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Brussels sprouts transitioning to new growing regions and fields

Corona, CA-based Veg-Fresh Farms has been growing and packing conventional and organic Brussels sprouts since 2016 in both the Veg Fresh and Good Life Organic labels. It is…

Berries see tighter supplies and higher prices

Supplies of berries out of Mexico are tighter right now and will be for the near future. Raspberries: “It’s very common during this time of the year to enter into the valley of…

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February 9-11

Automation revealed for greenhouse bell pepper packing

"Currently, to produce a sealed plastic overwrap rainbow pepper pack; farmers need to have employees manually handpick, and place bell peppers onto the flow wrappers in-feed…

New world record set for largest display of citrus fruits

Rouses Markets and Sunkist Growers have earned the official Guinness World Records title for the largest display of citrus fruits. The video below shows how the display is…

U.S. organic produce sales top $9 billion in 2021

Organic fresh produce grew sales by 5.5 percent in 2021, topping $9 billion for the first time, and outpacing conventionally grown produce in year-over-year gains in both…

Robbert Leisink, Fruitful Berries:

"Difficult Chilean blueberry season so far"

For the time being, the Chilean season is progressing while facing many difficulties, according to Robbert Leisink from Fruit Cleaning Service in Venlo. "Throughout the…

Forbes.com

Can Florida’s iconic citrus industry survive its own pandemic?

For more than two years, human society has been dealing with ramifications of the Covid-19 pandemic and that already feels like a long journey. It has killed millions, caused…

Fresh apples coated with Akorn Edible Coatings now available at leading US retailers

Akorn Technology has announced the commercial launch of its edible coatings for fresh produce in the US. Following this launch, leading US-based growers and packers of fresh…

Texas produce industry leaders inducted into Hall of Fame

Nearly 120 people attended the 2022 Texas Produce Hall of Fame banquet and ceremony on Monday evening, January 24th at the Mission Event Center in Mission, TX. Organized by…

Chiquita Banana to ship bananas via Port Manatee

Port Manatee is to welcome a new customer. During a Port Authority meeting on Tuesday, Port Manatee Executive Director Carlos Buqueras announced spoke about a…

Special Bananas

Amid rock-bottom prices, skyrocketing costs, and growing sustainability demands, banana producers are left footing the bill

"Banana prices are plummeting and farmers are suffering. That's a problem"

"On 12 January, the Ministers of Agriculture from seven Latin American banana producing countries came out in vocal support of banana producers, sounding the alarm over a…

Global Focus Grapes

2021 table grape harvest Moldova higher than expected

Representatives of viticultural associations of Moldova, taking into account the new data by the National Agency for Food Safety ANSA, have adjusted the…

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Hy-Vee plans to enter Indiana

Brookshire Grocery's deal to acquire Reasor’s is finalized

Krasdale Foods’ Gus Lebiak: Challenging times for grocery industryAs a distributor in metropolitan New York, one of the nation’s largest grocery markets, Krasdale Foods has…

Solar-powered robotics company founded by engineering and business leadership from Tesla and MIT

Aigen raises a $4 mln seed led by NEA

Aigen, a company developing a scalable, solar-powered robotics platform for agriculture and soil regeneration, today announced a $4M seed round led by NEA with participation…

Expanding in North America

Turkish potato equipment manufacturer aims to become worldwide brand

Özbil Agricultural Machinery Ltd was established in 1978 in a region centered on potato farming in Turkey. The company prides itself on producing custom manufactured machines…

Products high in flavonoids: tea, apples, berries and red wine

People with Parkinson's who eat a diet rich in flavonoids may live longer

A new study shows that people with Parkinson’s disease who eat a diet that includes three or more servings per week of foods high in flavonoids, like tea,…

Pomegranate extract could be key to a new anti-aging treatment

A substance in pomegranates could be key to a new anti-aging treatment, strengthening muscles and mitochondrial health. According to researchers from the…

Advanced Container Technologies, Inc recommends GrowPods

America's food supply is in turmoil, but according to ACTX, there is a solution

Advanced Container Technologies, Inc said it has a solution to fix America's food problem, which, as the Wall Street Journal recently reported, is in turmoil. With the current…

