"A new production area for winter carrots"

Greek strawberry season will have its focus on European markets this year

“Overseas shipping of strawberries isn’t sustainable at the moment”

John Gijbels, Euro Gijbels, Belgium:

"We're expecting a slight overlap with cauliflower this year"

Antoine Guyot, Del Monte:

"The higher air freight rates continue to have an impact on the price of goods transported by air".

Markus Nöthen, Redpack Europe LLC:

"Packaging asparagus is not a challenge in itself - the short season is"

Arthur Georges, Ag'Pom:

"A new production area for winter carrots"

Alexander Van Orshaegen, Group A. De Witte, Belgium

“This year, we’re expecting 25% more Spanish citrus than last season”

Lifeprint LLC develops new method for dentification of apples

"Already, 55 of the most common apple varieties can be identified"

Agricola Lusia

The Italian imported citrus fruit campaign in 2020

Julia Bouwsema & Tanith Freeman – Cherry Time Dutoit

South African cherries in the ascendant

An overview of the situation with the operator Maurizio Filippi

The kiwi market is in a state of confusion

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Thomas Piou, IDMAT Arboriculture:

"We are fighting the devastation caused by pests and climatic disturbances in the orchard"

Clementines from the Sibari plain sold under the Orsero brand

Frank Döscher (Elbe-Obst) on this apple season

"Challenging export season due to current Corona situation"

Charles Couralet, of Les Jardins d'Aquitaine; an adapted company:

"Our new brand will allow us to put our solidarity management under the spotlight"

"The Fruit Farm Group's application for protection has no consequences for Greenyard"

Christophe Vermeulen to be the new CEO of Belgapom and director of FVPhouse

Massimo Savini from RLA

Consumption drops and so does transport

The campaign will last until May 2021

Avocado harvest kicks off in Spain

Early bird discount for fruit farmers

Fonkels Fruity line further expanded

New MSP Onions processing plant running at full steam

"Sometimes we do a few onions"

Campaign kicks off for Spain's largest kiwifruit producer

"The characteristics of green kiwifruit make it the healthiest on the market"

The Port of Antwerp becomes the gateway to Europe for Ecuadorian bananas

But with only 700 members out of 170,000 farms

Croatia has 17 producer organisations in eight sectors

Statista

Spain and Netherlands are main German market suppliers of sweet peppers

Lineage Logistics enters Polish Cold Storage Market with acquisition of Pago Sp. z o.o.

Romanian president says food markets will reopen at end of the week

Russia increases fruit and vegetable imports

Morocco's agricultural export campaign off to a good start

Regular Demeter pome fruit program from Argentina

Australia experiences a reduction in fruit consumption during pandemic year as vegetables surge

Marcial Hernandez of Pacific Trellis Fruit

Supplies of Chilean cherries to US increase by 140% compared to same time last year

Chinese garlic market grows weaker as export volume declines

Gerard Mostert, Betrex, Spain

"This year's lack of tourists affected our imports"

PMA virtual town hall

Finding, recruiting and maintaining talent in the produce industry

The banana sector would be one of the most affected sectors

EU changes on pesticide MRLs threaten Costa Rica's exports

Plentiful supplies and good retail demand for North America sweet potatoes

The Green House Sussex next step for UK grower Eric Wall Ltd

San Miguel announces Pablo Plá as new CEO starting February 2021

Andalusian companies exporting to UK increase by 7,8%

Rainforest Alliance and the concept of Shared Responsibility

DSV Panalpina acquires Globeflight

Organto expands supply of organic limes

Fair Trade USA appoints Ricardo Crisantes as new board chair

Chiquita unveils banana-inspired limited-edition art sticker series

University of New South Wales

Including fruit and vegetables

University of New South Wales develops robotic 'snake' device that can grip and pick up objects

Chilean cherry prices stabilize in China after reaching record highs

China International Marine Containers

CMIC - Container shortages results in slew of orders

Import fruit loses Chinese market shares

Domestic fruit becomes more popular with Chinese customers

Republic of Georgia: Growers consider developing pomegranate orchards

Fruit shipments arriving in China are being diverted to Hong Kong due to port congestion

Lawmakers to debate farm law in effort to defuse blockade

Peruvian farm workers block major road, demanding better wages

Health benefits of green leafy vegetables, baby greens and microgreens

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BC Produce Marketing Association award recognizes decades of industry service