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Local food? A great idea (on paper)

Getting your groceries straight from a nearby farm, who wouldn’t want that? Less transport, fairer prices for farmers, shorter supply chains. Governments have been trying to promote it for years. Still, making local food..

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Avocados continue to gain popularity

10 May 2022

Avocados are becoming more and more popular. South America is producing more and more. For the European market, extra information is needed to match the level of the US, the largest import market in the world. A recen...

Cheese trade volume down due to reduced milk supply

10 May 2022

The effects of the decreased milk production in Western Europe continue to show in the global trade in Dutch cheeses: the monthly trading volume in January 2022 dropped 7.4% year-over-year, marking the lowest volume for ...

Protein transition: lack of focus on equity

10 May 2022

Protein transition is not just about eating less meat. It is also about equal distribution around the world. ‘Right now the focus on equitability is missing’, says Stacy Pyett, Program Manager Proteins for Life. Pyett...

The link between micronutrients and food choice

09 May 2022

Many reports show that non-human animals have the ability to select foods based on their micronutrient (nutrients of which we need only a small amount to function) composition. However, it is unclear whether humans also ...

Online auction machines former Van Linge Avebe

04 May 2022

Various industrial machines and laboratory equipment from the former Van Linge Avebe innovation centre, are due to be auctioned online via the platform of Troostwijk Auctions due to relocation of the production location ...

Grazing dairy cow most efficient farm animal

04 May 2022

The Belgian Feed Association (BFA), in collaboration with ILVO, has conducted a study into the edible protein efficiency of Belgian cattle. This study is the first to chart the relationship between, on the one hand, the ...

Turmoil in sustainability of the food chain

04 May 2022

The World Bank warns that we are in for a long period of high food prices as a result of the war in Ukraine. After the peak in 2022, it will take years before the prices of grain, palm oil, energy and fertilisers return ...

World Bank: High food prices could last for years

03 May 2022

The war in Ukraine has dealt a major shock to commodity markets, altering global patterns of trade, production, and consumption in ways that will keep prices at historically high levels through the end of 2024, according...

UK postpones new phase of border checks EU products

03 May 2022

The UK government has announced the postponement of the next phase of the Border Operating Model. This involves the postponement of all remaining import controls on EU goods, including the introduction of mandatory certi...

An end to misleading discounting

03 May 2022

Misleading consumers with false price reductions is a persistent phenomenon both online and in physical shops. The Council of Ministers has agreed to a proposal from Minister Micky Adriaansens of Economic Affairs and Cli...

GEA's first mobile test centre for New Food

01 May 2022

Do you want to generate proof-of-concept without investing in your own pilot plant? This is now possible with the complete, mobile and modular industrial test units from GEA. For testing various products in cultivation a...

The new generation of electric steam boilers

28 April 2022

The CERTUSS E320MX is the new generation of electric steam generators. In terms of efficiency, power adjustment and space saving, this development represents a new performance class with great potential for your company....

Fully automated meat processing and packaging

28 April 2022

Do you want to process and pack fresh meat, poultry, sliced products, ready-made meals or plant-based products? In carton, mono foil or vacuum bags? With full-wrap labelling and weigh price marking? Fully automated at hi...

700 new food companies in one year

28 April 2022

In the twelve months between the start of the second quarter 2021 and the start of the second quarter 2022, 690 companies were added in the food industry on balance. At the start of the second quarter of 2021, there were...

The road to climate-neutral greenhouse horticulture in 2040

28 April 2022

The greenhouse horticulture sector must accelerate the energy transition in order to become climate neutral by 2040. To this end, the government is presenting a cohesive plan that includes both sustainable subsidy option...