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New hydroponically grown specialty berry pack launches next month

Rooting thousands of strawberry plants on elevated tables the first week of October, Oppy, under the Ocean Spray license, will launch its first-ever specialty berry pack in…

Growing interest from retailers in dragon fruit

Supplies of dragon fruit are seeing a bit of a transitional period right now. By mid-December, an uptick in volume of yellow dragon fruit is anticipated.  White dragon fruit: Florida…

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Minnesota officials found E. coli in a package of leftover Josie’s Organics baby spinach

Josie’s Organics Baby Spinach Sold at stores nationwide “Best by” date of October 23, 2021 Sold in plastic clamshell containers Minnesota officials found E. coli O157:H7…

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman, Daniel Maffei:

'US trucker pay may need to rise to resolve supply chain troubles'

U.S. Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Daniel Maffei has stated that a lack of warehouse space and truckers to move products seemed to be at least part of…

New director of sales for Peak of the Market

Peak of the Market is proud to announce that Ryan French has joined its team as director of sales. Ryan is a strategic-thinking, goal-driven sales professional…

New trade resource on website for date company

Natural Delights® has introduced a new Trade Resources page for the Medjool date category. The page provides access to category insights and an expanded…

Food recall warning

Jongilpoom brand Enoki Mushroom recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Covic International Trading Inc. is recalling Jongilpoom brand Enoki Mushroom from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The recalled product has…

Fresh produce provider named supplier of the year for two restaurant chains

Veg-Fresh Farms is closing out 2021 on a high note: the company was awarded Supplier of the Year by two major national restaurant chains, and recently received a score of 99…

Global Shippers Forum warns that congestion will continue after Christmas

The Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has issued a statement saying that the wave of congestion that is sweeping through global supply chains delaying deliveries of…

Possible $200 fine in New Jersey for selling New York apples as ‘local’ fruit

Under a bill backed by outgoing Senate President Steve Sweeney, advanced Monday by the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, New Jersey grocers would face a…

Special Greenhouse

Growing wasabi hydroponically not as impossible as it seems

When one thinks of sushi, it is not long before one comes to wasabi. In the video below, famous sushi chef Hiroyuki Terada visits the wasabi farm, Half Moon…

FRI-EL Green House

Video Another twenty hectares of greenhouses for the largest Italian hub

Another 20 hectares of greenhouses part of Fri-El Green House have been inaugurated on November 10th, 2021 as part of the largest Italian iron and glass greenhouse hub for…

Global focus citrus

Organized by Ole' Supermarket, Chu’s Agriculture, and JWM Group

The 2021 new Chucheng orange season launch promotion event

Recently, at Ole' Supermarket's Shenye Shangcheng Store in Shenzhen, Ole' Supermarket, Chu’s Agriculture, and the JWM Group jointly held the 2021 New Chucheng Orange Fruit…

Retail

Dreamstime

Robust comparable-sales gains for Walmart's U.S. businesses in Q3

Afresh Technologies is partnering with The Save Mart Companies

US: Buehler’s promotes Michael Davidson to CEOCome next year, a new chief executive officer will be at the helm for Ohio grocer Buehler’s Fresh Foods. Michael Davidson,…

Fresh Produce Association of the Americas

FPAA welcomes new board members

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) held its annual meeting on November 4th, 2021. Attendees had the option of joining the meeting virtually through the Zoom platform…

A boost of Blue recommended for American Diabetes Month

During American Diabetes Month, the U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) is inspiring consumers to grab a boost of blue as part of an overall healthy diet.…

Sources claim Colorado’s new overtime pay rules for agricultural workers are too weak

Regulations from the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment would phase in overtime pay, equivalent to time-and-a-half, over a few years, with farm…

Introduction of the ‘Keep Food Local & Affordable Act’

US Representative Greg Steube of Florida recently introduced the Keep Food Local & Affordable Act to combat the recent rise in food prices due to historic…

Audience enchanted by decorated booths

First day of the Shanghai International Fruit Expo

The first day of the Shanghai International Fruit Expo was a great success. The line up of participating companies was amazing, and more than 80% of the 23,000 square meter…

"Honey Gold quality and size are as good and consistent with what consumers have come to expect"

Demand still expected to be high despite lighter Honey Gold mango crop

While there will be a lighter crop of Honey Gold mangoes in Australia this season, that has not impacted the quality of the premium variety, according to grower Piñata Farms.…

Growers baffled by theft of 205 citrus trees from South Australian orchard

A citrus grower in South Australia's Riverland is baffled by the fact that 205 trees were stolen out of the ground from his property less than a week after he…

First eight months of 2021:

Colombian fruit exports to UAE totaled more than AED 12 mln

Colombia's fruit exports to the UAE have reached an all-time high of more than AED 12 million between January and August 2021. Experts forecast it to increase…

Egyptian strawberry season kicks off

“The popularity of our strawberry brand helps increase our client list a little every year”

The strawberry season in Egypt has started and will continue until the end of March. One exporter has been increasing production every year and expects demand to be higher…

Walter Ahn (Wasto-Pac) about plastic crates and pallets

"Growing demand from all sides for cheaper plastics”

For the packaging industry, it has been exciting times since the global pandemic began. There have been significant material shortages and unprecedented cost hikes. The…

Hamidouche Seridj, Monloup:

“At the moment, it is more interesting to buy a chicken than a kilo of pears!”

