Vertical Integration & Advanced Genetics Open New Opportunity for Berry Company U.S.-headquartered berry business Agrovision is setting the standard for the next generation of innovative superfruit growers. The company’s vertical integration across growing, packing, shipping, marketing and selling gives global retail buyers direct access to new produce. The business is deploying innovative fruit breeding and growing technologies, and...Read More

Premium becomes standard in the blueberry market After working for 4.5 years at Lidl and 11 years at Driscoll’s, Stefan Spanjaard has started his next challenge as Managing Director at the European branch of the Peruvian cultivation company Agrovision. The cultivation company has developed an ambitious plan to grow to have their own blueberry cultivation...Read More

10 Surprising Facts About Blueberries One large handful (1/2 a cup) of juicy blueberries contains just 44 calories but has 2 grams of dietary fibre and 10% of your daily recommended vitamin C content. Blueberries ranked number one in antioxidant health benefits in a comparison with more than 40 fresh fruits and vegetables. The blueberry...Read More

A series of articles in The Journal of Gerontology outline how blueberries can help alleviate conditions associated with aging. Blueberries can help relieve age-related conditions, a new series of articles have indicated. According to a collection of articles published in The Journal of Gerontology, blueberries can help people to age well as they rank as...Read More

Article originally found at Medical News Today https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/320517.php Blueberries are sometimes branded a “superfood,” and for good reason; they are packed full of antioxidants that offer a wealth of health benefits. Now, a new study has uncovered another use for these little berries: helping to treat cancer. By studying human cervical cancer cell lines, a...Read More

China presents massive opportunities to global berry suppliers as consumers there get richer and demand healthier food China presents massive opportunities to global berry suppliers as consumers there get richer and demand healthier food, according to Promar International’s Emma Gough and Hortifrut Chile’s David Smith, who told the Global Berry Congress (GBC) last month that...Read More

A consumer study by the California-based U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council’s (USHBC’s) says blueberries have become consumers’ top berry. Victoria De Bruin, marketing manager for the USHBC: “The most recent long-term look at blueberries’ success showed that U.S. per capita consumption grew 600% between 1994 and 2014 – more than any other fruit or vegetable.” De...Read More

Vegetable has the health credentials, year-round availability and versatility to succeed, says Kantar analyst Asparagus could follow in the footsteps of avocados and become the next big thing if producers, retailers and industry bodies play their cards right, a grocery analyst has claimed. Emma Fencott, consumer insight director at Kantar Worldpanel, told the Biennial Asparagus...Read More

A significant study links berry consumption with improved heart health. You can’t get the same benefit from a pill or supplement. You won’t need a spoonful of sugar to help this medicine go down: eating more blueberries and strawberries may be a tasty way to protect your heart. The finding comes from a new study...Read More

The manager of Agricultural exports from Adex, Paula Carrion, stated that the months of September and October are key for agriculture exporters of blueberries, as this was a period where they could take advantage of the window of opportunity offered by the international market. “The United States stops producing in this period and it has...Read More