FRUIT AND VEGETABLE NEWS

Shayda®: The New CIV Strawberry conquering Export and Northern European Markets
The CIV is specialized in varietal innovation and strawberry breeding, is focusing its efforts on developing the SHAYDA® CIVL519pbr variety in Spain

Westfalia Fruit trials exclusive technology targeting food safety and sustainability
Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, has conducted the first successful trials of an innovative and natural method of ensuring food safety within the supply chain.

It’s Bio invites the consumers to go organic with a nutritionist
Informing the consumers about organic seasonal fruit and vegetables, the difference between conventional and organic cultivation, or the simple daily use of products in the kitchen.

Solid result Royal HZPC Group and announcement of change CEO
Potato breeding company Royal HZPC Group expects to achieve a similar result for the financial year 2023 / 2024 (July – June) as the year 2022 / 2023.

Goldenberry Farms Prepares for Initial Sugar Mango Exports for 2024 Season
The company was awarded federal trademark protections for the item in 2023

Leading sustainable growth in Asia’s new avocado markets
Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables has capped off an exciting year of growth in Asia – in India and China, two of the fastest growing avocado markets in the world, as well as Japan. The company is also forecasting continued market growth across the region into the latter half of the decade.

Dulcis™ debuts at Fruit Logistica
The first results of the sales campaign were presented during the Berlin fair: in the first three weeks of 2024, the increase was close to 80%, from 8 to 14 tonnes.

Vertical integration and assortment: VOG sets the standard in the apple category
At Fruit Logistica the Consortium presented the developments in the reorganisation that has resulted in coordination of all production chain phases. The trend for the 2023-2024 sales campaign is encouraging

CIV strawberry/apple varietal innovation at Fruit Logistica 2024
President Mauro Grossi: “CIV is going to be at Fruit Logistica from 7 to 9 February for its 40th anniversary since its foundation to present the fruit of the Apple and Strawberry Breeding program and to meet with industry operators and European and international partners”.

FRUIT LOGISTICA Innovation Award: nominees unveiled and new tech award announced
Leading trade show for the global fresh produce business underlines commitment to industry innovation with the brand-new FLIA Technology alongside its much-coveted annual FLIA prize.

The man who came from the east
Ginés García (Torre Pacheco, Murcia, 1961) speaks Polish, Czech, Croatian, Serbo-croatian, some Russian and obviously, English. He returned from the east two years ago, from Eastern Europe, and now it could be said that he lives in Murcia because he now stays overnight in the city more than two days running.

New challenges for Germany
Last year on these dates, my editorial was titled “Germany resists”, an article clearly alluding to the slow, but still positive growth of the German economic motor, which today evidently would be incorrect.