This year, the French pear harvest was impacted by approximately 80%, so wholesalers are struggling to supply their clients. “The offer of French pears is very limited. It is…

'Exploring Bejo's World' highlights asparagus' future

''Asparagus deserves to be the hero of a dish"

What does the future hold for asparagus? This was the topic of discussion during the 'Exploring Bejo's world' event. The Dutch company, Bejo Zaden, organized it. Several…

“The apple harvest in Ukraine was good this year”

The Ukrainian apple season is competing with the large production of other countries, which has meant prices are lower this year. Overall the harvest itself is of solid…

Corne van de Klundert, Origin Fruit Direct:

"European retailers are switching to overseas red, seedless grapes earlier this year."

The overseas grape supply to Europe is well underway. "In Peru, quite a few farmers have planted seedless grapes in recent years. Especially in the north of…

Shaun Hockey - The Stonefruit Specialists

“Despite the many challenges posed by stonefruit there are still so many opportunities in the sector”

Stonefruit is a difficult category to trade but it does have the ability to wow people, according to Shaun Hockey from The Stonefruit Specialists. “Softfruit…

The value of air freight pineapples

While the reopening of restaurants and of the Ho.re.ca. sector has revamped the consumption of exotic fruits, the same cannot be said for the air freight sector. Unlike the product…

Alberto Palmí, director of FEDEMCO:

"The price of wood has tripled. We have never seen anything like this before"

Fruit and vegetable growers and marketers are facing rising costs when placing their products on the market. One of the inputs that have seen the highest price increase is…

Leon Hijweege, new at Keelings International in the Netherlands:

"Our Costa Rican pineapple farm is a unique concept"

This week, Leon Hijweege joined Keelings International Ltd's sales division in the Netherlands. This Irish fruit and vegetable sector giant has sales offices in countries like…

Laurent La Morella, Lorre:

'Few large dates this season''

The Israeli date season is in full swing. ''This year, there are many smaller Israeli Medjool dates. The large ones are scarce," begins Laurent La Morella of Lorre, an…

25% of Apofruit's persimmons are organic

Persimmon sales are regular and prices are good, also because volumes are not very high. The quotations of the organic produce are also good. "Harvesting is over for both the…

Wayne Johnson - Faedah Solutions

“We have targeted SMEs who want to digitalise, it doesn’t have to be expensive"

When a business is looking at digitalisation, especially a start up, it can be a daunting not to mention expensive affair. Faedah Solutions has technology aimed at SMEs to…

The Ministry of Agriculture of Ecuador will start reviewing the transactions

Companies that don't pay the minimum support price for bananas will lose their license to export

The Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG) has informed that it will begin reviewing the payments made through the Interbank Payment System (SPI), to…

Bio Bio's fruit harvest has started with a 50% lack of labor

The fruit harvest season officially began in the province of Bio Bio with a strong labor shortage. There is a shortage of labor in the fields. The situation…

Peruvian fresh asparagus exports increase by 13%

Peru exported 107,431 tons of fresh asparagus worth 330 million dollars between January and October of this year, i.e. 13% more in volume and value than in the…

Mexico is self-sufficient in banana production

According to data from the Agrifood and Fisheries Information Service (SIAP), in 2020 Mexico produced 2,468,000 tons of bananas, which were planted on 81,081…

Sea-Intelligence: ‘Rate reduction could take 18-30 months’

Sea-Intelligence is a Danish provider of research & analysis, data and advisory services within the global supply chain industry. It has analyzed the composite…

Ainia designs mobile containers so that local farmers can process their fruits and vegetables in a sustainable manner

Ainia is working on the development of a mobile container, within the framework of the European FOX project, so that local farmers can select, process, and…

More nutritional sprouts thanks to led lights

Sprouts have high concentrations of antioxidant compounds, up to 100 times higher than adult plants, and thus incorporating them in salads or dressings is an…

Time for action not words - agri-tech solutions at REAP Conference

“Increasing knowledge about humankind’s impact on the planet has given us strong signals on how we are damaging the environment, but also potential solutions…

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