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Extreme weather conditions causing UK red cabbage shortage
4+ hour, 49+ min ago (82+ words) Fruitnet Extreme weather conditions causing UK red cabbage shortage Hot weather and lack of rainfall has affected red cabbage production, with short supply set to continue for coming weeks This is premium content Take out a subscription today and you…...
Royal Berry agrees deal to acquire Dutch Berries
9+ hour, 1+ min ago (229+ words) Merger of two of Netherlands’ leading berry companies set to create 110ha production operation at start of 2027 Two of the Netherlands’ leading berry suppliers are to merge at the start of 2027, after Royal Berry announced it would acquire strawberry company Dutch…...
South Tyrol suppliers forecast bumper summer fruit season
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (183+ words) Cooperatives Vip and Meg say they are using new AI technology to boost production at high altitude South Tyrol’s summer fruit production is primed for productive season, according to two of its leading suppliers Vip and Meg, with around 900,000 new…...
First container of new-season Alpine Fresh blueberries lands in China, selling out in one hour
5+ day, 13+ hour ago (248+ words) Container opening marks to launch of the Peruvian blueberry season in China On 10 July, the season’s first container of Alpine Fresh Peruvian blueberries, imported by Jiaxing Higo, was officially opened at the Jiaxing Haiguangxing Market, marking the launch of the…...
Optiflux raises €2.5mn to fund expansion of fruit quality management tool
6+ day, 7+ hour ago (287+ words) KU Leuven spin-off quintupled its customer base in 2025 and accelerates international expansion Optiflux, the Belgian agtech spin-off from KU Leuven specialising in AI-powered quality management for fresh fruit and vegetables, has successfully closed a €2.5mn funding round. The company said it…...
Serbia emerges as a promising new fresh berry source
1+ week, 2+ day ago (347+ words) A GPG visit to berry production sites sees growers embracing premium fresh-market programmes, new genetics and climate-adaptive systems. (Pictured left to right) Nebojsa Momirovic of Zeleni Hit, Radosav Rakovic of Fito Mineral and GPG’s Jamie Petchell Global Plant Genetics (GPG)…...
OZblu Global Grower Conference advances blueberry brand
1+ week, 2+ day ago (390+ words) Event examined how to strengthen the production and marketing supporting the premium blueberry offering l-r Sean Li (sales manager for China, United Exports), Jinming Shan (Pagoda Group), Jon Salters (global CEO, United Exports), RogerHorak (founder, United Exports), Peter Zhu (executive…...
Exporter to importer: How Cherry Passion secured its own survival
1+ week, 5+ day ago (171+ words) Stefano Pezzo tells Fruitnet how and why his family-run export company in Verona transformed itself into a major importer Faced with changing consumer demand, fiercer competition, and the effects of a warming climate, Italian company Cherry Passion had no choice…...
How EU realignment risks global fruit imports
1+ week, 6+ day ago (157+ words) Nina Pullman is joined by chief executive of the Fresh Produce Consortium, Nigel Jenney, to discuss how the upcoming EU-UK reset deal could spell trouble for imports from the rest of the world. While set to ease trade with Europe,…...
Del Monte on pioneering premium tropicals across European markets
2+ week, 2+ day ago (612+ words) Gianpaolo Renino of the newly-rebranded Del Monte Corporation discusses the group’s strategic approach to tropical fruit innovation Ahead of the Fruitnet Tropicals Congress, which takes place in Barcelona on 30 June-1 July, Fruitnet speaks to Del Monte Corporation’s Gianpaolo Renino. Renino,…...