A Bud Light commercial recently commemorated the one-year anniversary of the self-confession of transgender icon, Dylan Muvaney, by featuring an ad with a picture of hers on a beer can, subsequently leading to a boycott. The beer company is now being forced to apologize-and it has done so rather equivocally. Who is Dylan Mulvaney, for the 1% of the globe...
Ground Cinnamon From Vietnam Has Caused Panic in Spain
Around 30 persons have fallen sick after consuming a segment of ground cinnamon imported to Spain. The Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) confirmed this based on data it had received pertaining to the probable presence of Clostridium perfringens bacteria in ground cinnamon. Further details unearthed the source as possibly that of ground cinnamon shipped from Vietnam under...
Fruit and vegetables: Citrus fruits’ prices in Taranto drop 48%-Less consumption, too many production costs
TARANTO –Italy’s citrus prices on the Taranto marketplace have plummeted by 48 percent, as price increases in the shopping cart and climate change have decimated harvests, while consumers have cut their fruit purchases, which plummeted by 8 percent in quantity compared to last year, to the lowest since the beginning of the century. This is what Coldiretti Puglia says, based on...
Portuguese Chamomile: Kombucha drinking flowers
In summary: Aquela Kombucha flower drink will be an ideal blend of Portugal’s chamomile and elderflower samples. Already launched (in pre-sale format), the first limited edition of 2023 of Aquela Kombucha, which goes into circulation on April 15, Saturday, when the brand opens a bar at Rua Duque de Saldanha 345, in Porto, will be offered as a cocktail with...
Korea: Tripling profits with innovative nursery technology…”I’m going to be a strawberry master”
Jincheon, a town in Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea, is surrounded by fields and greenhouses. Born and raised here, Lee Ho-myung, 39, CEO of Bujubu Farm, is a rising star in the business world. After becoming the youngest agricultural meister in the country last year, he has won awards at various prestigious agricultural competitions. He generates annual sales of 750 million won...
Turkey: Yields in modern greenhouses established by the metropolis delights producers
Within the scope of the “Greenhouse Development Project” initiated by Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality to enable Turkish farmers from here to produce products with high market value and increase their income by producing in modern greenhouses, Kocaeli Metropolitan Municipality provided 50 percent grant support for the installation of modern greenhouses and greenhouse nylon to farmers. The modern greenhouses and greenhouse nylons...
Vietnam: Make community agricultural extension a key force in the agricultural sector at the grassroots level
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has proposed that localities focus on consolidating and developing community agricultural extension models and the models to become the main force of the Vietnamese agricultural sector at the grassroots level. On April 14, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development sent a document to the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run cities on...
Next month the first Banana Congress of the Colombian Caribbean will be held
The first Banana Congress of the Colombian Caribbean 2023 will be held between Thursday, May 18 and Friday, May 19, at the facilities of the Santamar Star Hotel and Convention Center, in the city of Santa Marta. This event is the most important for the banana sector. The congress represents the evolution of the five editions of the forum, according to the...
The cultivation of Almond trees in the Balearic Islands of Spain receives a boost with the planting of new varieties
In summary: The cultivation of Spanish almond trees in the Balearic Islands receives a boost with the planting of new varieties. The Balearic Islands Institute for Agri-Food and Fisheries Research and Training has planted a total of 187 almond trees of ten different varieties, in order to evaluate their adaptation to the agro-climatic conditions of Mallorca. New varieties in Spain The...
Strzelecki: The beef sector in Poland should be included in the roundtable agreement
According to Jacek Strzelecki of the Polish Meat Association, there are good prospects for the Polish beef sector, but now is the time for the industry to take care of its interests. “The beef market is in a trend of increasing demand, and this is true for both premium and cheaper meat. The very good news is that inflation has not affected...