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The CBI factsheet describes the European market for amaranth seeds, the little sister of quinoa in the family of healthy pseudo grains. Amaranth imports are estimated at 5775 tons in 2014, up from about 4500 tons in 2013. This is quite a substantial volume compared to about 15000 tons of quinoa imports in 2014. Production of amaranth, which … Read more
Bolhispania: high quality hearts of palm from Bolivia; a case study of export promotion Bolhispania participated in CBI’s Export Coaching Programme Natural Ingredients for Food, Cosmetics and Pharmaceuticals 2010 – 2015. This programme assisted Bolivian companies in their start-up phase of exporting their products to Europe. In 2014, the total export volume of Bolhispania to … Read more
The Nicaraguan organic peanut and sesame exporter COPROEXNIC made a business tour in Germany and the Netherlands, organized by Mercadero. Before coming to Europe, the representative of COPROEXNIC received five skype training sessions on marketing of peanuts and sesame in Europe. The company met 16 new potential buyers. Agreements were made to send samples, quotations … Read more
Chia exports to the European Union increased 161% in June 2014 to May 2015 compared to a year before. This tremendous increase is even higher than the growth of 130% in the calendar year 2014 compared to a year earlier. In January 2013 the European Union approved an extension of the use of chia under … Read more
In the past year (2014/2015) the chia market has cooled down substantially, as a result of a record production in 2014. In Bolivia, for example, the area sown in 2014 increased to 80000 hectares, from 50000 hectares in 2013 (CBI 2014)*. Prices to farmers have become very low, with conventional chia of unspecified quality changing … Read more
On Friday 29 May the organic shop ‘Natuurwinkel’ in Amersfoort invited their customers for a special Customer Evening with music and many stalls with products to taste. Representatives of suppliers were present to meet the customers. For Torfolk this was a great opportunity to introduce our delicious products in this store. The Torfolk lingonberry, cloudberry, … Read more
Since 2014, the Swedish Torfolk jam and cordial are sold on the Dutch market. The jams have a high berry content, and most are made from wild collected berries. De Zaai-Ster is the first wholesaler in the Netherlands selling Torfolk products. In the first quarter of 2015 we actively approached organic shops, clients of De … Read more
This year, the Biofach took place in Nuremberg from 11–14 February. Over 44,000 trade visitors from 136 countries visited this exhibition, which is the World’s leading Trade Fair for Organic Food. A total of 2,146 exhibitors presented products and services at the Biofach. Five companies that participate in the CBI Export Coaching Programme Natural Ingredients … Read more
On 21 and 22 January Torfolk Gård exhibited at the National Organic Trade Fair “Bio-beurs” in Zwolle. There was a lot of interest in our delicious jams and syrups. Shop owners, wholesalers, various other entrepreneurs and interested consumers took the opportunity to taste the products, and to obtain background information about Torfolk Gård. The pictures … Read more
This year Torfolk Gård will be exhibiting at the Bio-beurs. The Bio-beurs is the Dutch national trade fair for sustainable, organic food and farming, which will take place on 21 and 22 January in “De IJsselhallen” in Zwolle. http://www.bio-beurs.nl/ Mercadero will be representing Torfolk Gård in exhibition stand nr P 279. Here you can get … Read more