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Mission Produce’s founder shares personal story

Avocado grower and retailer roll out pink label to spread awareness for cancer

For nearly 20 years, Steve Barnard, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Mission Produce, has been donating to various cancer non-profit organizations and initiatives…

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Agriculture Sales engineer France & European zone

Alejandro Angel, director of Caribbean Exotics, on the production of exotics such as cape gooseberry and purple passion fruit:

"Colombia stands out from other competing countries in its ability to produce all year round"

Its rich soils, ideal tropical climate and its various thermal floors provided by the mountains make it possible for Colombia to produce exotic fruits such as Cape gooseberry…

California will have to move record numbers of walnuts

“These are confusing times in the walnut world.” So says Mark Calder of Primavera Marketing Inc. of the current state of the walnut industry which is seeing high inventory and…

New raspberry variety from Mexico coming next month

Those working with berries know that development in varieties is continually being watched and worked on. And as one shipper notes, it’s particularly strong in one berry. “In…

The United States greenlights genetically modified purple tomatoes

After a decade of development, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently authorized the cultivation and marketing of purple tomatoes in the…

Heatwave affects US supermarkets' produce sections

As high temperatures in the Western US are hitting the produce industry, US supermarkets have stated they are giving less shelf space to products with…

Maryland resident wins AVO Tesla 3 in avocado giveaway

Lidl and Avocados from Peru (AFP) hosted a celebration on September 12 at the supermarket’s Merrifield, Virginia location to present the keys of the AVO Tesla to Dr. José…

Pacific Northwest: Cherry harvest forecast as smallest in 14 years

This year, the Pacific Northwest cherry crop is the smallest in 14 years. This in part due to a spring snowstorm. The smaller-than-usual fruit harvest happened…

Droughts increase premiums for US farmland with access to water

Shrinking water supplies are creating a two-tiered market in farmland investing, lifting values for properties with access to groundwater or aquifers. Much of…

Acquisition will fuel future growth in the global prepared appetizers market

McCain Foods acquires Scelta Products

McCain Foods has acquired Scelta Products, adding the Netherlands-based producer of frozen foods to its growing family of delicious, prepared vegetable…

Special Avocados

Avocado exports from the southern hemisphere and Mexico will increase by 29% this season

According to Iqonsulting's “2022 Yearbook: International Avocado Market”, avocado exports from the southern hemisphere and Mexico have shown a 29% increase in…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

Cyprus prepares to register ‘red soil potato’ as a Protected Designation of Origin product

The government of Cyprus is preparing an official request to register the island’s second most important agricultural product, the Cyprus red soil potato, as a…

Retail

Dreamstime

C&S Wholesale Grocers has partnered with Tata Consultancy Services to build a new operations platform on Google Cloud

Wegmans discontinues self-scanning app

US: Argo AI kicks into high gear to build a business out of AV techArgo AI, the autonomous vehicle developer backed by Ford and VW Group, revealed an ecosystem of products and…

Massachusetts

Drought forces farm to prioritize apples over pumpkins

Around Natick, Massachusetts, local apple orchards and pumpkin patches are ready for the fall rush, but they are still feeling the consequences of the summer…

Nonprofit receives grant to expand San Antonio programming

Brighter Bites, a Houston-based nonprofit providing under-resourced families with fresh produce and nutrition education, has received a $300,000 Empowering…

USDA

USDA citrus maturity test results

FASS revisits 275 Florida citrus groves

Results of the first orange and grapefruit maturity tests for the 2022-2023 season, using only regular bloom fruit, are listed below. Sample groves and trees remain relatively…

Robots to conquer Fresno fields at FIRA USA in October 2022

The beginnings of a robotics revolution in the agricultural world will take place in California on Oct. 18-20. Over 800 people who work in the food system,…

The many health benefits of peaches, cherries and other stone fruits

There’s a lot of nutrition and flavor hiding out in one less-common yet easy-to-love family of fruits; stone fruits. Stone fruits are a category of fruits that…

St Lucia government approves 30% subsidy on inputs to maintain banana production

The government of St Lucia has approved a 30% subsidy for banana farmers in light of the rising production costs and the productivity challenges faced by…

SF du Toit – Growers by Nature

Southern African grape season could be back to normal timing

Two years ago, Hex River Valley grape grower-exporter Denau decided to extend their marketing platform independently, and SF du Toit (right) was brought in from previous roles…

Expecting a 15% volume increase on last year

South African berry supplier is optimistic at the start of the blueberry season

As Southern Hemisphere volumes from South Africa and Zimbabwe rise, the outlook is optimistic for the 2022-23 season. “It is still early days, but we are optimistic about the…

First shipment of Egyptian grapes reaches Brazil amid climate problems

South Korean agricultural trading platform Tridge has successfully facilitated the first ever export of Egyptian grapes to Brazil. A large food wholesaler in…

European apple crop will be reduced to 12.076.000T in latest forecast

WAPA releases first update of European apple crop forecast amid growing concerns about rising costs

WAPA, the World Apple and Pear Association, has started to revise the European apple crop forecast for the upcoming season, which was released in early August…

"We're not resting on our laurels now that the Russian market's closed for our apples"

Let's move on to the first visit: to a fruit-growing company, Vilora-V.S.Vilora-V.S.-V.S., in Stolniceni, a municipality in the district of Edinet. Stolniceni is in northern…

Paul Schockman:

"Freshclusive keeps growing: from 2023, in new location"

"It's easy to forget that we haven't even been in business for six months yet," says Freshclusive's Paul Schockman. On April 1st, he, his brother, Henri, and Robbert and Ruud…

“Total volume of Polish potatoes will be lower than in previous years”

Polish potatoes are having a solid season. Harvest started in June and later varieties are currently still being harvested. Due to the weather conditions, being hot and dry,…

Miquel Badía, from Vincafruit: "Right now only 4 or 5 companies in Spain will still have donut peaches available"

"The frosts delayed the start of the Cuello de Dama figs campaign in Lleida for several weeks"

Lleida is a fruit province par excellence. It is well known for its stone fruit and pome production. According to data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food…

Kissabel's 2022 campaign kicks off in the Northern Hemisphere

The harvesting of the first Kissabel apples in the northern hemisphere began between late August and early September; nearly ten days earlier than usual. The first to start…

"Less food waste does make a difference"

One out of every three kilograms of food in the world is wasted. "Hence, preventing food waste is equally important for the climate as reducing the consumption of meat," says…

Don Benito will host the III Xtrema Fruit National Stone Fruit Forum on December 15

The third edition of the Xtrema Fruit National Stone Fruit Forum will be held on December 15, 2022, in person at Don Benito's Feval Auditorium (Extremadura). The event will…

Huize pomegranates in Yunnan enter the peak harvest period

In the autumn harvest season, the pomegranates in Nagu Town, Huize County, Yunnan Province, ushered in the ripening season. "The production of pomegranates has decreased this…

Zespri intently reviewing quality issues

According to Chief executive Dan Mathieson, fruit quality in the past season is the worst he's seen in a couple of decades. That is why Zespri is now in the…

No interim dividend for shareholders

Produce company Seeka has had a tough six months

A tough six months means produce company Seeka won’t pay an interim dividend to shareholders. According to company spokespeople, Covid, labor shortages, low…

Third wet summer would be ‘devastating’ says farmer

Farmers and regional communities are bracing for yet another soaking with the Bureau of Meteorology confirming another summer of La Nina. Northern Rivers…

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