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Commercial Manager/Trader for Flowers - Holland

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager (Africa Division)

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Farm Manager (Cherries) - BC, Canada

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Double-digit growth in US and export markets

Positioning dates as a snack continues to pay off

The Bard Valley, located in a 150-square-mile radius of the intersection of Arizona, California, and Mexico, grows about 60 percent of all dates grown in the United States.…

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Commercial Manager/Trader for Flowers - Holland

Shifts in demand for beets

Supplies of beets out of British Columbia, Canada are good as the industry prepares for the 2020 crop. “Supplies are still good. We’ve still got some storage crop for red,…

Colorado peach growers will have some fruit this summer

Colorado will definitely have peaches this year. That’s the message from Lance Davis of Davis Family Farms in Palisade, CO following a significant frost in mid-April that…

Produce sees double-digit sales gains during Memorial Day week

During this year's Memorial Day, the tight meat supply created a starring role for fresh produce in many of the weekly ads. Additionally, social distancing measures prompted…

Kenton Harmer promoted to Managing Director at EFI

Marking another important milestone of growth, Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers,…

Lionel Mendoza becomes Vice President of Business Development

Good Foods promotes Brittany Vetter to National Director of Sales – Retail

Good Foods announced the hiring of Lionel Mendoza as vice president of business development and the promotion of Brittany Vetter to national director of sales…

LGMA forms adjacent lands subcommittee to make romaine safer

The California LGMA has appointed a special new subcommittee to focus on how land adjacent to leafy greens farms may be contributing to foodborne illness outbreaks associated…

Florida company feeds community with Farmers to Families Food Boxes

Working with the Feeding America food bank network, FiveStar, the maker of Simply Fresh branded products is now on the frontlines distributing fresh and wholesome foods…

Annunciata Cerioli promoted SVP North America of Del Monte Fresh Produce

Del Monte Fresh Produce has promoted Annunciata Cerioli to Senior Vice President, North America, from Senior Vice President, Operations, North America. In her…

CPMA releases its May 2020 Preferred Plastics Guide

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association Plastics Packaging Working Group has persisted towards its objectives, despite being unable to meet in person…

Special Asia

"The new production season will officially begin in one month"

"Chinese mango export from Panzhihua looks promising"

Most of the mangoes currently available on the Chinese market come from Hainan Island. However, the mango production season in Hainan will officially come to an end in June.…

Global Focus Logistics / cooling

Dart Group sells Fowler Welch division for £98 million

Dart Group Plc, a holding company based in Leeds, England, has completed the sale of its distribution and logistics business Fowler Welch to Culina Group for gross cash of £98…

Retail

iFresh’s online grocery delivery service expands to Florida, Maryland and Massachusetts

Nearly all of Costco Wholesale’s food courts will be reopened by the middle of June

US: Stop & Shop extends 10% pay increaseStop & Shop will extend the 10% wage increase it has been paying hourly store associates since March through July 4, according to a…

Washington State Potato Commission

Washington growers give away 1 million pounds of potatoes

The Washington State Commission says on its Facebook channel that it is excited to announce that the Washington State potato growers will reach their mission…

Georgia citrus orchards work toward certification

The majority of trees in Georgia’s young citrus industry have come from other states, Citrus Industry reports. “That statistic could soon be changing, meaning…

Esen

Due to COVID-19 positive employees

Food City discontinues deliveries of Scott's strawberries for rest of season

Food City has discontinued deliveries of Scott's strawberries for the remainder of the season after 38 Scott's Strawberry & Tomato Farms employees tested…

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USA

Apples and pears will continue to be go-to staples this spring and summer

Although uncertain times remain in the current COVID-19 environment, apples and pears are certain to continue to be go-to staples this spring and summer. Apple…

Castellini partners with Blue Yonder

New partnership to ensure produce freshness across the supply chain

Consumers continue to demand increased freshness and availability from produce suppliers whether it be their local grocer, restaurant, or convenience store.…

SmartFresh technology expanded to include avocado, broccoli, melon, tomato, mango and stone fruit

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. has expanded the global application of its flagship SmartFresh technology solution to optimize the consumer experience for a wide…

