Thursday, March 5, 2020
NORTH AMERICA

Our team

Marieke Hemmes
Email

Annika Durinck
Email

Astrid van den Broek
Email

Sander Bruins Slot
Email

Job Offers

Crop Team Manager Hydroponics - USA

Plant Production Scientist - Brooklyn (New York) USA

Quality Manager - Northern Europe

Horticultural Sales Manager - Fruit Industy, Europe

Sales Manager International

Senior Glasshouse Grower - Warragul, Australia

Country Manager - Morocco

China Sales Representative

Asia Sales Representative

Category Supply Manager - Sydney or Brisbane (Australia)

Supply and demand changing on Chinese garlic

There’s a shortage of garlic coming from China. “We’ve been receiving containers on fresh garlic but on peeled, we are just getting shorter and shorter,” says Juan Pablo…

Job Offers:

Brazilian papayas enjoy steady demand in US market

Papayas from Brazil are grown and produced year-round and imported into the United States. Currently, the market is enjoying both steady supply and demand for these papayas,…

Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics:

“2019 was a comeback year for produce”

On Friday February 28th, the Southeast Produce Council’s annual Southern Exposure trade show kicked off with several educational sessions. The sessions were all very well…

Mastronardi, Oppy and Red Sun Farms among Canada’s Best Managed Companies award winners

Canada’s Best Managed Companies is a business awards program, recognizing excellence in Canadian-owned and managed companies with revenues over $25 million. The award, which…

Mercedes Saraceni and Alejandro Lucas of San Miguel Global:

“We differentiate ourselves through our product’s attributes and our sustainability programs”

Sixty-five years ago, San Miguel Global began producing lemons in Argentina. Today, the company cultivates a total of 8,100 hectares of citrus, avocados and grapes in…

Whole Foods Market highlights Frieda's for International Women's Month

March 8 marks International Women’s Day, and the month of March is celebrated as International Women’s month—all in an effort to promote the equality of women. This year the…

BC Tree Fruits checks options for if/when COVID-19 closes Asian market

BC Tree Fruits exports a large amount of fruit to Asia each year, with cherries the number one exporting crop. BC Tree Fruits management is keeping a close eye…

Chef Robert Irvine will keynote PMA Foodservice Conference & Expo

Chef and businessman Robert Irvine is scheduled to keynote Produce Marketing Association’s (PMA) Foodservice Conference on July 24 in Monterey, California,…

Bayer opens 300,000 sq. ft. corn breeding greenhouse in Arizona

Bayer has opened a new smart, state-of-the-art, automated greenhouse facility in Marana, Ariz. The Marana Greenhouse facility is the first of its kind for the company and the…

SEPC event

Southern Flavor Cocktail brings Georgia partners together in Tampa

An impressive list of Georgia growers, packaging suppliers, and retailers came together for a special evening during SEPC’s Southern Exposure at the ‘Southern Flavor Cocktail’…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Drought expected to impact Australian pineapple growers into next season

Australian pineapple growers admit that the impact of the drought will continue to impact the fruit's crops for the next 12 months. President of Australian Pineapples says…

Global Focus Grapes

SFI Rotterdam about the grape market

"Chile will mainly supply Europe with grapes in during March"

The Chilean, but also the first Indian grapes, have recently arrived at SFI Rotterdam. "The market is searching", says Jan Marc Schulz. "The prices for white grapes have been…

Retail

Dollar Tree: Lower sales

Kroger shuts down Fresh Easts MKT concept stores

US: Sysco contacted German retailer Metro about potential takeover - sourceU.S. food distributor Sysco recently contacted Metro about potential takeover of the German…

‘Wet feet’ might result in tree loss

Rain concerns peach farmers Central Georgia

As peaches are one of Georgia's main crops, growers know spring is a critical time for the trees and the delicate blooms. Currently, an abundance of rain has…

US congressmen introduce resolution making July ‘National Blueberry Month’

The US House has introduced a resolution recognizing the history and accomplishments of the US highbush blueberry industry and seeking to declare July as…

Sustainability Export experts look at US onion industry vs Coronavirus

While the gravity of the China-born Coronavirus cannot be downplayed in terms of infection and human illness, and world trade is undeniably affected by the virus’ rapid…

US demand for organic products expanding

In the US, consumer demand for organic products is spilling into more categories. The move is spearheaded by younger consumers seeking sustainable options,…

