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New packaged greenhouse grown hydroponic lettuce line to release in January

Pete’s is gearing up to release a new product line in January: Greenhouse Fresh packaged, hydroponically grown lettuce. “Pete’s has been growing in greenhouses for over 50…

Expected to launch in 2022

Biological pesticides with better efficacy and higher consistency

BioConsortia, Inc. was started in 2014 and has been working on the development of microbial solutions for natural plant trait enhancement and yield improvement since then. “It…

Grimmway Farms sold to Indiana investment firm

California-based Grimmway Farms, one of the world’s largest growers and processors of carrots, is being bought by an investment firm from Indiana. “We are…

Ppy2010ha

White strawberry one of two new UF/IFAS varieties ready for harvest season

Just in time for the west-central Florida strawberry harvesting season, which runs from now until the end of March, UF/IFAS is releasing not one, but two new…

Imported stone fruit could meet solid Canadian demand

Supplies of Chilean stone fruit have begun arriving in Canada. “Our first stone fruit came yesterday. This is the start for us but it’s ahead of the rest of the market,” says…

Ontario greenhouse grower expands operations into Texas

Nature Fresh Farms has expanded operations with a new distribution center in Laredo, Texas. Future developments are also planned for next year. The new 61,000 square foot…

First containers of Sunrays® branded grapes from Peru arrive in US

As the 2021 import table grape season gets underway, Jac. Vandenberg is introducing its Sunrays® branded grapes. The first containers of Sunrays® grapes arrived this past…

Grape wash line gets key technology upgrade

HMC Farms, a grower, processor and shipper of fresh fruit, including ready-to-serve seedless grape packs, recently upgraded its grape wash line at the company’s Kingsburg, CA…

US retail sector plans winter promotions for Chilean fruit

Karen Brux, the executive director of the Chilean Fresh Fruits Association for North America, said the US retail sector was preparing promotions for the coming…

Software company for the produce industry celebrates 30 years

Produce Pro Software is celebrating its landmark 30th anniversary which is centered around the theme of “Growing Together.” The company that once started off…

Special Year Overview

Year Overview 2020: January

It seems like the year 2020 had a surprise for us just about every month, and it was hardly ever a positive one. In the Year Overview we'll look back on some of the major…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

Floris-Jan van Os, Hillfresh:

“Fewer Spanish kakis this year, which could mean shortages in the second half of the season”

The first Spanish kakis arrived on the Dutch market at the beginning of October. But it was only from November onwards that sales at European retailers began to rise again.…

Retail

KeHE has opened a new distribution center in southern Indiana

Uber has completed the acquisition of Postmates

US: Blue Apron hires new COOBlue Apron Holdings has a new chief operating officer. Charlean Gmunder takes over the job, bringing more than 30 years of food operations…

New appointment for automation systems company

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, appointed John Dykstra as Director of Service Operations for North America, South…

USDA - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Nebraska receives $1million to expand access to fresh produce for SNAP recipients

Open Harvest is one of three grocery stores and seven farmers markets in Nebraska that participate in extension’s Double Up Food Bucks program, which allows…

New heat resistant wave apples in Spain released

The first apple variety that has a bigger adaptation to climate change will be planted in Catalonia in 2021. According to expectations, it will be marketed in…

Company has to pay EUR 500,000 as part of the settlement

Greenyard closes listeria chapter after settlement with the FSMA

Greenyard has reached an amicable settlement of EUR 500,000 with stock market watchdog FSMA for the dissemination of 'incorrect and misleading information'…

Video Dutch wholesaler completes major renovations

Gebr. de Mooij - Amsterdam has bought out two of its neighboring businesses in the last six years. The first was Amsterdamse Fruithandel on 1 January 2014. And then, on 1…

Ronnie Moorman, Willem Dijk, the Netherlands

“Few large citrus fruits but prices now determine product”

Last year, Spain was hit by storms in September. Mandarins bore the full brunt. That made for lower volumes on the market. That, in turn, meant favorable price formations in…

Apple with red flesh also available in juice and lemonade form at Davis Europe / Davis Solutions

