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More and bigger apples coming from New York state

Apples out of New York state look to be slightly up in volume this season. “Most varieties came back with solid crops, with Honeycrisp being slightly down from last year,”…

Mexico banana shippers sound alarm on rising organic banana costs

Over the past 18 months, society has endured unprecedented health, social and economic turmoil simultaneously on a global scale. The Mexican organic banana industry has…

Better 2021 potato crop for PEI growers

PEI growers will get underway with their potato crops starting this week. “Things are right on time this year, maybe a bit early,” says Jennifer Harris of Mid Isle Farms in…

Latin avocado supplier launches European marketing arm

Green SuperFood (GSF), a producer-exporter of premium and sustainable fresh fruit and Hass avocado growers in Colombia and Brazil, has created a new European marketing and…

Oppy strengthens strategic oversight with executive realignments

Further strengthening its executive team with an eye on strategy going into the next decade, grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce Oppy announces several refined…

Fall medley tomato packs launched

NatureSweet® launches its new Fall Medley packs and continues to expand its portfolio. NatureSweet introduces CONSTELLATION™ Fall Medley 10oz and 24oz packs to the lineup for…

AI agtech company iUNU acquires indoor agtech company

AI agtech company iUNU announced yesterday its acquisition of Artemis, an enterprise Cultivation Management Platform (CMP). iUNU's acquisition of Artemis marks…

New possibilities for Vietnam-US agricultural cooperation

From September 21 to 25, a number of working sessions has been held between Vietnamese officials and US partners. Among the latter were the US International…

Hazelnut demand exceeds supply for another season

There will be no shortage of hazelnuts in the Pacific Northwest this season. In fact, many suppliers will be having difficulty keeping up with demand. For Fraser Valley…

Pink Lady America celebrates 25 years

The world’s celebration of food photography and film, Pink Lady® Food Photographer of the Year, is open for 2022 entries. And new to the renowned competition is a category…

Special Fruit Attraction 2021

AgroFresh to showcase their innovative solutions at Fruit Attraction in Madrid 2021

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc., a global player in produce freshness solutions devoted to fighting food loss and waste, today announced their attendance at Fruit…

Fruit Attraction 2021 festival returns

Fifteen days to go before Fruit Attraction and the Organizing Committee, which met yesterday, confirms the high expectations for participation at the next…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

11th World Potato Congress

'The changing world of the potato'

The 11th World Potato Congress (WPC) will be held in Ireland from 30th May - 2nd June 2022. WPC 2022 Ireland. The WPC 2022 is the world's leading event for…

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Northgate González Market is using the NCR Freshop platform

Dollar General has revealed plans to expand into its 47th state

US: Inmar Intelligence continues to guide food retailers on the future of the industry with 2021 Future of Food Retailing ReportInmar Intelligence, a data and tech-enabled…

Returning to Orlando in 2022 for spring SEPC show

After safely and successfully meeting in Savannah, GA for Southern Innovations, many SEPC members are keeping the momentum going by registering for Southern Exposure in…

Transition in Global Ingredients Division Leadership

Blue Diamond Growers names New Chief Operating Officer

Blue Diamond Growers has named Dean LaVallee as the new Chief Operating Officer (COO) for California's largest almond cooperative. In addition to serving as COO, LaVallee will…

Two hundred store wholesaler group accelerates online growth with Rosie

Rosie and Associated Grocers of Baton Rouge launch ecommerce partnership

Rosie, an ecommerce solution for independent retailers and wholesalers, has officially partnered with Associated Grocers of Baton Rouge (AGBR) to offer a…

Bay Area Jews deprived of local kosher etrogs

For the first time in 20 years, Berkeley Bowl had to go without its small supply of kosher etrogs this Sukkot. The reasons? An an earlier than usual Jewish…

University of East Anglia Health and Social Care Partners research:

'Eating more fruit and vegetables better for mental health of children'

According to new research from the University of East Anglia Health and Social Care Partners, children with a diet that is packed with fruit and vegetables, exhibit better…

Dutch Berries expands to 10 hectares of LED-lit strawberries

"Retailers would love to offer Dutch strawberries year-round"

The greenhouse strawberry season is in full swing at Dutch Berries in the Netherlands. "We're well into it; all our greenhouses are in production," says Boudewijn van der Wal.…

Photo report: Europe's largest rooftop greenhouse opened in Belgium

The plans for a research center for horticulture in Roeselare were as impressive as it gets when located on top of the REO Veiling crate shed. And the rooftop greenhouse that…

Persimmon, citrus and almond trees, among the most affected crops

Another hailstorm hit 17,200 hectares of crops in Spanish Region of Valencia

Last weekend, the agricultural sector in the Spanish Region of Valencia was affected by another hailstorm that hit approximately 17,200 hectares of crops throughout the…

36,000 hectares of greenhouse acreage generate 110,000 jobs

Solar greenhouses in southern Europe are major generators of stable employment

Spain's solar greenhouse sector, based mainly in the provinces of Almería and Granada, generates a total of 110,000 jobs; that is, 24.8% of Andalusia's agricultural…

Rikesh Panchmatia, Kantar

UK Tomato sales boomed during COVID

The effect of the pandemic has been felt in the UK tomato market, as it has in many others, but in a positive rather than a negative way. Over the last year, the tomato market…

A.P. Moller - Maersk to divest its container manufacturer to CIMC

Container logistics company A.P. Moller - Maersk has signed an agreement on Monday 27 September 2021 to sell its reefer manufacturer, Maersk Container Industry (MCI), to China…

Everything ready for the 2021 Tomato Symposium

The first Tomato Village in Italy will be inaugurated on October 29th, 2021. The IV International Tomato Symposium immediately received the support of sponsors and…

Mexican market open to Belgian chicory

Finding new export destinations for Belgian fruit and vegetables - this is one of the country's Horticultural Cooperatives Federation's (VBT) top priorities.…

After kiwifruit tested positive for Covid-19 in China last week

Zespri's exports to China continue as usual

Sources claim that Zespri’s exports to China are continuing as normal, even after some of its kiwifruit tested positive for Covid-19 in China last week. This…

Michael Simonetta - Perfection Fresh

“We are actively looking to expand our grower networks in international markets with plans in Peru, Mexico and China"

Australia’s Calypso mango season got off to an early start this season in the Northern Territory, with the first harvest on 6th September. This season is expected to run for…

Australian vegetable exports in the COVID-19 pandemic

"The last thing that we want is for people to give up on it because it is too hard"

While the past year has presented a lot of challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly on the export front, a leading Australian fresh produce company says…

Blueberries Exports from South Africa – Week 37

Week 37 blueberry exports amounted to 2,368.35 tons

Week 37 blueberry exports from South Africa amounted to 2,368.35 tons, with the largest proportion of the fruit being exported by sea (77.02 percent) and the rest being shipped…

Cosco Shipping Lines adds next-generation, active controlled-atmosphere EverFresh systems

Cosco Shipping Lines recently enhanced its refrigerated cargo fleet with next-generation EverFresh® active controlled-atmosphere (CA) systems from Carrier Transicold. The…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize at £0.79 per kg: up 16% from last week

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

Sea-Intelligence 121th Global Liner Performance report

Schedule reliability drops to all-time low 33.6% in August 2021

Sea-Intelligence has published issue 121 of the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report, with schedule reliability figures up to and including August 2021. As the report itself…

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