“We’re excited to share that things are progressing well at Nourse Farms,” says John Place, CEO of the berry plant nursery. Photo right: John Place, Nourse Farms CEO The company’s operations are now in full swing across three key locations, North Carolina, Massachusetts, and Washington, each playing a…
The Organizing Committee of Fruit Attraction, which will be held from September 30 to October 2, met yesterday in Madrid and confirmed the good progress that the Fair’s 17th edition is having and that they expect growth in all parameters. Three months before its start, 2,179 companies from 61 countries…
The Eldoret airport runway expansion project is underway, aiming to accommodate larger cargo aircraft, thereby impacting the agricultural export capacity for farmers and agri-businesses in Kenya’s North Rift region. The Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) Board Chairman, Caleb Kositany, along with Regional…
FreshFleet, a supply chain platform focused on the fresh produce sector, has launched FreshTradeDesk, a new marketplace designed to connect buyers and sellers in real time. The platform aims to improve speed, communication, and efficiency across the fresh produce trading process by allowing users to…
You might remember from your school days the myth of Jason and the Argonauts, who went in search of the Golden Fleece. But did you know that the ancient Greeks placed that legendary quest in what is now modern-day Georgia—a country on the Black Sea, separated from Russia by the Caucasus Mountains and sharing borders to the…
More than 50 technicians, farmers, and traders attended the pomology exhibition organised in Casemurate (Ravenna) last week by Battistini Vivai, which featured varieties and selections of blueberries, raspberries, cherries, apricots, peaches, and nectarines. Click here for the photo gallery! “The samples…
“As demand for artificial intelligence explodes, data centers are struggling with grid capacity, congestion, and community acceptance. On the other side, as decarbonization efforts intensify, greenhouse growers are under pressure to move away from fossil-based heating,” says Carlos Reuven, co-founder &…
A Colchester County farm manager is concerned about a strawberry disease that has reached P.E.I. and could potentially make its way into Nova Scotia. Neopestalotiopsis, which is a fungal pathogen, harms both leaves and fruit. Jonathan Millen of Millen Farms says he hasn’t encountered it on his crops yet,…
Spain joined the European Union (then EEC) exactly 40 years ago. Since then, its fruit and vegetable exports have grown considerably. In this period, the country’s fruit and vegetable imports have skyrocketed, going from 546,920 tons in 1986 to 5.4 million tons in 2024. In the first year of accession,…
The Tomato Growers and Processors Association of Nigeria has pointed to increased demand during Sallah celebrations and low production output to explain the recent rise in tomato prices. Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria, Mr. Rabiu Zuntu, Chairman of TOPAN Kaduna State chapter, offered insights…
We used to talk about feeding the world when we discussed the increasing need for greenhouse vegetables, but now… let’s talk about feeding your face. Beauty brand Lush has launched a new range of ‘fresh’ skincare, all powered by vegetables. We’ve seen cucumbers in eye masks before, but this takes things…
Even with today’s advanced agricultural technologies, plant diseases can still be extremely devastating to crops, causing billions of dollars in losses worldwide every year. Begomoviruses represent a prominent example of this threat—these whitefly-transmitted pathogens cause yellow leaf curl disease in…