Bigger, tastier tomatoes and eggplants could soon grace our dinner plates thanks to Johns Hopkins scientists who have discovered genes that control how large the fruits will grow. The research—led by teams at Johns Hopkins University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory—could lead to the development of new…
Field cucumber prices in North America are showing slight strengthening as demand is expected to pick up after a weaker market for nearly three months. Mexico continues shipping at high volumes, while Florida’s season is beginning, and Honduras is wrapping up earlier than usual. A sunny start to March in…
On Friday, February 28th, cyclone Garance “disfigured” Reunion Island, according to prefect Patrice Latron, who has launched the accelerated natural disaster procedure. The latest death toll reported by local authorities is 5. Already weakened by cyclone Belal in January 2024 and 7 months of drought, the…
For Lucy Wilkins, the journey into the berry industry was driven by both opportunity and passion. “I’ve been in the berry industry for just over four years. Before joining Angus Soft Fruits, I was working in cereal breeding,” she explains. “I was attracted to the industry because there was so much…
Braga Fresh, home of Josie’s Organics, will debut extensions to its line of conventional chopped salad kits at SEPC Southern Exposure, on March 8 in Orlando, Florida. The chopped salad kit line is extended with four flavors: Fajita Style with crunchy dried sweet corn and crispy onions; Sweet Chili with…
A Carrefour premiere: Romanian grapes for the first time on the shelf in FebruaryCarrefour Romania is bringing Romanian grapes to the store shelves in the country for the first time in February, in a storage pilot project with the producers of the “Cooperativa Grădina noastra” in Huși. Through the…
For the last 27 years, the Vegetable Orchestra in Vienna, Austria, has been playing with their food. The 11 musicians that make up this unorthodox band prepare for their concerts by hollowing out carrots and celery, peeling onion skins and cutting aubergines (eggplants), and piling up fresh produce…
Over the past 100 years, supermarkets have subtly shaped our expectations of how fruits and vegetables should appear. We’ve been conditioned to believe that red peppers are naturally uniform, cucumbers are always straight, onions are no larger than a cricket ball, and tomatoes are near-perfect spheres -…
Imagine this: Outside, it’s a freezing winter. The temperature has dropped to -25°C, -30°C, everything is covered in ice, and the bitter cold wind dominates the landscape. The ground is frozen solid, and nature has fallen into a deep slumber. But as you step inside the glass walls of a greenhouse, you…
Effective from the 1st of February 2025, Ted Vollebregt has been appointed as managing director of PECO’s substrate businesses Lensli Substrates, MEEGAA Substrates, and Free Peat by the Board of PECO. Toine Schipper (left), Ted Vollebregt (middle) and Frank Meeuwisse (right) pictured in the Lensli office…
Expert glasshouse installation specialists at CambridgeHOK have completed one of the most challenging and unique projects in its 70-year history—a four-story facility atop a new ‘urban living’ development in Swansea. The project, undertaken for Hacer Developments as part of its unique, first-of-a-kind…
UK: Supermarket sales slow amid growing concerns about higher food inflationLatest data from NielsenIQ (NIQ) shows Total Till sales growth in UK supermarkets slowed to 4.0% during the four weeks to 22nd February, down from the 5.3% figure recorded in January. Over the four weeks, meat, fish and poultry…