BIOFRESHI (Netherlands) at Fruit Logistica 2020 © Eurofresh Distribution The European Commission has decided to put back the launch of a new EU Organic Action Plan until 27 November 2021. […]
Mon 07/09/2020
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Sales of organic blueberries in the US have rocketed over the past 10 years, with volumes increasing six-fold, from around 6 million kilos per year in 2010 to over 40 […]
Thu 09/07/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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Smurfit Kappa has advanced one step further along its sustainability path with the signing of a commitment to link its CO2 target with the Science Based Target initiative (SBT) goals […]
Thu 11/06/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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The Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office issued opinion G 3/19 (Pepper) today and concluded that plants and animals exclusively obtained by essentially biological processes are not […]
Wed 27/05/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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It was a year ago that the Bioline Iberia’s biofactory opened in Santa María del Águila, El Ejido. The “biofactory” is the result of an alliance between Biocolor and Bioline […]
Mon 11/05/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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The market volume of Europe’s organic sector has broken the €40 billion barrier, according to data presented by Ecovalia, the national reference association for professionals in Spain’s organic sector. The […]
Wed 01/04/2020 by Richard Willkinson
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As part of its ongoing efforts in the field of responsible water use, Nature’s Pride announces it has successfully piloted GLOBALG.A.P.’s water add-on audit SPRING. Six strategic growers from Nature’s […]
Wed 04/03/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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FiBL workshop “Boosting the organic sector by integrating breeding into value chain partnerships” focused yesterday morning (13/02/2020) on how to foster and finance the breeding and the selection of organic varieties. It […]
Fri 14/02/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
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Botrytis bunch/fruit rot/grey mold and Monilia brown rot – fungal diseases which annually cost fruit growers and wine producers millions of euros in production losses worldwide, can now be controlled […]
Thu 05/12/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Researchers have found that soil fungi have the potential to replace fertilisers. Work carried out at the University of Leeds has shown for the first time that fungi, which form […]
Wed 13/11/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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In the Netherlands, 68 companies are suspected to have wrongly sold or recommended organic products in recent years. The protection of the term ‘organic’ is currently in the hands of […]
Wed 11/09/2019 by Richard Wilkinson
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Green Box it’s a family owned company that has been operating in the fruit and vegetable sector since 1924. However, it was almost thirty years ago when the Rubio’s family […]
Fri 01/09/2017 by Richard Wilkinson
