Do not reply to this email. Send your response to info@freshplaza.com.

Wednesday, October 27, 2021
NORTH AMERICA

Our team

Marieke Hemmes
Email

Astrid van den Broek
Email

Sander Bruins Slot
Email

Job Offers

Horticultural engineering calculator - Maasdijk, The Netherlands

Assistant Manager - Perth, Tasmania

Laboratory Manager: Nematology - Stevensville (ON) Canada

CEO for Tissue Culture Lab - Indonesia

Sales Engineer North America

European market Sales Representative: Cut Flower crops

Head Grower - Niagara-on-the-Lake (ON) Canada

“Mayesh” Sales Representative - Los Angeles (CA) USA

“Mayesh” Branch Buyer - Los Angeles (CA) USA

“Mayesh” Branch Manager - Phoenix (AZ) USA

Berry grower-shipper expands into strawberry category

For many years, North Bay Produce has been growing and shipping blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries, and now, the company is adding strawberries to its berry lineup.…

Job Offers:

Horticultural engineering calculator - Maasdijk, The Netherlands

Sweet potato pricing stays at 2020 levels

North Carolina is finishing up its 2020 crop of sweet potatoes and will move into its 2021-2022 crop imminently. “We anticipate this year’s crop to not go as far as 2020’s…

Using sea beans as a salt replacement

"We see the two biggest problems of the 21st and 22nd century being excess seawater, carbon dioxide, and labor,” says Sam Norton Founder of Heron Farms. The best and…

Frutura acquires organic fruit supplier

TerraFresh Organics (TerraFresh), a Mill Valley, CA-based supplier of premium organic fruit, has entered into an agreement that sells majority ownership to…

Mission Produce promotes Denise Junqueiro

Mission Produce, Inc. which sources, produces and distributes fresh Hass avocados, with additional offerings in mangos, has promoted Denise Junqueiro to…

Food recall warning

Sliced white mushrooms prepared for Metro Brands recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

Carleton Mushroom is recalling Sliced White Mushrooms prepared for Metro Brands from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not…

Canadian greenhouse grower expands organics program

Pure Flavor introduces two new fresh products to its line of sustainable greenhouse-grown organics as the grower continues expanding its category offerings. This fall, Pure…

Maersk ready to confront supply chain challenges and propose solutions

Speaking on a panel at the South Atlantic International Trade Conference Maersk North America Regional Managing Director, Narin Phol discussed the nation’s current supply…

Talking about sweet onions for the upcoming holidays

From sweet onion sales to seasonal traditions, get the scoop on what's been happening at Keystone Fruit Marketing, a division of Progressive Produce, from sweet onion expert…

Organic vegetable grower expands Nogales, AZ distribution center

Wholesum, Fair Trade certified growers and shippers of organic fresh produce, has completed a major expansion at its distribution center in Nogales, AZ. “As demand for…

Special Avocados

The harvest increased by 39.6% over the same month of last year

Peru's avocado production soared in August

The figures published by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) highlight the significant increase there was in Peru's avocado production in August of…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Michigan growers see 15 percent drop in apple volume for 2021-2022

Michigan apples look to be down approximately 15 percent in volume this season. “Our spring frost really led to a reduction in volume on most varieties,” says Angie Sommers of…

Increase in apple price due to late start

This year, the harvest of apples in Shandong is generally about a week later than in the northwest producing areas. At this time, the transaction of apples…

Retail

Dreamstime

Fresh Thyme Market will open a new concept store in St. Louis

Giant Food announced a collaboration with Flashfood

US: Wegmans to open smaller-format stores in new market areasWhile Wegmans Food Markets is known for its large stores - sometimes spanning 120,000 to nearly 150,000 square…

Bountiful pistachios, fewer almonds shape price outlook for Kern nut growers

Optimism is holding as the year in tree nuts comes into clearer focus for Kern's almond and pistachio growers.California's almond crop is officially estimated…

MTC Logistics opens cargo hub in Alabama’s ‘Port City’

Yesterday, Baltimore-based MTC Logistics formally opened a large refrigerated cargo facility in Mobile. It is a $61 million project that will add 75 new jobs…

New Mexico’s green chiles are vulnerable to climate change

The annual Chile Festival in the village of Hatch, New Mexico, will always bolster sales of the hot vegetable, attracting around 15,000 chile connoisseurs and…