"First export of Red Love apple to India"

Davis Europe has been working on the Red Love apple for several years now. The apple with its unique red flesh has been cultivated by the Dutch grower Jacco Merkens for seven…

From the Limgroup, in the Netherlands

New asparagus variety, Maralim, hits the market

It's taken a few years of intensive trails but the Limgroup has finally brought a new asparagus variety on the market. It's called Maralim and is a mid-early variety. Known as…

"The Sibac has a very open plant and requires fewer laborers"

Sakata presents its first early red bell pepper for Almeria

Sakata, a leading seed company devoted to open ground vegetables such as broccoli, is now launching its new line of greenhouse vegetables and has presented the first variety…

Egyptian citrus season has started, good quantity of Valencia oranges expected

The Egyptian citrus season has begun, starting with Navel oranges. After that the Valencia oranges will be exported. Navels will have lower quantities than last year, but…

Lohan Marais – Icon Fruit

Fair market pull for South African stonefruit

The South African stonefruit industry welcomes a return to normality after a few difficult years. Lohan Marais, commercial director at Icon Fruit, the new partnership between…

Hortgro

Cape Town port beacon of hope in uncertain times

During the past season, logistics, and in particular the functioning of the main ports from where we ship our fruit, have been a huge headache during the initial and further…

CO2 emissions per container visualized with HelloContainer

The Dutch shipping industry causes more CO2 emissions than all of the cars in the country combined. One container ship emits about the same amount of CO2 a year as 28,000…

"We want to consolidate ourselves as the main producer of organic green kiwi in Europe"

The kiwi campaign in the Bajo Nalon Valley, Asturias, has already started. The campaign in this region, where the Spanish company Kiwinatur has its farms, will last until May.…

Schomaker Convenience Technik LLC confident about the new year

"More and more potato producers are looking for convenience solutions"

The mechanical engineering industry in Germany seems to have weathered pandemic rather well so far. The increased demand for automation, in connection with labor shortages and…

EIT

EIT Food report reveals lasting impact of COVID-19 pandemic on European food behaviours

EIT Food, Europe’s leading food innovation initiative supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), today published a new report on the impact of the…

Broccoli reinvents guacamole

Guacamole lovers concerned about sustainability have a new option: brocomole. A kind of guacamole made using broccoli as the main ingredient, that is more sustainable and cheaper than…

"Two solutions to mitigate loss claims at destination for avocado shipments"

In the current Covid era, meetings, seminars and conferences are having to adapt to the new digital formats. Citrosol recently played the starring role in an…

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FY2020 Full Year Results - Select Harvest

Record almond crop was offset by lower almond prices and higher water costs

Melbourne-based Select Harvests is Australia's largest almond grower and processor, and is the third largest grower worldwide. While it manages almond orchards in Victoria,…

Debets Schalke

Growing sustainable vegetables in the Saudi Arabian desert under 80 hectares of glass

Dava corporation, owned by the Al Batal family, recently signed a new deal with Debets Schalke for the expansion of Dava's greenhouse complexes in the Al-Kharj region. In…

MustGrow banana disease results in Colombia claim '100% Control'

MustGrow Biologics Corp. is pleased to announce the initial Colombia laboratory test results of MustGrow’s mustard-derived organic biopesticide formulation on…

Colombian potato growers question imports

Colombia's potato imports, which in 2020 already amount to some 56,000 tons, are being questioned by Colombian producers, who indicate that the foreign supply…

Ryhor Bruyeu

Kurdistan Region

Halabja increases yield of pomegranates, exporting abroad

Halabja is a city in Kurdistan Region and the capital of Halabja Governorate, located in Iraq. Halabja province is one of the most famous pomegranates…

Soren Toft arrives at MSC as Chief Executive Officer

MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company, a global leader in transportation and logistics, is pleased to announce that Soren Toft started his new role as Chief…

Fresh Publishers

We're going vertical!

Hortidaily and FloralDaily are very glad to announce the launch of a new segment - VerticalFarmDaily.com. Vertical Farm Daily will send out a daily newsletter about all…

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