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Food service and home gardening boost popularity of hot peppers

Hot peppers are on trend, and consumer demand has been showing an increase in recent years. "Restaurants and fast-food chains increasingly add hot peppers to meals that didn't…

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Medjool Date Truffles and Snack Packs

Innovating the date category to increase penetration

Medjool dates are healthy and nutrient dense, containing 16 essential vitamins and minerals. However, in the United States date category penetration is low with only about 8.5…

Endive has room to grow in North America

There’s still a lot of room for consumption in North America. That’s the thinking from David Moen of California Endive Farms in Rio Vista, California around both awareness and…

Canadian grower plans 45-acre organic strawberry expansion

Nature Fresh Farms is expanding its footprint and bringing more sustainably grown, fresh, organic produce to market. This year, as part of the Organic Produce Summit July…

Eco Farms celebrates 50 years of avocados

While the Oppy-Eco Farms network is just a couple years old, the two companies’ combined 200-plus years of experience has since created massive expansion opportunities for…

Secretary Alcalde's ministry to publish guidelines

Mexico to prohibit subcontracting of avocado, berry pickers

The Mexican Federal Labor Ministry said it would prohibit subcontracting of day laborers in the avocado and berry industries, partly to ensure companies…

California still produces lion's share of US-grown avocados

Though the United States is a huge consumer of avocados, second only to Mexico, it doesn't produce that many itself. Most of the avocados in the US are…

Lori Anne Peaches now on store shelves

Lori Anne Peaches are now available at select retailers nationwide. "The varieties that make up the Lori Anne Peach brand are chosen for flavor and are the best of the best…

RDAR investment in Lethbridge College research will help producers get more potatoes from field to market

Currently, the best way to find out whether or not a potato is good to go to market is basic and old-fashioned – cut it open and look to see if there are defects. The process…

Robert Wedin to retire following outstanding career in avocado industry

Calavo Growers, Inc. names Danny Dumas to lead Grown segment

Calavo Growers, Inc., a global avocado-industry player and provider of value-added fresh food, today announced that Danny Dumas has been named Senior Vice…

Organic Produce Summit

Exhibiting organic bananas with a social approach

Grupo AGGALL-Coliman Bananas says it is a pleasure to participate in the Organic Produce Summit 2022 and meet with the family of the organic products industry. As an organic…

Global Focus Cooling and Logistics

Port & supply chain partners prepare for busy summer, early peak season

Port of Los Angeles: May cargo third best month on record

The Port of Los Angeles processed 967,900 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) in May, the third best overall month in its 115-year history. Five months in to…

The war in Ukraine is affecting international trade and emerging economies

The effects of the war in Ukraine can be felt around the world, but especially among the Ukrainian people. The effect on trade is already clear. It has…

Retail

Dreamstime

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of QBIX Analytics

Kroger plans to open an automated customer fulfillment center in Denver metropolitan area

US: The Fresh Market kicks off July with 40th anniversary celebrationThe Fresh Market Inc. (TFM) will commemorate its 40th anniversary beginning on July 1 with an array of…

Toronto's Yuzuki Fish Market deals in expensive Miyazaki mangos and Shizuoka melons

For those who like to splash on rare melons and mangos sold for over $100, there's a place in Toronto to do it. Yuzuki Fish Market deals in not only specialty…

California: Navel orange season sees great prices

The 2021-22 navel orange season wrapped up last week. Prices have gone up to nearly $25 per carton. Reportedly, last week, the navel crop was 100% harvested…

Farmers petition to protect ‘vital’ farmland from sale by federal government

Surrey field produces millions of vegetables but could be paved over

More than a quarter of the local potatoes, carrots, cabbage and squash available from spring to early summer in British Columbia are harvested from a single…

Nova Scotia government gives $100,000 to blueberry growers who use bees for pollination

The Nova Scotia government is providing $100,000 to the province's Blueberry Pollination Expansion Program, intent on supporting blueberry growers who keep…

GLOBALG.A.P. North America announces two new key hires

GLOBALG.A.P. North America is pleased to announce that Antonio Restrepo has joined GLOBALG.A.P. North America as producer relations manager and Katy Hladki has…

Canadian fruit cooperative wins awards for safety

Safety is a top priority for BC Tree Fruits Cooperative and on June 16, the Cooperative was rewarded for its efforts by the Manufacturing Safety Alliance of BC…

