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Arrival first vessel of Zespri New Zealand Kiwifruit in Zeebrugge
Wednesday around midnight the Star Quality has finished her maiden voyage from the port of Tauranga to Zeebrugge. On board the first Zespri New Zealand kiwifruit of this season. The Kiwifruit season from New Zealand has an early start this year. It is the earliest start ever! Perfect growing conditions have..... 0 comments


Fruttital Distribuzione (Italy) is starting South African citrus import season
The Italian company Fruttital Distribuzione is going to start its import season for South African citrus. FreshPlaza has asked Marco Bernardi - sales manager in the Verona office of Fruttital - a comment on both the finished grape season and the upcoming citrus season."We have been working with South Africa..... 0 comments

Costa Rica’s Pineapples could be poisining locals
Costa Rica is one of the worlds biggest growers and exporters of Pineapples in the world with companies such as Dole and Del Monte growing them all across the Caribbean Coast. However recent inhabitants of Guacimo on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica marched to San Jose this week to try and stop a local..... 0 comments

Australia: Growers, our seed potatoes can feed world
Foreign aid should be redirected to pay WA farmers to grow seed potatoes for starving nations, the Federal Government will be told. The WA Potato Growers Association plans to write to Foreign Affairs Minister Stephen Smith arguing it would not only help address the world’s growing food shortage but also..... 0 comments

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UK: Less packaging or more food storage info? When green issues collide
A new report suggests they aren't doing enough to educate consumers on storage methods for fresh fruit and vegetables and are thus contributing to the 6.7 million tonnes of food thrown away each year in the UK. But when they alternative is extra packaging, which is equally likely to cause howls of protest..... 0 comments

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Kenya farmers ready for more trade and less aid
The recent pledge by Asda chief executive Andy Bond to source an additional £30m worth of fresh produce from African farmers over the next five years, was a welcome relief by East African Farmers especially from Kenya after the recent elections violence which rocked the country.Although most of the..... 0 comments

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China adopts strict food safety law
In Beijing's food industry, the penalty for causing serious indigestion could be incarceration. With the Olympic Games only 14 weeks away, the spotlight is falling on dinner plates and food carts in the Chinese capital. Amid promises from municipal officials that athletes and audiences would be guaranteed..... 0 comments

New WUWM Chairman Urges Greater Understanding of Sector
The World Union of Wholesale Markets (WUWM) held Board elections during its recent conference in Mexico City which saw Graham Wallace, Head of Glasgow Markets in the UK become Chairman, and Torben Flinch, Managing Director of Copenhagen Markets in Denmark become Vice Chairperson.Seven Directors were also..... 0 comments


Original Chiquita commercial
This commercial for Chiquita bananas was probably broadcast in the 1940s. It proves that in that time most people were still unfamiliar with bananas. It shows the difference between 'normal' bananas and plantains and how to determine whether a banana is ripe. Click here for the..... 0 comments

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Philippine leader says 'no' to veggie food-crisis plan
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has rejected an appeal by animal rights activists to convert to a vegetarian diet to help fight rising food prices, her spokesman said Thursday. "The President would be for freedom of choice," was her spokesman Ignacio Bunye's reaction to a formal letter sent by the Asia..... 0 comments

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Dutch study unlocks key to firm tomatoes
Dutch scientists said on Friday they have identified a key gene that protects tomatoes against a common fungus that causes the plants to wilt. The fungus Fusarium oxysporum can make a compound that overcomes two of three genes in tomatoes that help ward off disease. But a third tomato gene targets the..... 0 comments

Ukraine police sieze Turk, 142 kilos of cocaine
Ukrainian border police on Thursday seized a Turkish national and his lorry loaded with cocaine worth as much as 14.2 million dollars, the Interfax news agency reported. The bust took place at a road checkpoint on the Russo-Ukrainian border near the city of Kharkiv. The driver, a Turkish citizen aged 49, had..... 0 comments

UK: Blue 13 blight strain is set to dominate
Phenylamide resistance will be the main blight control challenge this season and to tackle it effectively programmes need to be constructed in two distinct phases.Last year the frequency of A2 mating types increased dramatically and the highly aggressive ‘Blue 13’ strain dominated the population from the..... 0 comments

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Soil Association Organic Food Awards 2008
We are delighted to announce that we are running our hugely popular Soil Association Organic Food Awards this year in association with our media partner, The Times and our sponsor, Highland Spring. These awards are a great opportunity for companies to showcase their best quality organic food and drink to a..... 0 comments

UK remains confused over 'Five A Day'
66% believe they know how to achieve "five-a-day", but with 25% believing orange squash to be one portion of fruit the UK is clearly a nation confused. Contrary to efforts to promote a healthy lifestyle with the ‘five a day’ message, the nation continues to be surprisingly confused and misguided on achieving..... 0 comments


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India: Potato farmers pay the price of futures ban
In the upper reaches of Kinnaur, farmers primarily grow potatoes. Living as they do in remote and inaccessible areas, they need to make a two-day trek to get to the plains where they can sell their potatoes. A Kinnaur farmer must sell his potatoes, for that will allow him to buy other items he needs as well..... 0 comments

India: Tremendous scope for vertical growth in biotech crops
With trials of India’s first genetically modified (GM) food crop, Bt. Brinjal (insect-tolerant vegetable), progressing well, the anti-biotechnology lobby seems to have become active. Those opposed to biotechnology in agriculture are spreading disinformation, according to Dr Usha B. Zehr, Joint Director of..... 0 comments

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Organic producers winning Hong Kong exports
A small Victorian organic group that has only been operating for nine months has just completed its first export. The Central Victorian Organic Network entertained some Hong Kong businessman with a dinner of Australian lamb in Bendigo. They liked the lamb so much they ordered an air freight container's..... 0 comments

India: Himachal's apple production to fall by 33% this year
The Himachal Pradesh government is expecting almost 33 per cent fall in apple production this year, compared to last year's output as unfavourable weather condition is affecting the production of the fruit. "This year we are not anticipating bumper crop as we achieved last year in view of unfavourable..... 0 comments

N Mindanao veggie group assures of stable prices
Prices of vegetables coming from Northern Mindanao will remain steady, an official of a vegetable producers’ association said Thursday. "Unlike rice, the price of vegetables is not decided by the market. Vegetables have a particularly lower demand," said Leo M. Eduria, vegetable coordinator for the Northern..... 0 comments

Retired fruit trees decorate Nanchang
Over 800 retired orange trees have been planted along the road in Nanchang, the capital of eastern China's Jiangxi Province to create more pleasing urban scenery. At the beginning of the year, Nanchang's municipal bureau in charge of landscaping bought nearly 20,000 fruit trees that had been phased out by..... 0 comments

India: 20% drop in output, Goa cashew nuts to cost more
The unseasonal rains have affected the cashew crop in the state to the extent that the local suppliers of ready-to-eat cashew nut may even have to import raw cashew nuts from other countries. Cashew is the major plantation crop of the state, presently covering 55,000 hectares area with a produce of 27,000..... 0 comments



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