Technology news from Eurofruit
Technology news stories with a direct relevance to the European fresh produce business, including updates on production and harvesting systems, sorting and grading machinery, packaging, coldstorage and controlled atmosphere, digital management, robots and automation, vertical farming, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Nets may prove worth in Serbian orchards
Severe storms in Serbia have ravaged multiple crops in the past two weeks, but investments in protective nets by the country’s apple growers may limit the damage
AgroFresh’s SmartFresh solution turns 20
Growers and packers all over the world have since come to rely on the game-changing technology
ABZ Innovation targets UK with precision ag drones
Hungarian agtech firm “poised to enter” UK market with precise spraying drones designed to reduce inputs and alleviate workforce pressures
Southern Biorefinery wins UAL award for best start-up
The project transforms agricultural waste from greenhouses into bioplastic
Tomra unveils new research orchard
Orchard to assist research into fruit growing conditions to make sorting and grading even more effective
BiomicAgritech’s top-down growing method brings rewards
Trials of its unique labour-saving cultivation method for trellised greenhouse vegetables are showing excellent results, according to BiomicAgritech
Festival of Fresh 2023 in pictures
FPJ’s open-air summer festival allowed the UK fresh produce trade to catch up, share ideas, enjoy the sun and take in a heavy-hitting speaker programme at the site of AMFRESH’s new packhouse and innovation centre
AgroFresh makes new board appointments
Brian Kocher, David McInerney, Tina Lawton and Sandor Nagy join board of post-harvest solutions provider
Tomra appoints new head of sales for fresh food
Peter Lamb to strengthen Tomra’s global support of fresh fruit and vegetable packhouses in new role
Netled builds vertical farm partnership with Rejlers
Company says new arrangement allows it to build hi-tech farms around the world faster, for supply into retail and foodservice
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Australian vegetables explore Europe
Government funding awarded to Australian vegetable industry to explore export opportunities in EU and UK
Mushrooms positioned as energy-boosting ‘super food’
Marketing campaign aims to increase limited awareness of vegetable’s vitamin B content as people’s diet suffers during cost-of-living crisis
Washington apple harvest estimate released
Washington State Tree Fruit Association releases 2023 forecast with a return to normal volumes and high quality fruit predicted
Turkish exporters turn focus to figs
Turkish fig exporters report high quality for the upcoming Black Bursa season, with weather conditions currently remaining favourable
New Spanish food summit aims to deepen UK trade ties
Event in London aims to boost trade between Spain and Britain and explore the potential for market growth in food and wine
Fruit Logistica brings sustainable innovation events to Spain
Fruit Logistica arrives in Almería and Murcia with two conferences on sustainable innovation
BetterSeeds sees benefits of gene-editing
The Israeli start-up is using gene-editing technology to design seeds that produce higher yields and faster-maturing crops that can adapt to the changing climate
Tevel partners with Unifrutti
Unifrutti introduces fruit-picking flying autonomous robots to its Chilean operations
Citrosol joins ARI Hub innovation platform
Move is part of company’s commitment to the development and sustainability of the agri-food sector
Stickers in the spotlight
Duncan Jones, senior marketing manager at Sinclair, looks at navigating the complexities of sustainable fruit stickers.