BOLLO
Bollo Natural Fruit, which has more than 8,000 hectares under cultivation, is one of the top three Spanish fruit and vegetable companies with a sales volume of around 500,000 tonnes. […]
Wed 18/10/2023 by Maria del Mar Valenzuela
El Corte Inglés
Carrefour is to purchase 47 SuperCor stores in Spain from El Corte Inglés in a deal worth €60 million. The transaction includes supermarkets and convenience stores located in strategic areas […]
Wed 18/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Mercabarna
The Barcelona wholesale market Mercabarna has seen its exports of fruit and vegetables double since it set up the Mercabarna-Export Cluster in 2013. In 2014, companies house within the market […]
Wed 18/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Fruit Attraction
A jury presented Fruit Attraction’s Innovation Hub Fresh Produce award to xEXPRIMIR, while the F&V Industry award went to FMC AGRICULTURAL SOLUTION, and the Sustainability Actions and Commitment award was […]
Mon 16/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
European Commission
At the end of September, the Commission revealed the eight winners of the second edition of the EU Organic Awards. Much like last year’s edition, this year’s winners are various […]
Wed 11/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
OPTA
OPTA Europe has called on EU legislators to oppose gene editing and support agroecology. In a position paper, the organisation wrote: “As the EU stands at a crossroads concerning the […]
Wed 11/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
CSO Italy
Producers in Italy expect a 15 per cent decrease in their national production this season compared with the previous year, due mainly to the impact of the disease known locally […]
Wed 11/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Eurofresh Distribution
The outgoing Dutch government has announced it is to set aside €50m for development of the organic market, with a total of €175m made available for investments in agriculture. Bionext, […]
Wed 11/10/2023
DG-Agri
After a slowdown in April, EU agri-food trade bounced back in May with an increase in both imports and exports. The increase in exports was greater than in imports allowing […]
Tue 10/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Ecovalia
The XVII European Congress on Organic Production (EOC23), organised by Ecovalia and IFOAM Organics Europe, hosted the main agents of the European organic sector for three days in the capital […]
Tue 10/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Ifema
Biovegen, the biotechnology platform dedicated to connecting advances in agricultural research with the needs of companies, consolidated its collaboration with the Fruit Attraction fair this year. In 2021 Biovegen opted […]
Mon 09/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
Edeka
In the first 6 months of 2023, Spanish exports of fresh fruits and vegetables to Germany were worth €2.88 billion, up 12% compared to the same period in 2022, according […]
Thu 05/10/2023 by Richard Wilkinson