"New export destinations - Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA and Asia"

Stable European demand for Colombian passion fruit

The European market demand for passion fruit from Colombia is described as stable by a South American exporter, San Basilio Fruits. The company ships between one and two…

Fyffes implements new community investment projects in Honduras

Fyffes and its subsidiary Grupo SOL in Honduras promote the participation of local communities in community investment projects related to four key areas to contribute to…

Peruvian lemon exports increase and achieve one of the highest prices in the last five years

In the first five months of the year, Peru exported 16,007 tons of lemon for 17.5 million dollars, which is more than the sector had forecasted and 39% more…

Imports of Chilean Royal Gala apples increase in Brazil

By Antonella Rocco. Agronomist and analyst at the portal Mercado Brasilero. In recent weeks, Royal Gala apple arrivals have increased in the Brazilian market.…

Belize: Diagnostic training on Fusarium banana wilt disease conducted for BAHA technicians

Тhе Міnіѕtrу оf Аgrісulturе, in соllаbоrаtіоn with thе Іntеrnаtіоnаl Rеgіоnаl Оrgаnіzаtіоn fоr Рlаnt аnd Аnіmаl Неаlth (ОІRЅА) аnd thе Таіwаn Gоvеrnmеnt, іѕ…

Elton Williams – Tessara

Tessara’s Berrisys Fast is quick to unlock the potential of raspberries and blackberries

In response to requests from raspberry and blackberry growers, Tessara has developed Berrisys Fast, a fully recyclable sulphur dioxide-generating sheet, with only a fast…

Ethiopia:

Yirgalem Integrated Agro-Industrial Park secured US$2.4 mln from avocado exports

Sidama Industrial Park Development Corporation stated that two avocado factories in Yirgalem Integrated Agro-Industrial Park have secured US$2.4 million from…

Laurens Maartens (StoneX):

"When investing in a Kazakhstan greenhouse, also consider the most advantageous exchange rate"

Many Dutch horticultural suppliers are focused on the market in Kazakhstan. At the end of April, more than 80 companies attended a horticultural trade fair in…

“Season was quite favourable, given the circumstances of the war in Ukraine”

The war in Ukraine will pose a big problem for the upcoming apple season in Poland. The country usually relies heavily on a workforce from Ukraine. There is no real plan in…

PND

PL2D - peeling machine for melons and pineapples

"The Propack Mexico and Propak Asia fairs were held last week in the two hemispheres and our team attended both with a lot of enthusiasm," explains Virginia Cascella, export…

4-12 July

Global Melon and Watermelon Event 2022

Rijk Zwaan announces the upcoming edition of its annual Global Melon and Watermelon Event. The vegetable breeder’s beautiful melon and watermelon varieties will be on display…

Tenuta Arabona

Niche processed products made from Montepulciano d'Abruzzo grapes

"Tenuta Arabona is the continuation of the family farm founded by my parents in the 1960s, who were passionate winemakers. Having completed my agricultural studies, I…

Kiwi Atlántico expands and strengthens its facilities to optimize its product and achieve its zero-waste goal

“We have now installed the latest kiwi sorting technology”

Kiwi Atlántico, the largest kiwi marketer in Spain, has carried out a major refurbishment of its facilities with the aim of optimizing its product and achieving one of its…

Registration open for the fifth edition

The Rome Table comes back on 3rd and 4th November

The fifth edition of The Rome Table, the international B2B dedicated to fruit and vegetable trade, organised by Omnibus, a company belonging to the Gemma Editco Group, will be…

Dr. Stacy Pyett, Program Manager Proteins for Life at WUR:

'The world can be fed with only plant-based food'

Sufficient plant proteins are produced in the world to feed todays world's population, says Dr. Stacy Pyett, Program Manager Proteins for Life at WUR. She…

'European Green Deal could see food become a luxury'

Is food set to be a luxury of the wealthy? This is the question that resounds from reviewing the agricultural policies that Europe seeks to adopt - policies…

NZ scientists look for the perfect avocado

In ten years, New Zealand’s avocado sales have rocketed from $70m to $240m. The industry now has its sights set on revenue of $1 billion by 2040. That is why…

Industry leaders welcome new study of Save Foods’ treatment showing extended shelf-life of mangos

Save Foods, an agri-food tech company specializing in eco crop protection that helps to reduce food waste and ensure food safety, announced results of an…

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