steep increases in fresh produce prices, while also focusing on the behaviour

APHIS authorizes imports of fresh mango from Grenada into the United States
United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is authorizing importation of fresh mango fruit from Grenada into the United States. The

“We are very excited about this year’s crop which is six to eight weeks earlier than New Zealand"
South Africa has been growing gold kiwifruit for around 10 years, but it is only during recent years that the production is really coming on and has a good consistent export quality fruit. In the

Gary Marshall calls for major industry rethink
Gary Marshall, the owner of New Covent Garden wholesaler Bevington Salads, says the UK market needs to rethink its expectations and learn from the situation as it deals with some of the highest

VOG presents its ORGANIC varieties at Biofach
With an organic production of thirty thousand tonnes in South Tyrol - South Tyrol and thanks to the expertise of the many hands that look after the apples from the orchard to the point of sale,

28% of people on lower incomes said worries about high energy costs led them to cook less vegetables
With recent research confirming vegetable sales have decreased during the cost of living crisis, this year’s Eat Them To Defeat Them campaign aims to play a role in supporting families to keep

Chile’s 2022/2023 season table grape exports to week 5 down by -5%
Chile's table grape exports until week 5 (February 5 of this year), reached 8.9 million boxes of 8.2 kg, which is -5% less than the previous season at the same date. Exports to the main market of