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EU fresh fruit & vegetable sector urgently requires additional financial assistance & flexibility in CAP tools to avoid food supply crisis
Despite providing an uninterrupted supply of fresh fruit and vegetables so far to European citizens confined at home, the COVID-19 pandemic has continued to destabilize the European fresh fruit and vegetable sector, threatening long-term food supply. In a letter sent...
Freshfel Europe concerned over increasing financial burden and long-term stability of European fresh fruit and vegetable supply
Freshfel Europe is concerned over the increasing financial burden being carried by the European fresh fruit and vegetable sector as a result of the coronavirus crisis. Increasing costs associated with the implementation of necessary measures across the supply chain to...
Freshfel Europe calls EU Agriculture Ministers to translate discussions on free movement of goods and critical workers into concrete EU-wide solutions to ensure food security in Europe
As the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak continue to unfold across Europe, Freshfel Europe welcomes the discussions of yesterday’s Informal Agriculture and Fisheries Council on free movement of goods and critical workers. Freshfel Europe urges EU capitals to now find...
Amid COVID-19 outbreak European fresh produce sector guarantees continuous supply of safe & high quality fresh fruit & vegetables for consumers
Amid the COVID-19 outbreak across Europe the European fresh fruit and vegetable sector has increased efforts to ensure a continuous and diverse supply of safe, high quality fresh fruit and vegetables for consumers in Europe and around the world. With at-home...
Freshfel Europe and Aprifel introduce the Follow me to be Healthy with Europe campaign to European students and young professionals at POLITICO’s EU Studies and Career Fair to improve millennials’ eating habits
Freshfel Europe's and Aprifel’s EU-wide campaign ‘Follow me to be Healthy with Europe’ was present at the POLITICO EU Studies and Career Fair in Brussels, Belgium on 15 February 2020. European students and young professionals were introduced to the campaign and...
Freshfel Europe calls for the fresh fruit and vegetable sector to take the stage as a leading industry in Europe’s climate neutral transition
Over the next five years and into 2030 the European Commission’s new geopolitical priorities will shape business and trade in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector as Europe transitions to a climate neutral planet. Freshfel Europe calls on the fresh produce sector to...
Freshfel Europe calls for a fresh fruit and vegetables-in-all-policies approach in its 2019-2024 priorities for the EU institutions presented in the European Parliament
Yesterday evening Freshfel Europe called for a fresh fruit and vegetables-in-all-policies approach in its presentation of its 2019-2024 priorities paper for the EU institutions ‘Fresh Fruit & Vegetables for Europe’s Future’ in the European Parliament. Freshfel...
The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture and the Region of Murcia show their support for the World Citrus Organization in its official presentation at Fruit Attraction 2019
Today the newly founded World Citrus Organisation (WCO) was officially launched at Fruit Attraction, Madrid. With this official presentation, citrus fruits are finally placed at the same level of coordination worldwide as other fruit categories, such as pears &...
Freshfel Europe and Aprifel’s ‘Follow me to be Healthy with Europe’ campaign reaches over 1,000 Twitter followers who are joining the campaign’s #400gChallenge
Three months after its launch the ‘Follow me to be Healthy with Europe’ campaign has reached over 1,000 followers on Twitter. Young Europeans on social media are following the digital-first EU-wide campaign run by Freshfel Europe and Aprifel, which is challenging...
Freshfel Europe offers solutions to urgently tackle SPS barriers to third country markets for European fruit and vegetable exports at European Commission meeting
Freshfel Europe has warned EU market access experts of the need to act urgently to address the challenges that the European fruit and vegetable sector are facing to access third country markets. Freshfel Europe recommended concrete solutions that would help diversify...
