Fruitnet

Fruitnet's Mike Knowles speaks to various members of the Crimson Snow apple consortium, including its new member, French group Mesfruits. Featuring, in order of appearance: Francois and Jacques Mestre, Mesfruits (France; Luis and Richard Clementi, Fratelli Clementi (Italy); Gojko Zagorac, Verda Vivo (Serbia); Eraldo Barale, Sanifrutta (Italy); Andrea Iseppi, Iseppi Frutta (Switzerland); Gerhard Dichgans, Vog (Italy); Jürgen Braun, Kiku Variety Management.

FPJ editor Michael Barker chats to Daniel Gunner of ISS, the winner of the MorePeople Young Person of the Year category in the 2016 UK Fruit & Vegetable Awards

Mike Knowles is joined in London by Bryan Roberts of TCC Global and Nina Pullman of the Fresh Produce Journal to consider a whole trolley-load of new ideas and trends in the international food retail industry that are having a direct impact on the fresh fruit and vegetable business.

Mike Knowles is joined in Madrid by Michael Barker, Maura Maxwell and Felix Moritz to discuss Spanish fruit exports, red-fleshed apples, pink tomatoes and an unfolding paella scandal.

Robert Verloop of marketing cooperative Naturipe Farms says investment in the Asian market is starting to generate a significant return as demand for fresh berries increases.

Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles hears from Fabio Zanesco of Italian marketer VI.P Val Venosta at Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong about the progress being made to develop Italy's apple exports to Asian markets.

Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles speaks to Daniel Soares of French interprofessional organisation Interfel at Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong about France's growing export trade to Asia.

Senior reporter Tom Joyce speaks to a number of the berry category's major players at the Global Berry Congress in Rotterdam

Elsa Muller and Dani Heyns tell Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles how the Sapo Trust is working to develop new fruit varieties, including a much redder strain of Gala apple called Bigbucks that is set to become a firm favourite among South African growers.

South African breeder Wim van Rijswijk explains how his Rosenhof Nursery in the Western Cape can act as an engine room for innovation in the country’s fruit export industry.

Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles speaks to Stephan Strauss, general manager of Africa’s largest stonefruit orchard Sandrivier Estate, where South African exporter Le Roux Group produces around 500,000 cartons of plums every year for sale in export markets such as Europe. New varieties including Angeleno, a dark red-purple fruit first developed in Italy, are helping the company keep ahead of the curve as far as retail demand and consumer preferences are concerned.

Egyptian exporters at Fruit Logistica 2016 tell Fruitnet's Tom Joyce how the country's fresh produce industry is fast becoming a major player on the international market.

From London: Fresh Produce Journal Big 50 Editor Martyn Fisher chats to FPJ Editor Michael Barker and Features Editor Nina Pullman about the second-ever countdown of the 50 largest UK-based suppliers of fruit and vegetables. Tune in to find out who tops this year's list, and where your company features. The team also discuss the effects had on the market by deflation, and pick out some of the stories behind companies in the Big 50.

The FPJ team discuss the inaugural FPJ Big 50 Products, the supermarket price war and products trends to keep an eye on. Tune in to find out what product tops the charts!

FPJ News and Online Editor Martyn Fisher and Features Editor Nina Pullman report live from Fruit Focus 2015 in Kent, while Defra farming minister George Eustice gives FPJ his views on GM, the National Living Wage, the supermarket price war and his ambitions in politics.

FPJ's Michael Barker, Martyn Fisher and Nina Pullman discuss the recent NFU conference, growth in the organic sector, problems in the potato market, and the magazine's upcoming 120th birthday special.

From Berlin: Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles is joined by Michael Barker and Martyn Fisher of the Fresh Produce Journal, and Dominic Weaver and John Valentine of Red Communications, to review this year's Fruit Logistica.

From London: Fresh Produce Journal editor Michael Barker chats to FPJ Big 50 editor Martyn Fisher about the inaugural countdown of the 50 largest UK-based suppliers of fruit and vegetables, how the supermarket price war and rise of Aldi and Lidl has affected the market, and the potential banana-fuelled heir to Richard Branson and Alan Sugar.

From London: Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles talks to Michael Barker, Gill McShane and Fred Meintjes about berries, bees, boardroom goodbyes, plus other news from the world of fresh produce.

From London: Eurofruit editor Mike Knowles chats to Michael Barker of the Fresh Produce Journal about Kiwi punch-ups, horsemeat-ridden supply chains and troubled times for Argentina's fruit exporters.