Freshfel Europe
As part of its Environmental Footprint Initiative, Freshfel Europe alongside members is embarking on the development of a shadow Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for fruit and vegetables. The […]
Wed 09/11/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
A new USaid project will introduce new genetically engineered aubergine varieties to Bangladesh and the Philippines. The Feed the Future Insect-Resistant Eggplant Partnership will be led by Cornell University, New […]
Thu 27/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Freshfel Europe’s consumption monitor indicates that fruit and vegetable consumption in the EU has dropped to 349.19 g/capita/day, prompting Freshfel Europe to urge the sector to build on the environmental, […]
Tue 21/12/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
EU Commission
The 2021 EU Agricultural Outlook conference will take place online on 9 and 10 December. Now in its eighth edition, the theme of this year’s event is ‘Fit for 2030 […]
Wed 08/12/2021 by EU Commission/Richard Wilkinson
At the start of 2021, two large French cooperatives of apple producers merged, creating the Limdor & Castang Company. Maxime Laclaverie of the commercial department said: “This partnership is most […]
Fri 03/12/2021 by Natalia Bammatova
Founded in 2000 in New Zealand and then in 2007 in Kenya, the Olivado Fresh brand is already famous in many countries for its extra virgin avocado and coconut oils. […]
Thu 02/12/2021 by Pierre Escodo
Eurofresh Distribution
The Environment Agency has launched a project to establish standardised metrics to measure environmental performance in the food and drink sector. The project, in partnership with the Institute for Manufacturing […]
Mon 11/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
A new study by the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission shows how the choices farmers make to adopt voluntary green practices are affected by how much they are already obliged to contribute to the environment.
Wed 11/08/2021 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 […]
Tue 10/08/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Omer-Decugis & Cie
French importer SIIM has announced the arrival of the world’s first ‘Zero Carbon’ pineapple. By measuring and offsetting the carbon emissions from its plantations in Santo Domingo, Ecuador, to its […]
Tue 10/08/2021 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 […]
Tue 29/06/2021 by Julie Butler
