A survey shows that two-thirds of consumers in the Netherlands overlook legumes as meat substitutes, Nieuweoogst reported on July 11, 2024. The 2023 survey by vegetable and legume processor, HAK, paints a poor attitude by the Dutch towards plant-based protein foods. Nicole Freid, HAK’s MD, said during the survey reading that 67% of consumers still carry an “old-fashioned image” of...
Market prices for broccoli are steady in California markets, according to the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA). The agency’s February 12 report revealed light supplies at the Los Angeles terminal. However, prices still held at $18 per 20 pounds. Meanwhile, baby hybrid broccoli was notching higher at no more than $30 for 20-pound carton offerings. This...
Mexico’s mango farmers overcame the El Niño and drought to harvest a record 2.23 million tonnes, 0.03% more than 2022’s. The Agriculture and Rural Development Ministry (Sader) stated that the momentous harvest also dwarfed that of 10 years ago by 39%. Back in 2013, the count had peaked at 1.604 million mangoes. This 2023 harvest had also...
A farm in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has reaped abundantly from carbon credit sales. This has happened just a few weeks after an all-out strive to phase out carbon emissions at the COP28 summit in Dubai. The “David & Goliath” farm sold 5 million Euro (AED 20.413 million) worth of carbon credits on top of agricultural produce...
Costlier than a hamburger but solid and crispier on the inside, the smashburger is trending in London and New York. In London, select food joints are selling them by the pound, halves and quarter of pound measures to satiate the population. With a pounder costing below £15 in the UK, the smashburger is relatively accessible for a beef roll,...
A federal district judge in Manhattan handed Starbucks a class action lawsuit for selling “Refresher” fruit drinks containing no fruits. While dismissing two of the eleven petitions by two aggrieved consumers, U.S. district judge, J.P. Cronan, noted the unreasonable lack of fruit ingredients in fruit drinks. This gives direction to a case that has been bubbling for at least one year....
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Shipments of cherries from Chile totaled 300,230 tons in the first two months of the year, equivalent to US$ 1,543 million FOB. This represents 68% of the total value of fresh fruit exports in the period under analysis. Cherries continue to be one of the main fruits driving Chilean fruit exports so far this year....