US orange juice prices up amid tight orange supplies from Florida

The average price of US orange concentrate went up 8.5% in the four weeks up to 19th January, reaching US$ 4.2/litre following record low production estimates…

IFPA announces Class Three of Produce Safety Immersion Program

International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) is pleased to announce the Class Three Fellows of the Produce Safety Immersion Program, sponsored by Calavo…

Water, fuel & fertilizer issues affecting California’s tomato farmers

The supply chain's weak links and California's capricious winter weather are affecting the forecast for the state's processing-tomato farmers. In January 2021,…

At IPPE Show

Tekni-Plex Consumer Products introduces new foam polypropylene processor tray for fresh food

Tekni-Plex Consumer Products is expanding its product line to include foam polypropylene processor trays for fresh food products such as meat, poultry, pork,…

PEF Advantage for Frozen Express in Colombia

In August 2021, Frozen Express has installed an Elea PEF system into their production line as part of an upgrade of their processing line. The aim of the PEF implementation…

Colombia's largest exporter of Hass avocados sets its eyes on Chile

After consolidating itself in Europe and arriving with fruit in the United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Argentina, and Japan, among others, the largest Hass…

Mexico: Lemon prices very high at 80 pesos per kilo

In Mexico, the price of lemons will remain high for three or four more months. It will be until spring when it begins to stabilize, as a result of a 25% drop…

Mattina Fresh

Australian stone fruit season drastically improved after Christmas

This year's stone fruit season has been a tale of two halves for a leading Australian grower Mattina Fresh. National Sales Director, Tom Panna says leading into Christmas, not…

New season Australian Shepard avocados are ready to go

New season Australian Shepard avocados, grown in Far North Queensland, are about to hit our stores mid February and continue through until May. Australia is the only place in…

A look at New Zealand apples and pears

The New Zealand apple and pear season is approaching harvest and growers have good reasons to be positive and optimistic about the coming season. Vanguard International…

Galilee Exports works with Save Foods to coat produce

“Not only do they reduce decay and extend shelf life, but also improve the firmness of bell peppers”

Galilee Export and Save Foods, an Agri-Food Tech company specializing in eco crop protection, have been cooperating and are applying Save Foods post-harvest eco-friendly and…

"We canceled 80 per cent of time specific orders already"

Cold and snow disrupt some of the logistics in Turkey and Greece

Cold weather has plagued both Greece and Turkey over the past few days. The airport in Istanbul was completely snowed over, leading to some delays, but it seems the worst has…

Justin Leonard - Jackie Leonard & Sons

"We only had a few hours notice before opening, but we are delighted"

Ireland finally came out of lockdown on Saturday morning at 6am and although the decision was very welcome it came with only 12hrs warning. Hospitality had been on an 8pm curfew…

hubergroup launches sheet-fed offset ink series for direct food contact

Even more creative packaging and more space for information – hubergroup Print Solutions makes this possible with MGA CONTACT, its new sheet-fed offset ink. Thanks to raw…

“Larger shipments of garlic should get going in the first week of February”

In just a few weeks, the Egyptian fresh garlic season will truly kick off. More volumes are expected for the current season, so it’s good news that demand seems to be stable…

China's Pingxiang Puzhai port resumed customs clearance

The Ministry of Industry and Trade of Vietnam said that the government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China, had officially resumed customs clearance in…

Freshfel Europe calls for intensified support for the EU fruit and veg sector facing the Belarus embargo

The Belarus embargo began on 1 January 2022, affecting EU fruit and vegetable exports for possibly longer than 6 months and will further compromise the…

“We are working hard to help Vietnamese farmers during covid-19 pandemic”

Due to slow custom clearance at the border between China and Vietnam, many fruit containers are waiting for a long time which leads some fruits to become overripe. Vietnamese…

The IMF expects global supply chain disruptions to last well into 2022

According to the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook report, the poor performance of the supply chain, the impact of the Omicron…

Coffee, cashew and avocado growers will be ‘seriously affected’ by climate change

The growing range of three economically important crops – avocados, cashews and coffee – will undergo significant shifts under even moderate warming scenarios…

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