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Irrigation and Fertigation Engineer - Berlin, Germany

Indoor Farming Product Manager - Berlin, Germany

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Mucci Farms launches podcast

To connect the dots between greenhouse operations and their customers, Canadian Mucci Farms is launching a podcast called Spill the Greens. “We think it’s important for people…

More Washington organic apples for 2020

As the Washington apple season gets underway, early estimates are that the volume will be similar to 2019’s numbers. “That’s an early industry estimate so we’ll see by…

Favorable market conditions so far for California table grapes this season

California saw cool spring weather this year, which helped the growth of their grapes but also delayed the start of the harvest this summer. Philippe Markarian of Fresno-based…

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Weather causes delays in Ontario carrot production

There are uncertain markets in Ontario carrots currently. “In the last week to 10 days we’ve seen a lot of our local crop deteriorate from the large amount of rain that…

California grown Finger limes and avocados available in subscription boxes

Consumer interest for Citriburst Finger Limes is up as they are high in vitamin C, a key element for immune health. Direct connection with consumersMegan Shanley Warren says…

Apeel expands nationwide in Germany

The EDEKA Group and Apeel are further extending their joint commitment against food waste. The outcome of an extensive pilot test in about 2,900 selected EDEKA and Netto…

Awe Sum Organics welcomes produce veteran Jon Kiley as a new Sales Account Manager

Awe Sum Organics, with roots in the organic produce trade since 1985 and grower partnerships across the globe in both the southern and northern hemispheres,…

J&D Produce becomes Little Bear Produce

J&D Produce will now operate under the name Little Bear Produce. To ensure brand cohesion and consistent messaging across the board, J&D Produce made the…

Task force seeks new defences against cherry-killing disease

Cherry trees infected with the Little Cherry Disease bear small, bitter or bland fruits that often lack attractive coloring. The disease is a significant concern for growers,…

2019-2020 season analysis

The area devoted to table grapes in Chile decreases

The most relevant factors when analyzing the 2019/2020 season in Chile were the drought, the COVID-19 pandemic, the social protests and other issues that are typical of the…

Special Latin America

Erick Aponte - PROMPERÚ

“Asian markets have become a very big priority for us,”

With annual growth close to 5%, Peru is one of the Latin American countries with the biggest international reach. Food exports represent its second biggest source of foreign…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Pascal Bassols, Agro Sélection Fruits:

“The French producers who coped better are the ones who differentiated themselves”

Overall, this year in Europe, stone fruits of all varieties arrived on the market 15 to 20 days early, which precipitated the end of the season. “We personally finished…

Retail

Amazon delivered 66% of its own packages in July

Kroger released its 2020 ESG Report

Amazon is delivering nearly two-thirds of its own packages as e-commerce continues pandemic boomThe pandemic-fueled e-commerce boom doesn’t appear to be slowing down in the…

Summer Citrus from South Africa

Summer months seeing an all-time peak of citrus consumption

During its 21st consecutive citrus season, Summer Citrus from South Africa (SCSA) hosted a successful consumer promotion elevating the South African fruit…

US potato exports still strong despite pandemic impacts

U.S. potato exports for the July 2019 – June 2020 marketing year (MY20), declined 2.6% in value and 2.2% for the fresh weight equivalent volume from the…

Neil Lockhart

California

Horizon Farm property and pistachio & almond crop sold to Maricopa Orchards

Agriculture and engineering services firm Camellia PLC -headquartered in Kent- has released a statement saying Horizon Farms partnership in California has…

United Fresh releases summer 2020 fresh insights for foodservice

The Summer 2020 issue of United Fresh’s Fresh Insights for Foodservice is now available. Sponsored by Produce Alliance, this quarterly report highlights…

Carrier Global Corp boosts attractiveness to clients

Today, more than half of world’s reefer trade is in non-seasonal cargoes – frozen meat, fish and vegetables, plus pharmaceuticals. This means that -in contrast…

Australian dragonfruit grower hopeful of an increase in demand as more production comes online

A Northern New South Wales dragonfruit grower would like to see consumption of the fruit in Australia grow, as more of his plants come online in coming seasons. While North Byron Farms…

Coles

Melbourne, Australia

Coles’ $43 million ripening facility completed

Supermarket giant Coles has completed the construction of its $43 million state-of-the-art ripening facility in Melbourne, featuring a 600 kw solar system. The ripening…

Tony Derwael, Bel’Export

“A significant number of Belgian apples are sun-damaged”

Belgium experienced unusually high, dry temperatures this year. That caused sun damage to much of that country's apple and pear crops. "We've also been significantly…

Eddy Kreukniet (Exsa Europe):

"Disappointing period for mandarins recently, no stocks of oranges"

In general, overseas citrus sales are going particularly well this summer. Only the mandarins are currently a negative exception to the rule, according to Eddy Kreukniet of…

Reefer transports from Brazil straight into European melon nerve centre

“People around the world are increasingly seeking a healthy lifestyle and fresh fruit and vegetables are an important contributor,” says Elber Alves Justo, managing director…

Mike Looije, Yex:

"Hot market for pomegranates, but supply will quickly increase now"

While some exotics sometimes experience a dip in the summer, this is not the case in the pomegranate market. "Pomegranates are becoming increasingly popular.…

Viorel Dudau

'Consumer trends that have come to supermarkets to stay'

Distribution companies have published a strategic turn to their businesses after the coronavirus. Five trends mark the way for companies in the sector, which…

Heribert Kremers on the German table grape campaign

"We want to be off the market by early October"

On 20 July - about a week earlier than usual - the team from the Kremers company in North Rhine-Westphalia picked the first German table grapes. The cultivation of table…

Gert Upton – Schoonbee Landgoed

Golden year for oranges but soft citrus stasis in Europe

Last week Schoonbee Landgoed’s final Valencias were packed, closing off a dream orange season that ended around two weeks earlier than usual. It was a campaign characterised…

Matt Prestwich - R&G Fresh

Herb and ingredient supplier gets a ‘fresh’ new look, expands product line

Fresh herbs and ingredients supplier, R&G FRESH (previously known as R&G Herbs), has undertaken a major rebrand to reflect the company’s evolution. Founded in 1958 by Richard…

Catalan top fruit production affected by fungal disease

The growers' association Unió de Pagesos (UP) has warned that this year's Catalan pome fruit production will be a bit smaller than expected due to the impact of a fungal…

The export price of Paraguayan bananas increases by 44%

During the first seven months of 2020, Paraguay exported 36,837 tons of bananas worth 9.2 million dollars, mostly to Argentina and Uruguay. Despite a 13%…

Agricola Cerro Prieto (Peru)

"We plan to double table grape exports in the 2020/2021 season"

The Peruvian company Agricola Cerro Prieto (ACP) plans to double its table grape exports in the 2020/2021 season, which runs from October to January, over the…

Chernetskaya

Jamaican Ministry reopens borders for potatoes and onions

Jamaica’s Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture & Fisheries (MICAF) has reopened the borders for Irish potatoes and onions, in an attempt to meet rising…

Veracruz becomes Mexico's leading grapefruit producer

The state of Veracruz has positioned itself as Mexico's leading grapefruit producer after producing 266,282 tons of this fruit per season in more than 8,000…

Japan braces for fall armyworm

Japan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has warned of significant damage to farm products unless authorities and farmers take appropriate measures to stop the advance…

Sergey Lyukshinov

Iran exports over 60,000 tons of dates to 52 countries

Among the many export destinations for Iranian dates, have been Sweden, the Netherlands, Russia, Turkey, Qatar, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Canada, Australia,…

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