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2021
Blackcurrant harvest 2021
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More awards!
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Blackcurrant growing in Russia
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Winter Blackcurrant Smoothie
This is a winter blackcurrant smoothie recipe. It is one of the recipes of the Best of Cassis Smoothie contest 2017. The participants had to use blackcurrant concentrate in their recipes. You...
2020
Austria Juice’s definition of sustainability
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Climate change challenges blackcurrant growers
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LRS and JHI: in hunt for climate-resilient varieties
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BLACKCURRANT MOUSSE
Ingredients for blackcurrant mousse: 500g Blackcurrants 200g Unrefined golden caster sugar 4 Gelatine leavessheets 150ml Double cream 2 Egg white(s) (free range) FOR THE DECORATION Double cream...
Exec meeting around blackcurrants in Austria
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Austria Juice and blackcurrants
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Ribes
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StBoG – the Styrian berry cooperative
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IBA 2020 – an update
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Genjiro Katayama awarded IBA honorary member
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Blackcurrants: More to offer than we think
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BLACKCURRANT CHEESE CAKE SMOOTHIE
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2019
Blackcurrant media star worldwide
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IBA president announces big projects for the IBA in 2020
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BLACKCURRANT SPRITZ
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Save the date: IBA conference 2020 in Ukraine
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Blackcurrant harvest 2019
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Open Farm Day at the ”Krogzeme” organic blackcurrant farm in Latvia
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Orskov Foods – Processing blackcurrants (and more!) in Denmark
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S-Fruit Ukraine 2019
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All around blackcurrants in June
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Jens Holme Pedersen: from conventional to organic blackcurrant growing in Denmark
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RHUBARB BLACKCURRANT CRUMBLE
Serves 4-6 Ingredients for the rhubarb blackcurrant filling 250 g rhubarb 250 ml (1 cup) blackcurrants 1/2 tbsp potato flour 1 tbsp muscovado sugar (or regular brown sugar) 2 tbsp homemade vanilla...
2018
IBA Conference 2020: Let’s explore Ukraine!
Related posts: Save the date: IBA conference 2020 in Ukraine Climate change challenges blackcurrant growers Ribes IBA president announces big projects for the IBA in 2020 StBoG – the Styrian...
STEF Dijon – specialists for freezing blackcurrants
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Nectars de Bourgogne reveals the blackcurrant
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COCONUT CREME BRULEE OF CHRISTMAS MINCE
A simply delicious fuss free dessert Brulee literally means burnt cream. Contrary to popular opinion, this dessert isn’t too difficult to make. I find for best results use individual ramekins to...
Jens Holme Pedersen new IBA president
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Flashback IBA conference Angers
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Amazing new stuff at the Blackcurrant Products Contest 2018
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All IBA conference presentations online: check our library
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THE CURRANT FARM’S BLACKCURRANT & APPLE STRUDEL
Ingredients for the blackcurrant apple strudel 1 large Golden Delicious apple, peeled, cored and sliced 1/8 to 1/4-inch thick 1/2 lemon, juiced 1 cup blackcurrants, fresh or thawed 1/2 cup sugar...
Blackcurrant product competition 2018: GO!!!
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Printemps de Terra – Terra Spring
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Terra Botanica visit
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Cassismanufaktur – From grapes to blackcurrants
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Harvesting blackcurrants like a Kiwi
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Sarau Blackcurrant Festival
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BLACKCURRANT PAVLOVA
Ingredients for the blackcurrant Pavlova Meringue: 4 egg whites 220 g sugar ¼ teaspoon pink food coloring (liquid) 2 tablespoons cornstarch 2 teaspoons vinegar Blackcurrant sauce 200 g of black...
International Blackcurrant Conference 2018: registrations now open
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2017
CREMANT WITH BLACKCURRANT FOAM
A nice and simple idea for a modern version of a traditional cocktail called Kir Royal most of the times: sparkling wine with cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) – but with blackcurrant foam...
Blackcurrants and prestigious names – Les Deux Ormes
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Christmas 2017 message from IBA President Anthony Snell
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Best of cassis smoothie contest 2017
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Blackcurrants – what else?
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Blackcurrant beer – another nice Polish initiative
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BLACKCURRANT CHRISTMAS MINCE
The original Christmas mince pie dates back to medieval times when it did in fact contain meat. Over the centuries the meat has been slowly replaced with more spices, sugars and dried fruit as...
The visit of the IBA Exec to Poland
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Windmill Hill – an insight in the IBA President’s farm
Anthony Snell, President of the International Blackcurrant Association since June 2016, opens the doors of his farm for us. Professionalism, perfection and experience in Herefordshire, UK. Visited...
Blackcurrant varieties: detailed descriptions available on the IBA website
The International Blackcurrant Association has started to collect data from blackcurrant breeding centers. A collection of almost 70 commercially available blackcurrant varieties is now online for...
International Blackcurrant Conference 2018: save the date
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Frost in Europe: a nightmare for blackcurrant growers
Terrible night frost in late April 2017 devastates the blackcurrant farmers’ hope for a good yield. What had looked very promising until mid-April turned into a nightmare for many...
IBA Executive meets in Hereford
It had been time to sit around a table and talk: the IBA executive meeting in the United Kingdom on 18th and 19th March allowed us to discuss vital subjects in a small committee and with promising...
IBA quality mark: added value for good blackcurrant products
How can a company give value to its blackcurrant product? Many juices, nutraceuticals, confectionary, sweets and other products with blackcurrants are in the market worldwide. But nothing allows...
Blackcurrant product contests: next will be in June 2018!
Do you think that your blackcurrant products are outstanding compared to those of other companies? Or do you produce original things with blackcurrants? Something you think that nobody has ever...
