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Commercial Director - ROA (To be based in Malaysia)

Senior Grower Leafy Greens & Herbs - Moss, Norway

Grower - Zurich, Switzerland

Grower - Oxnard (CA) USA

Business Controller - Finance, Chile or Mexico

Sales Representatives - Southern USA

Lead Grower - Stevensburg (VA) USA

Assistant Crop Manager - Tasmania

Post-Harvest Quality Manager - Europe

Farm Operator - Kearny (NJ) USA

GLOBAL OVERVIEW GRAPES

The recent heatwaves in many grape producing countries have had knock on effects on the global market. The hot weather has caused an early start to the Egyptian grape season,…

Job Offers:

Commercial Director - ROA (To be based in Malaysia)

New Jersey blueberries meet strong 4th of July demand

New Jersey is underway with its blueberry season which is meeting strong demand for the fruit. “The quality is perfect right now. We do have some hot weather coming so that…

Sakata Seed America adds to tomato breeding team

Sakata Seed America recently announced the further expansion of its robust tomato breeding team to include Jeremy Sisson in a new, specialized role. Sisson…

Naturipe announces production of proprietary seedless Muscadine Vine Drops

Naturipe, a farmer-owned producer and marketer of fresh berries, is excited to announce the start of harvest season for what is expected to bring large amounts…

Grower brings back patriotic-themed peach boxes

Titan Farms, a grower of South Carolina peaches, is now shipping its patriotic-themed volume fill box named “America’s Peach.” The America’s Peach Box will be packed from June…

Registration opens for this month’s PMA Foodservice conference

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) opened registration for the 2021 Foodservice Conference and Expo taking place in Monterey, CA from July 21-22 2021. With a…

Ginger is expected to be one of the top 10 Peruvian agro-export products this year

According to forecasts from the Agro-Export Management of the Exporters Association (ADEX), ginger will be one of the ten main products of the Peruvian…

Traptic

Strawberry-picking robotics startup Traptic begins commercial deployment

South Bay robotics startup Traptic has announced some major progress. For starters, it began commercial deployment of its strawberry-picking mobile robot early this month.…

Deal supports growing presence in Tennessee and Southeast U.S.

Valley Produce joins FreshEdge

Valley Produce, a distributor of fresh produce and specialty products, has joined FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies backed by Rotunda Capital Partners. The…

Chilean apples mostly sent to other Latin American countries, but India as well

“We’ve managed to export 150 containers of apples to India this season”

The apple imports of India from Chile have been successful this season. After testing the waters last year, one exporter from Chile managed to send over 150 containers this…

Special Automation

Tech solutions provider launches robotic de-coring technology

JBT Corporation , a technology solutions provider to the global food and beverage industry, has launched the JBT FoodTech’s CoreTakr Flex™, an intelligent and flexible robotic…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Theo Kampschoer about frost damage in French fruit cultivation:

"You'll only truly see the difference in supply when the French Bergeron apricot season begins"

The April frost greatly affected French fruit cultivation. "There's currently a reasonable supply of apricots. The quality varies considerably according to variety and region.…

Retail

Dreamstime

PCC Community Markets: New meals program

Dollar General expects to offer produce in up to 10,000 of its stores

US: H-E-B reopens tornado-battered Central Market in DallasH-E-B reopened its Central Market Preston Royal supermarket near North Dallas, which had been shut 20 months for…

syncreon

DP World acquires leading US-based supply chain solutions provider

DP World announces the acquisition of 100 per cent of syncreon for an enterprise value of US$1.2 billion. This transaction is subject to customary completion conditions and is…

Bermuda trader highlights environmental impact of imported fresh food

A Bermudian company that is focused on selling locally grown foods is rousing other islanders to think about the environmental impact of purchasing fresh…

31st Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference

Mangos &, tropical fruit tips to be focus of international conference

At the 31st Hawaii International Tropical Fruit Conference -to be held October 8 to 9 at the Maui County Business Resource Center - “Mango Makers and Food…

FDA releases Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan

As part of the ongoing efforts to combat foodborne illness and aligned with our New Era of Smarter Food Safety initiative, today, the U.S. Food and Drug…

Riverside and Maryland researchers might have breakthrough

Promising tech in fight against dangerous citrus disease

Researchers in Riverside and Maryland may have witnessed a breakthrough in the fight against a pest-borne bacterial disease that threatens to destroy…

Southwest Michigan fruit update

‘Early season sweet cherries are being harvested’

Tree fruitApricots are 1.5 inches in diameter with hard pits. The crop is very good at some sites and poor at others. Dry conditions have not been very…

Farm Trans, the Netherlands

"Being progressive is leading to growth"

"We're growing tremendously," says Tom Steenmeijer, Farm Trans' sales manager. This Dutch company focuses on transporting both bulk and conditioned foodstuffs. They do so by…

Mandersloot forwarders, the Netherlands:

Rapid delivery hubs

“The chain's becoming shorter,” Willem van Leuveren of Mandersloot realizes. “Supermarkets are increasingly moving towards local produce." But he’s noticed this shortening…

World Drugs Report 2021:

"Cocaine busts continue unabated in European ports"

Last week, the UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime) published the World Drugs Report 2021. It shows that, in recent years, record quantities of drugs have been…

Water-soluble polymer could make vaporized aluminum in food packaging unnecessary

A thin layer of vaporized aluminum inside the packaging keeps chips crisp and coffee aromatic. But it is precisely this oxygen-resistant layer that makes thin food packaging…

Video Greenhouse building of the future on Discovery Channel’s "How Do They Do It"

The greenhouses building of the future is within range and has actually already started. In this season of ‘’How Do They Do It’’ on Discovery Channel, host Tim Senders visited…

Fruitobox, the online fruit and vegetable fair, presents a new image and improvements in functionalities

Established less than a year ago, Fruitobox is the only online specialized fruit and vegetable fair that operates throughout the year. It was created with the aim of helping…

Nigel Jenney - Fresh Produce Consortium

Labour shortage: "This is not going to go away it will be a problem for a considerable time"

Fruit and vegetable growers have worried about labour supply ever since Brexit first surfaced and this season according to the National Farmers Union despite…

French astronaut serves up strawberry crêpe in space

In a video, posted on social media on June 26, we can see a tortilla with strawberries stuck on a spread of chocolate floating in the International Space…

This union will allow them to become the leading citrus marketer in Europe.

Fremman Capital acquires a majority stake in The Natural Fruit Company from GPF Capital and Label Investments

Fremman Capital (Fremman), GPF Capital, Label Investments, and the remaining existing shareholders, announced that Fremman had acquired a majority stake in The…

Avocados might become New Zealand's next super crop

For a while now, kiwifruit and apples have led the New Zealand horticulture industry, creating billion-dollar businesses and exports that have reached all…

Chapa Namak; a niche Afghan product finds a global following

Afghanistan’s dry spring may affect production of some crops from Afghanistan, however the drought will not have significant impact on the apricot crop that has started in the…

Zespri growers fail to back China trials

Zespri will work with the New Zealand and Chinese industries on an alternative approach to the unauthorised Gold3 plantings in China after the threshold of 75…

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