AgroFresh Consumer Intelligence

New consumer research series finds 86% of US consumers are satisfied with their apples

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. has launched a consumer research series called AgroFresh Consumer Intelligence to identify key factors defining purchase…

Philadelphia initiative

Reveal: Hidden Gems find new uses for avocado seeds

Sheetal Bahirat anf Zuri Masud are the CEO and COO of Hidden Gems. Hidden Gems, as a beverage company, wants to change the way people look at resources. It…

Colruyt grows basil in self-developed vertical farm

On Tuesday March the 3rd, Colruyt Group introduced home-grown basil from a vertical farm. The fresh basil from the private label Boni Selection can be purchased from of today…

Chinese e-commerce grows during COVID-19 epidemic

The roads to many Chinese cities are blocked and fewer people are going outside to shop since the outbreak of the corona virus. This development has had a significant impact…

2019 was a record export year for Australian Citrus

Video PHOTO REPORT: Citrus Market Outlook Forum 2020

As the Citrus Market Outlook Forum wrapped up, and the attention turned to the upcoming season, there was a chance to celebrate recent achievements. 2019 was a record export…

Luciën de Wit, LuBa Fresh:

"Qualitatively not a top year for India grapes, price expectations are better"

Last week Luciën de Wit from LuBa Fresh visited his grape partners in India and saw that there were far fewer grapes coming to Europe."The cause is that a lot was lost during…

An overview of RK Products' first balance sheet and upcoming plans. The company opened in January 2019

Ambrosia apples served in a pocket-sized format

"From the growers to the industry world" is the slogan given to RK Products, a company founded in January 2019 with the aim of marketing fruit for the processing industry. "We…

Precarious water situation remains in fruit production areas of Letsitele, Gamtoos and Klein-Karoo

South African government declares national state of disaster due to drought

The declaration of a nation-wide state of disaster that appeared yesterday in the Government Gazette has taken agricultural organisations by surprise, given that large parts…

P. Gonzalez, from Berry Dealer: "Morocco has taken a big step in the international market"

"When Chile finishes, the demand for Spanish blueberry will skyrocket"

The harvest of the first blueberries of the Huelva season began a few weeks ago, although these were mainly destined for the organic market and the Spanish market, given that…

The new varieties could adapt to much warmer areas in Spain

CITA scientists identify the genes responsible for cherry blossom

The cherry tree is a fruit tree that requires many cold hours (between 900 and 1,800) for its flowering, so the high temperatures recorded during this last period could damage…

Newly released primocane raspberry RBC16P4 plant to be available shortly for commercial use

Plants of the newly released primocane raspberry RBC16P4 (provisionally named Skye) from James Hutton Limited (commercial subsidiary of the renowned James Hutton Institute)…

Jörg Broschkat combines ecological and economical conditions of plant care

"Only if we can intervene promptly, can we find a remedy"

The requirements for fruit and vegetables in the retail trade are becoming more and more demanding, especially with regard to residues of plant and soil…

First Report of TuYV on Cabbage in Serbia

Cabbage (Brassica oleracea) is a cruciferous vegetable consumed worldwide and is used in traditional medicine. In October 2018, during a survey to determine…

Vietnamese enterpreneur exports to South Korea, Japan and Australia

Watermelon noodles to the rescue

Entrepreneur Le Duy Toan is substituting water with watermelon juice in the rice flour used to make noodles. They are exported to South Korea, Japan and Australia. Click here for…

Preliminary 2019 financial results for Total Produce

Total Produce has released its preliminary results for 2019. Chairman Carl McCann commented, saying: “We are pleased that the Group has delivered a strong…

Moin Container Terminal increases productivity and competitiveness in Costa Rica

The Moín Container Terminal (MCT), operated by APM Terminals, completed its first year of operations on February 28. During the year the terminal serviced more…

Another impact of COVID19

Shortage of garlic expected in Fiji

Importer and distributor Turners and Growers Fiji Ltd says all its garlic import from China is on hold and their last shipments were before the coronavirus…

Technology in the Ukrainian blueberry field takes a big step forward

The young Ukrainian company Nikdaria, producer of blueberries under the Iberry brand, has always chosen to focus on innovation. When the need came to include a sorting line in…

FreshPlaza Funny

Crying to the moon?