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Private Equity Associate - San Francisco (CA) USA

Quality Manager

Sales Manager Europe

Agronomist & Supply Coordinator - EMEA territory

Grower - Tasmania (berries) - Australia

Category Manager - Sydney Markets, Australia

Independent Sales & Business Development Representative, USA

Experienced Tomato Grower, North America

Breeder - Xiamen, China

Senior Scientist, Plant Imaging - Brooklyn (NY) USA

Jim Phillips, President & CEO of Sunkist Growers

“We are well-positioned to meet growing demand for grapefruit”

The harvest of Southern California grown Star Ruby grapefruit is off to an earlier start this year due to relatively warm weather in the growing region. “It's available from…

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Private Equity Associate - San Francisco (CA) USA

British Columbia cherry growers optimistic about prospects for this season

As cherry blossom is underway in the early southern areas of Canada’s province British Columbia, a careful estimate can be given about the prospects of this year’s crop. The…

Washington apples see shifts in demand

Supplies of apples are tight right now as import programs are starting up. At Ag Grower Sales LLC in Wenatchee, WA, Jeff Aguigui notes that demand is largely shifting back to…

Fruit grower/exporter joins in the celebration of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

The United Nations General Assembly designated 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables to raise awareness of the importance of consuming fruits and vegetables,…

Oppy adds to its North American team

Oppy has added to its extensive team in North America with the hiring of Sergio Ruiz who will focus on building the supply of key items for the grower, marketer and…

Guan’s Mushroom Co recalls Enoki Mushrooms due to possible health risks

Guan’s Mushroom Co of Commerce, CA is recalling all cases of its 200g/7.05-ounce packages of Enoki Mushroom (Product of China) because it has the potential to be contaminated…

Strategic organic partnership carries over to upcoming show

The Organic Produce Network (OPN) and Western Growers (WG) have formed a strategic partnership reflecting the importance of organic production and announced that WG will be…

National Mango Board

Mango consumption in the US is expected to double in the next ten years

Mango has become a fashionable fruit and it is highly valued by North American consumers. In fact, due to the pandemic, consumers have become more demanding…

Verdant™ Technologies brings on agtech expert

Verdant Technologies has brought on postharvest life extension scientist Todd Edgington as its newest executive team member. Edgington’s responsibilities as…

Hectre brings fruit software to California’s citrus warehouses

Hectre, a fruit software and AI company from New Zealand, has extended it’s US coverage with California becoming its latest on the ground location. “We’ve had such an…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

Omar Papi from Futura

Everybody's looking for raw material and containers

In addition to the "usual" problems and restrictions caused by Covid, the price of the raw material used by sorting machine manufacturers increased considerably in March. A…

Special South Africa

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Proposed barge system for Durban is taking shape

Reefer season will require cool heads

As President Cyril Ramaphosa was visiting the port of Durban (a visit that heartened him, he said), Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) was discussing its reefer readiness for the…

Retail

Dreamstime

Raley’s: First O-N-E Market store conversion

HelloFresh: New partnership with Pratt Industries

Lidl US names new CEOLidl US has named a new CEO after its current CEO announced on April 20 that he is resigning in order to spend more time with his family. Lidl US…

No Indian mangoes for the US - second year in a row

For the second consecutive year, Indian mangoes will be absent from US retail markets. First, the Covid-19 pandemic hampered exports last year. This year, the…

Certification organization to help suppliers meet Walmart’s new commitments

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups,…

Despite the challenges of the campaign, Chile exported a record volume of cherries

Chile has the biggest cherry industry in the southern hemisphere. In 2020 it had the hemisphere's biggest planted area (more than 56,000 hectares in…

Biotalys appoints new chairman of the board

Biotalys, an AgTech company addressing food protection challenges to enable a more sustainable and safer food supply, has appointed Simon Moroney as chairman…

Fall and winter holidays drive higher avocado sales

Holiday avocado sales continued growing as shoppers purchased a record number of fresh Hass avocados during the 2020 fall and winter holidays. The Hass Avocado…

Northwest pear industry takes another step forward in their commitment to flavor

The pear industry in the Pacific Northwest has added a regulation for Anjou pears in a move to increase consumer satisfaction when they purchase pears in the…

Low temperatures put Midwest fruit growers on alert

Fruit growers all over Michigan are on alert as cold weather has returned, after a few weeks of mild temperatures. Nick Schweitzer, of Schweitzer Orchards,…

USDA

US: Northwest Region potato stocks on April 1, 2021 at 87.7 million cwt

Potato stocks in Idaho on April 1, 2021 totaled 51.0 million cwt. Disappearance of the Idaho crop to date was 83.8 million cwt. April 1 potato stocks in Oregon totaled 5.70…

Louis de Kock - Nile - online trading platform

“Why can’t we have better price transparency and digitalise trade between African countries?”

Many things have changed in the last year, most people now buy a lot more online due to the lockdowns and we are becoming more accustomed to this way of life. One company was…

Complete lockdown seems unavoidable

“Indian grape season narrowly escaped grip of coronavirus”

The grape season in India is slowing down, while at the same time the coronavirus is causing massive issues with infrastructure. Overall the grape season has satisfied one…

World Banana Day: celebrating the second most consumed fruit in the world

Hundreds of millions of people and their communities across the world rely on banana production for their livelihoods, and the enormous volume of bananas produced globally…

Full steam ahead for New Zealand Envy™ export programme

It’s full steam ahead for exports of T&G Global’s internationally popular, premium Envy™ apple this week, with five vessels carrying 28,000 cartons (518 tonnes) of Envy™ departing…

Matthew McIntyre - McIntyre Fruit

“In a 15-day period we spent 14 nights out protecting the crops from frost”

The last couple weeks has seen extensive frost damage across crops in Europe, this cold weather was also felt further north in Scotland. Matthew McIntyre grows soft fruit and…

Graham Eardley - Eardley International

"Work and stress levels have gone up and added extra costs to a supply chain"

It is now almost four months since the Brexit regulations came into force and one UK haulier said it has been a very difficult few months. “Yes, there have been improvements…

Automation ensures freshness for Edeka

Part of Germany’s largest supermarket chain, the regional company Edeka Minden-Hannover, is automating its fresh produce logistics in the fruit and vegetable sector with an…

The World Food Innovation Awards names the Monterosa tomato as the best natural and organic product

The Monterosa tomato specialty from Semillas Fito has been awarded as the best natural and organic product at the World Food Innovation Awards. These awards, organized by…

"Our clipping system and bio twines are the perfect marriage to not use plastics at all"

Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. Ka-chunk. A soft and rhythmic sound arises from the pipe rail trolley in a cucumber greenhouse in Germany. The same sound can be heard in a Mexican tomato…

"Our commitment: taking care of the planet"

Sandía Fashion reinforces its commitment to comply with the United Nations SDG 2030

"A society is defined by what it creates and by what it refuses to destroy (John C. Sawhill)." This quote of the former CEO of The Nature Conservancy and president of the…

Andriy Yarmak, economist at Investment Centre of UN FAO:

‘Gen Y and Z will prefer organic table grapes in eco-friendly packaging’

Andriy Yarmak is an economist at the Investment Centre of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). During a virtual training on the…

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