World Citrus Organization

Southern hemisphere 2020 citrus exports are expected to increase by 12%

After the formal adoption of the Statutes of the organization in March 2020, the Secretariat of the World Citrus Organization (WCO) has just compiled and published the first…

Brazil

EPS packaging increases food safety for fresh produce during pandemic

FarmFresh EPS conservers, manufactured by Termotécnica and sold in the Brazilian market under the DaColheita brand, guarantees added safety in protecting, storing and…

Alejandro Lucas, Fresh Fruit Commercial Director for San Miguel:

“We are learning and adapting quickly”

In an interview, San Miguel's Fresh Fruit Commercial Director explains what measures the company is taking in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic and…

Nele Moorthamers - Zespri Europe

"We’re seeing an increase in online demand"

This season Zespri is expecting a crop of around 155 million trays (or around 600,000 tonnes), the percentage of Zespri SunGold will again be more than that of Zespri green…

From the air: drone pictures show major pineapple planting season underway in North Queensland

Planting is underway at Piñata Farms for the Mareeba, North Queensland crew who will plant more than two million pineapples this season. Mareeba-based photographer Brendan…

Report by Tridge

Satisfactory apple harvests for South Africa and New Zealand

This season's apple harvests for South Africa and New Zealand are at optimal levels. The main issue in exporting, however, is projected to be complications in…

Interpom 2020 on new trade show days

2020 will go down in history as 'the year of the coronavirus pandemic'. The health crisis that we are currently facing is affecting all sectors and has…

Spain: LA UNIÓ de Llauradors takes stock of the 2019/20 citrus campaign

"It has been an atypical campaign, with many ups and downs"

The citrus division of LA UNIÓ de Llauradors has taken stock of the current citrus 2019-2020 season, which is about to end. It has found that despite the noticeable increase…

The cherry sector in Extremadura (Spain) has lost 45% of its production

"We are talking about many millions of euros in losses"

The spring's climatic instability has dealt a severe blow to Extremadura's cherry campaign. According to Emilio Sanchez, the president of the Regulatory Council of the Cereza…

Etienne Sassé, Produit sur son 31:

“The first apricot volumes are low, but we are satisfied with the quality”

The apricot season has just begun for the producers of the Produit sur son 31 organization. Unfortunately, the weather conditions of the past weeks have been detrimental for…

José Aurelio García, of Explum: "We hope not to lose the Brazilian market this year"

Lower plum production in Badajoz, more demand and higher prices

The start of the stone fruit campaign in Badajoz is making the sector optimistic, following the price crises of recent years. The plum harvest, the most important for the…

Patented Calcium Absorption Technology – TECAL®

10% more Class 1 grade fruit, improved shelf-life and plant tolerance to stresses

Fruit growers globally share quality targets aiming to achieve Class 1 fruit grade. To ensure profitability, it is not the quantity of fruit produced that makes the difference…

Eternalrefuge86

An alternate way of cutting watermelons

Some life hacks are pretty handy. How about this one, for cutting watermelons? Use dental floss! Shared on Reddit, a woman showed her technique, using the floss to effortlessly…

Modfos

Spain: 10% of Moroccan strawberry pickers to now harvest blueberries

Some 10% of the 7.000 Moroccan seasonal workers who have traveled to the Spanish province of Huelva for the strawberry campaign, have accepted the…

'Towards a united voice for banana workers in Africa'

Strong and influential trade unions are the foundation for true social justice in the world of work, as much in Africa as in any other continent on the planet.…

GoneWithTheWind

Thailand and Taiwan will open up to Italian apples

With local authorities having approved the preparatory Memorandum of Understanding. Italian companies are ready to start exports to the two large Asian markets. Taiwan will…

Garlic prices in China have been dipping since May

The roller-coaster volatility in the price of garlic over recent years has drawn the concern of consumers. It is once again the season of fresh garlic, and…

Jinfeng Zhang

Philippines still world’s second largest pineapple exporter

According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the Philippines remained the world’s second-largest exporter of fresh pineapples in 2019,…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Average prices of Gala apples show no change week-on-week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of fruit and vegetables and bananas, by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for…

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