The blackcurrant smoothie contest of the Austria Juice and IBA New Product Development Unit
The Austria Juice & IBA New Product Development Unit has started its work. Its members have exchanged via Skype, phone calls and emails over the past months. Now, an exciting project is...
2016
Blackcurrant plant protection info now available on www.blackcurrant-iba.com
Of course, every blackcurrant grower wants to keep his or her plantation healthy. And sustainable growing is one of the major concerns of the blackcurrant industry in general. Considering these...
Blackcurrant in the press worldwide
The IBA keeps on scruiting the internet and the press for articles about blackcurrants. They may talk about health benefits, gastronomy, economy or growing methods – and many more. We gather...
Currants and Corinths – about the importance of spelling
How surprised I was, when surfing the internet and coming over another blackcurrant festival which I had never heard about – wow! In a place with a strange spelling, making me think of...
Anthony Snell new IBA president
It is an honour to be elected as the first British President of the IBA. My election occured at an interesting political time, when the UK has democratically chosen to take the route to leave...
Blackcurrant harvest 2016 – a sad story
The blackcurrant growers of the Northern hemisphere have completed the blackcurrant harvest 2016 in July and August. Unfortunately, we have nothing very joyful to report from any country: United...
The 5th International Blackcurrant Conference in Ashford, UK: a huge success!
From 14th to 16th June, Ashford (United Kingdom) was the place to be for all those involved in the blackcurrant industry worldwide. More than 120 delegates from 16 different...
Global blackcurrant production 2016
It is maybe the most expected moment of any blackcurrant conference, when the IBA president calls representatives of every blackcurrant growing nation to give a complete review of the situation in...
The IBA and Austria Juice New Product Development Unit – exciting work ahead
The world consumption of blackcurrants is low. Very low: not even a handful of blackcurrants per person and per year are consumed in whatever product (food, drinks, nutraceuticals) all over the...
Do you LIKE blackcurrants?
Blackcurrants have their IBA facebook pages in English, French and German: Blackcurrant – best berry for life Cassis – petite baie contre stress et tensions Cassis – lecker...
Japan – a new member in the IBA
It had already been announced at our last conference in Vilnius, but it has become official by 1st April this year: The Japan Blackcurrant Association has joined the IBA! With a blackcurrant...
Focus on anthocyanins
Anthocyanins are polyphenols. They are good for the human health (antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects), although they are not totally assimilated through the human metabolism. But they are...
Royal Blackcurrants for a royal birthday
Queen Elizabeth II celebrated her 90th birthday on 21st April – the kind of event which normally has nothing to do with blackcurrants. But this time time, it’s different: a Scottish...
Food Chain Partnership – The Polish blackcurrant project with Bayer
A blackcurrant demo farm, demo trials, the presentation of latest sustainable crop protection solutions by Bayer advisors to the Polish blackcurrant growers, practical tests in leading...
Promoting blackcurrants: a remarkable Polish initiative to be copied
A campaign to promote blackcurrants – this kind of initiative had already been taken by the French association of blackcurrant producers (ANCG) in 2009, and another one has been ongoing in...
Blackcurrant price disaster 2015 – what’s up for 2016?
The blackcurrant harvest has now been completed in New Zealand – and this is how the season 2015/16 ends for the blackcurrant growers worldwide. While growers in Europe are now harvesting...
Innovative blackcurrant product competition
The 5th International Blackcurrant Conference in Ashford, Kent, is launching a competition for blackcurrant products in three categories: drinks, food products and functional food. Through peer...
2015
IBA President’s outlook into 2016
Predictions are always difficult, especially when they deal about the future. Luckily, I have a crystal ball which shows the future (it is a very interesting and powerful tool, only presidents can...
Invitation to the 5th international blackcurrant conference by Anthony Snell, Vice President IBA
On behalf of the British Blackcurrant Foundation, and our conference organizer Sarah Calcutt, I would like to welcome the Global Blackcurrant industry to the 5th international conference at...
Blackcurrant – the stress hero
There is enormous health potential in our superfruit: the blackcurrant. Stress hero is how it can be defined generally. Therefore, the motto of the last European Blackcurrant conference in Vilnius...
The IBA web-library online again
Conference presentations online again! After a few weeks of transition and development of this section, the IBA web-library is now once again fully available for our members! We have collected the...
China – a new market for blackcurrants?
More than 1.3 billion inhabitants – all likely to use any kind of product made of blackcurrants! China, the second biggest economic power of the world, has become a major export market for...
Blackcurrant is now on facebook!
We have to tell it to the whole world: blackcurrant is the best berry for life! And what a better way is there to get the message to millions of people all over the world than through facebook?...
The next IBA conference is coming: prepare for another wonderful event
IBA conference 2015 in Vilnius The newly created Lithuanian blackcurrant association hosted the International Blackcurrant Association European conference in June this year in Vilnius, under the...
New IBA website – new possibilities
A brand new IBA website Since the creation of the International Blackcurrant Association, our website has been successfully uploaded with many useful information, enjoyable pictures, interesting...
A new logo for the IBA
The International Blackcurrant Association has changed its logo! The Exec (President, Vice-Presidents and General Manager) have asked a designer to work out a new IBA logo, and here is the result...
Incoming General Manager’s presentation
After Bill Floyd’s retirement from his position as General Manager of the International Blackcurrant Association on 31st May this year, I am very pleased, honored and excited to take over...
Outgoing General Manager’s message
I have retired from the IBA as of 31 May 2015 and regretfully, due to ill-health, am unable to attend this Conference and say farewell, face-to-face, with the many, many members of the...
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