University of Florida citrus breeder Fred Gmitter:

‘Citrus Under Protective Systems’ too expensive for some citrus producers

One of the unique ways of managing citrus greening disease, developed by University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers, is…

Blockchain still a new tool that could elevate food chain

It’s 2021, almost 2022, and the rate of technological innovation in our economy and society continues apace. What emerging tools could give wholesale growers a…

Ministry’s Chief Executive Officer, Servulo Baiza: ‘Carrot shortage will soon be over’

Belize Ministry of Agriculture will be sticking with local carrots

Chief Executive Officer from the Ministry of Agriculture Servulo Baiza has stated the carrot shortage will soon be over. According to Baiza, the brief…

La Niña threatens to create droughts and frigid winters

La Niña appears to have emerged across the equatorial Pacific, setting the stage for worsening droughts in California and South America. It will probably also…

The lack of labor and the drought have a negative impact on agriculture in the Chilean region of O'Higgins

Chile's agriculture faces enormous challenges in the short term, such as the lack of agricultural labor and the serious consequences that the persistent…

More than 70 farms in Antioquia will obtain the GlobalGAP certificate to export Hass avocado

Within the framework of the Agro Antioquia Exporta 4.0 project, the Government of Antioquia and the Colombian Agricultural Research Corporation (Agrosavia)…

Sam Vasala - Sai World

Cherry season about a week late due to colder than normal temperatures

The Australian cherry harvest is kicking off this week for Sai World. The first early cherries for the domestic market will be picked in Hilston, New South Wales. The season…

Strong results from a Northern Territory ginger trial could pave the way for a future commercial industry

With the Northern Territory looking to develop its horticulture production, a trial of growing disease-free ginger is yielding some positive results after the first round of…

Market prospects for cherries are positive

Australian oranges are not doing well in the Chinese market

The volume of Western products on the Chinese market is much smaller this year than in previous years, because of the ongoing pandemic, supply chain problems, and high…

Tom Verdonck, Tomeco:

"This machine now makes cardboard packaging not only ecologically, but also economically interesting"

Tomeco, a partnership of Belgian tomato growers, is taking a new step in the transition from plastic to cardboard packaging. With the purchase of a new machine, the group is…

Participation in Fruit Attraction 2021 exceeds expectations

The 13th edition of Fruit Attraction saw the participation of 65,000 professionals from 110 countries. Although almost 90,000 people had attended the latest on-site edition,…

Nicky Mann, Family Fresh Farms, addresses challenges for Australian growers:

"Labor seems to be one of the most important challenges all growers face"

When thinking about Australia, most people will picture koalas, kangaroos, and dangerous spiders – or, after reading yesterday’s interview with Nicky Mann, chair of the board…

Orange consumption and sales never reached 2020 levels

South African Valencias felt the squeeze from Egypt

The South African Valencia campaign is winding down, as the last fruit is being packed in the Western Cape and a large volume of Valencias are still on the water to the East.…

Egyptian pumpkin producer increased acreage by over 130 hectares over recent years

“The demand for pumpkins is increasing day by day”

In just two months the Egyptian Hokkaido pumpkins will arrive on the European market. One exporter states they’ve increased their acreage by more than 130 hectares, with the…

Nigeria presents digital currency: ‘eNaira’

At the start of this week, Nigerian President Buhari has launched the country's new digital ‘eNaira’ currency. It should be a way for Africa's largest economy…

South African table grape crop expected to be in line with the previous season

The South African Table Grape Industry (SATI) released the first crop estimate for the 2021/2022 season with volumes estimated to be in line with the previous…

Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 26 October 2021

DP World reports strong volume growth of 11.9% for 9M2021

DP World Limited handled 58.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) across its global portfolio of container terminals in 9M2021, with gross container…

Vegetable growers, traders and consumers bearing the brunt

Potato prices soar but Uttar Pradesh farmers still feel losses

The incessant rains and floods in the state of Uttar Pradesh, the country’s largest potato producer, has left farmers confronted with huge losses. On top of…

Cold-storage garlic market is in a weak and negative situation

China: The price of cold-storage garlic in Jinxiang increased by more than 28% year-on-year

Since October, the cold-storage garlic market has been in a weak and negative situation, the supply of garlics in the warehouse has not been sold quickly, and…

FreshPlaza Funny

Ready? ....Go!