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A century in business might suggest tradition, but at South Australian vegetable producer AE Cranwell & Sons, the focus is increasingly on what comes next. The family business has been growing Brussels sprouts for 100 years. And while business owner Robert Cranwell remains heavily involved, the next generation is taking on a larger role, with […]

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Saudi Arabia announced Wednesday the end of a ban on Lebanese imports, including fresh produce, that had been in place since 2021. Hania Chahal, Lebanese agricultural marketing economist, welcomes the decision and outlines what it means for Lebanese exporters. “This is a long-awaited decision here in Lebanon. It is a very positive move on the […]

“In Spain, there were supply shortages for a long time, which became ever more evident as the Dutch season began,” Tom van der Meer, bell pepper product manager at Combilo, a wholesaler in the Netherlands, said recently. “Meanwhile, there’s once again a noticeably reasonable supply of Dutch bell peppers. Favorable local weather conditions helped accelerate […]

The province of Almería in southern Spain is home to the largest concentration of plastic greenhouses in the world. The so-called “mar de plástico” covers nearly 40,000 hectares across the Campo de Dalias coastal plain, where more than 16,000 greenhouses produce around 40% of the fresh vegetables consumed in Europe during the autumn and winter […]

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The March-to-July period presents a recurring challenge for Ivorian coconut exporters. With European importers shifting their focus to mangoes during that time, and Ivorian exporters largely doing the same, the coconut trade enters a prolonged slowdown precisely when supply is at its peak. For Stéphane Djédji, Sales Manager at CICS, this is an opportunity to […]

Coöperatie Hoogstraten, the Belgian cooperative based in the Antwerp province, is well known for its strawberries. The cooperative’s strawberries, sold in their distinctive boxes and retail packs, are a familiar sight across the market, particularly during the peak strawberry season. VersPodium, an initiative of Wilma van den Oever and Maurice Wubben, brought a group of […]

The Eastern Cape has been declared a disaster area, and in the Langkloof, the harvest is resuming: blocks of Pink Lady need to be finished before the last apple variety of the season, Cripps Red (Joya®) can be attended to. The runoff from huge amounts of rain, as much as 1,000 mm over two days, […]