Westfalia Fruit Group welcome new chair of the Board

Westfalia Fruit Group welcome new chair of the Board, Dr Khotso Mokhele. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR018)Westfalia Fruit Group, the global avocado expert, is proud to announce that Dr Khotso Mokhele has been appointed as the new Chair of the Board of Westfalia Fruit International and its parent company, HMH Group.

Westfalia: Empowerment through education

Child in Westfalia’s daycare in South Africa. (Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR016)Westfalia Fruit, the leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is expanding its industry leading focus on education and wellbeing in Africa, Latin America and beyond.

The social network: Westfalia helping smallholder farmers realise big ambitions

Westfalia’s site in Peru. (Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR002).Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is growing its partnerships with smallholder farmers in some of the poorest and most remote regions of the world to help provide access to global markets and empower them to build sustainable livelihoods.

Westfalia showcased its cutting-edge agricultural R&D at Fruit Logistica in Berlin

Westfalia’s inhouse researchers at research programme in South Africa. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR017)Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is a world leader in applied research, hosting the largest privately-funded subtropical fruit research organisation in the world.

Westfalia Fruit Logistica 2023 Press Kit

As global food producers meet in Germany at Fruit Logistica 2023, the world’s leading exhibition for fresh produce (8-10 Feb), the Westfalia Fruit Group, a multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is showcasing three innovative agricultural approaches that are helping to shape the future of food through sustainable development.

Westfalia shaping the sustainable future of food

Westfalia’s site in Peru. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR015)As global food producers meet in Germany at Fruit Logistica 2023, the world’s leading exhibition for fresh produce (8-10 Feb), the Westfalia Fruit Group, a multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is showcasing three innovative agricultural approaches that are helping to shape the future of food through sustainable development.

New facility Graveson France

Artist’s impression of the new site. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR014)Westfalia Fruit France is pleased to announce the construction of its new facility scheduled to be operational in November 2022. The state of the art facility located in Graveson, in the Provence area of South of France will include avocado storage, ripening rooms and packing capability to support Westfalia’s pan-European operations.

Farming with Nature: Westfalia’s avocados helping to protect important biodiversity in Portugal

Farming with Nature: Westfalia’s avocados helping to protect important biodiversity in Portugal. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR012)Westfalia Fruit Group, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, invested in a unique ‘farming with nature’ project in the south of Portugal that is growing the local economy at the same time as protecting a highly biodiverse habitat and the endemic species found within it.

Westfalia creates a buzz by using insects for natural pest control in orchards

Westfalia creates a buzz by using insects for natural pest control in orchards. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR010)Westfalia Fruit Group, a leading multinational supplier of fresh vegetables and fruit is embracing entomology for sustainability, with a pioneering project in Chile rearing insects to naturally control agricultural pests such as Mealybugs and White scale.

Westfalia rolls out Global Water Plan in pioneering approach

Westfalia rolls out Global Water plan in pioneering approach. (Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR011)Westfalia Fruit Group, a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is advancing on its industry leading water strategy with plans in place to decrease use of the precious resource by 50% by 2030.

An avocado first: seeds to replace microplastics in cosmetics

Dr. Craft’s new exfoliating body polish using Westfalia’s avocado seeds. 
(Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR004)For the first time ground avocado seeds are being used in beauty products replacing the now banned and environmentally harmful plastic micro-beads previously used. After three years of research, development and product testing, Westfalia Fruit’s business in the UK is supplying the ground avocado seeds to the premium beauty brand Dr. Craft for use as a part of a range of cosmetics.

Fruit Attraction 2022: Westfalia pioneers the sustainable farming of tomorrow with water, nature farming and insect rearing projects

Releasing of Cryptolaemus in citrus at Westfalia’s facilities. (Photo: Westfalia Fruit, PR013)As the world’s fruit and vegetable community prepares to meet at Fruit Attraction in Madrid, Spain (4 – 6 October), an annual commercial fair known as an innovation stage for the market, the Westfalia Fruit Group is showcasing four pioneering projects that have taken sustainable agriculture to the next level.