Growing perennial apple, sweet cherry and grape orchards causes minimal environmental harm
FAO (UN) experts are completing a global Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study this year in Uzbekistan’s fruit and vegetable sector,...
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Growing onions or watermelons: which is more harmful to the planet?
Over the past two years, a team of FAO (UN) experts in Uzbekistan has conducted a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment...
Climate reshapes the global market: top fruit and vegetable crops at risk of price surges or disruption
Climate change is no longer a distant, abstract risk for the fruit and vegetable sector. It is rapidly becoming one...
EU launches open genetic database of 17,600 tomato accessions to boost climate-resilient breeding
The EU has assembled a multifunctional collection of 226 traditional tomato varieties to study the stability of agronomic traits and...
Vertical farming market set to quadruple by 2032
The global vertical farming market is on track to quadruple within the next seven years, according to a report by...
Sun Belle rolls out new premium blackberry label
Berry marketer and distributor Sun Belle has launched Craveabelles, a new premium blackberry label looking to sweeten up the category...
Geothermal greenhouse projects highlight Turkey’s growing focus on EU tomato exports
A new geothermal greenhouse at W Agro Park in Kayseri, Turkey, is expected to produce around 2,500 tons of fresh...
Planasa’s Blue Maldiva jumbo blueberry variety gains global traction
Planasa says uptake of its Blue Maldiva variety is increasing in different regions of the world. “From Mexico to China,...
A dual-arm fruit harvesting robot is more efficient than other models (video)
ARS (Agricultural Research Service) researchers in East Lansing, MI in collaboration with Michigan State University, developed a new dual-arm harvesting...
Demand for blueberries is rising in India amid supply constraints and seasonal gaps
Demand for blueberries is growing strongly in India, but the seasonal transition is narrowing availability and creating a supply gap...