fruit and vegetable News
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€ 23 million EU support to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries
The European Commission has approved 20 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The total budget of the programmes, the grand majority of which will run for a period of three years, is € 46,5 million of which the EU contributes € 23,3 million. The selected programmes cover a variety of product categories, such as quality products (PDOs, ...
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Food Box Distribution Event at Agri-Plastics
Where can you find 30,000 lbs of food, 900 food boxes, 900 gallons of milk, and many boxes of a dozen eggs? At Agri-Plastics! It was a great day to be working with Volunteers of America Western Nebraska (VOAWN) and Hot Meals on the Farmer to Families Food Box Pickup Event. The free boxes contained fresh food: meat, dairy, fruit, and vegetables, milk, and eggs. Many volunteers and employees of ...
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New Report Shows Labor Challenges Lead to Loss in GDP, Farm Income as U.S. Farmers Lose Market Share of Imports
The Partnership for a New American Economy and theAgriculture Coalition for Immigration Reform today released a new report showing how American families are eating more imported fresh produce today than ever before, in substantial part because U.S. fresh produce growers lack enough labor to expand their production and compete with foreign importers. “American consumers want fresh U.S ...
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Technological innovation, new opportunities for young people, and company welfare: Unitec Campus among the winners of the responsible Innovators 2020 Award of the Emilia Romagna Region
UNITEC, specialised in the design and manufacture of technologies for the sorting of the quality of fresh fruit and vegetables, is one of the winners of the Responsible Innovators 2020 Award. The initiative was sponsored by the Emilia Romagna Region, and was aimed at enhancing the actions which contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, carried ...
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Soil Health for Fruit & Vegetable Producer Training Coming to Red Lake, Mahnomen
SFA’s Soil Health for Fruit and Vegetable Producers training program, which teaches soil health principles, how to measure soil health, tools and techniques and more, is coming to two locations in northwest Minnesota. First, farmers Zachary Paige and Jim Chamberlin will speak from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Tues., April 30, at Adaawe-Wigamgig Business Center, 23750 Highway 1 E, Red Lake. Free; light ...
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CAP reform: European Commission adopts delegated acts
The European Commission adopted today the first package of delegated acts for the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aiming at making the CAP fairer, greener and more targeted. Those texts supplement the four basic acts adopted on 13 December 2013 by the European Parliament and the Council for the reform of the CAP. Dacian Cioloş, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural ...
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Bioconservacion leader in Ethylene Removal Solutions in Fruit Logistica
The Fruit Logistica fair will be held between the 3rd and 6th of February in Berlin, Germany. Bioconservacion will present their technology for ethylene removal and will show the benefits of having ethylene-free environments. We'll be pleased to greet you at our stand C-12, hall-25. Bioconservacion is specialized in post-harvest solutions for cold storage and transportation of the fresh produce. ...
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Bioconservacion in Asia Fruit Logistica
ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA will take place from 7 to 9 September 2016 in Hong Kong and it is the only annual international trade exhibition for fresh fruit and vegetable marketing in Asia which focuses exclusively on the fresh produce sector and related value chain for the whole Asian region. ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA offers unparalleled opportunities to find out what is happening in the rapidly changing ...
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A Letter from the Hawaii Agricultural Foundation and the Hawai`i Farm Bureau
As you know, recent cases of rat lungworm disease (RLWD) has garnered substantial public interest, and unfortunately, inaccurate and fearful misconceptions about the safety of locally grown and prepared foods. In response to numerous questions and requests for help, our organizations have been actively working with state agencies and the business community to support Hawaii's local food industry. ...
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New insecticide Sivanto registered in the USA
Bayer CropScience has received the registration for its new insecticide Sivanto™ from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Sivanto™, which was developed to control devastating sucking pests on fruits and vegetables as well as most broadacre crops, will be available for the 2015 growing season. Further registrations for Sivanto™ prime are expected in spring 2015 in ...
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Surge-Valve Demonstrated in South Texas
Surge-valves and poly-pipe will be used for irrigation specific designed for farmers. And these valves will be displayed in the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Weslaco The surge-valve is an ideal device that adopts the reasonable use water technology. And a program is hosted to persuade 30 Valley growers to buy this kind of valve at a discounted price. This ...
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Don’t let summer go to “waste”
School will soon be out and summer is a great time for families to reduce waste in fun and new ways! First, remember to keep practicing the basics—reduce, reuse, and recycle. Find new ways to reduce your waste—eat more fruits and vegetables with compostable scraps and use fewer packaged snacks. Reuse what you already have—pack lunches for work or summer camp in washable ...
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San Diego Algae Products Company Hits Key Regulatory Milestone
Triton Algae Innovations, a San Diego-based startup company focused on new food and nutritional products derived from algae, has announced that it has achieved Independent Conclusion of GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status for its algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (c. reinhardtii). After a rigorous evaluation of a comprehensive dossier of scientific safety studies and characterization data, ...
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EUR 28m EU support for the promotion of agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 16 programmes in 12 Member States (Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Italy, Luxembourg, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom) to provide information on and to promote agricultural products in the European Union. The total budget of the programmes running between one and three years is € 62.1 million, of which the EU will ...
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East Central Workshop: Sustainable Vegetable Seed Production for Farmers
SFA East Central Chapter is hosting a workshop featuring Zachary Paige, “Sustainable Vegetable Seed Production for Farmers, from 10 a.m. to noon Sat., March 23, at the community room in Coborn’s, 209 6th Ave NE, Isanti. Paige (right), who leads SFA’s Soil Health for Fruit and Vegetable Producers program, will go over the three legs of sustainability (Ecological, Economic and ...
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San Diego Algae Products Company hits key regulatory milestone
Triton Algae Innovations, a San Diego-based startup company focused on new food and nutritional products derived from algae, has announced that it has achieved Independent Conclusion of GRAS (Generally Recognized As Safe) status for its algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (c. reinhardtii). After a rigorous evaluation of a comprehensive dossier of scientific safety studies and characterization data, ...
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Strategic alliance COLSEN & FLO-MECH LTD.
Flo-Mech Ltd. (Peterborough, UK) provides a wide range of products and services within the food processing industry in the UK, Republic of Ireland and in other parts of the world. The Flo-Mech equipment portfolio covers all aspects of fruit and vegetable processing, from back-end preparation through processing, electronic inspection, packaging and end-of-line equipment, with the potato processing ...
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HRS to showcase viscous heat transfer solutions at Foodex 2021
At Foodex 2021 stand T278, HRS Heat Exchangers will showcase its range of heat exchangers and turnkey food processing systems aimed at eliminating heat transfer challenges for viscous food products. Heat is fundamental to the food and drink industry and is widely used in all but the most basic food manufacturing and processing situations, in sectors as varied as dairy, fruit and vegetable ...
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Innovative products and new approaches to promote sustainability in horticulture
At the 29th International Horticultural Congress which takes place from August 17 to 22 in Brisbane, Australia, Bayer CropScience is showcasing its latest innovations and novel approaches for sustainable horticulture production. Under the theme ‘Innovating Together for Sustainable Horticulture’ experts from the company present recent product novelties and new solutions that underline ...
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LED lamp to make strawberries tastier and healthier
Who doesn’t love strawberries? What the Dutch call ‘summer kings’ look enticing, have a delicious taste and contain lots of vitamin C. Scientists at Wageningen UR Greenhouse Horticulture in Bleiswijk think that they can make the taste even better, the levels of antioxidants even higher and, especially, more constant. The trick? Exposing strawberries in a greenhouse to LED lamps. ...
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