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Mushroom Substrate Manager - New Zealand

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Buyer/Seller F&V Russia/Ukraine - Valencia, Spain

Operationeel Manager (MT-lid), Nieuw Zeeland

Junior & Senior grower - Moss, Norway

Sales & Logistics Supervisor - Australia

“Assistant” production manager perennials - Norway

Account Manager - Groningen, The Netherlands

Executive Leader, Vertical Farming Program, University of Queensland, Australia

Africa Export Sales Manager

Jeremy Sisson with Sakata Seed America on STM2255

“This round tomato variety ticks all the boxes”

After taking a break last year, Sakata Seed America’s field days returned to Salinas (cold crops) and Woodland (warm crops), California this month. FreshPlaza attended the…

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Avocado study reveals new shopper segment driving bagged sales

Bagged avocados are finding their way into the grocery baskets of U.S. avocado shoppers as bags now make up more than a quarter of all avocado purchases. A recent study by the…

Class 26 of the Produce Industry Leadership Program announced

Yesterday, United Fresh Produce Association announced the members of the 2021-2022 United Fresh Produce Industry Leadership Program Leadership Class 26. United Fresh…

California apple season in full swing

It is well-known that being first on the market tends to be more lucrative, and California apple farmers typically enjoy a three-week window—after imports from…

Citrus Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) Chief Operating Officer Rick Dantzler

Still optimistic regarding HLB

Citrus Research and Development Foundation Chief Operating Officer Rick Dantzler told a Citrus Expo crowd that even in the face of negative industry trends, he remains optimistic…

Large volumes of Indian ginger available this season

“Great opportunities in the Middle East, European countries and North America for Indian ginger”

The ginger season in India is coming up in about five weeks’ time. According to one exporter, the volumes should be at least as large as they were last year. This should be…

Avocado world mourns the loss of Maluma visionary

The avocado industry is deeply saddened by the loss of Dr André Ernst, the visionary behind the Maluma avocado cultivar, developed by Allesbeste Boerdery in Tzaneen, Limpopo.…

Bonduelle appoints new Chief Executive Officer for Bonduelle Fresh Americas

Bonduelle Fresh Americas, the U.S.-based, wholly-owned subsidiary of Bonduelle and home of Ready Pac Foods, is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrea…

Ecuadorean banana exports improved in July

Between January and July, Ecuador exported 223 million boxes of bananas, i.e. 3.79% fewer boxes than in the same period of last year. However, sales improved…

Potatoes USA

US potato imports still expanding

US imports of potatoes and potato products for the July 2020 – June 2021 marketing year increased by 12% in fresh weight equivalent volume and 16% in value year-on-year. The…

Organic Produce Summit

Organic sliced apple products for food retail, schools, and foodservice

Fresh Innovations California, LLC is getting ready to make a splash at the Organic Produce Summit in Monterey, CA on September 16th. It is excited to exhibit its premium…

Global Focus Soft/Stonefruit

Interview with Asso Fruit Italia

There is still a lot of work to be done in the stone fruit sector

The stone fruit campaign of the producers' organization O.P. Asso Fruit Italia is in full swing. Giuditta Signorella, agronomist and head of the technical office of this…

Retail

Dreamstime

Thrive Market has opened its third fulfillment center

Kroger released its 2021 ESG report

Analysis - Higher U.S. food benefits give legs to dollar stores' fresh food pushU.S. dollar stores including Dollar General and Family Dollar are likely to see a sales and…

Frugl

Australia: Avocados going cheap right now

According to grocery comparison app Frugl’s latest ‘2021 Avocado Index’, both Hass and Shepard avocados are the cheapest they’ve been in over 18 months. Both varieties dropped…

Vincent Eysseric - Coolibah Herbs

"This uncertainty makes it very difficult for all businesses to function.”

Last Thursday marked the 200th day in lockdown since May 2020 for those in Victoria, Australia. This means they have spent more time in lockdown than out since the pandemic…

Meiers Subtropical Plantation

Queensland passionfruit grower to boost production through an upgraded cold room

One of Queensland's largest passionfruit breeders and growers is looking forward to the upgrade of its cold room to help maintain fruit quality during the warmer months.…

Matthew McIntyre - McIntyre Fruit

Positive start for Scottish cherries

It was a difficult start to the year for Scottish soft fruit and cherry grower Matthew McIntyre who grows fruit in Blairgowrie, north of Perth. After very low temperatures in…

HoneyCrunch® is looking at a bumper crop for its 2021 harvest

"After one of the hardest (coldest) spring growers can recall, and thanks a complete dedication from them to save the crop, we’re happy to report that the 2021 harvest of…

Ludwig Schedl

More modern, brighter, nicer:

New look for Lidl store in Lustenau

On 26.08.2021, Lidl Austria will open its newly designed store at Kaiser-Franz-Josef-Strasse 28, relying on a new store concept: a modern interior design with new colors and…

Elodie Brans, Stoller Europe:

Solution to controlling excessive ripening and senescence of fruits

Once again for this campaign, pome fruit producers can count on Hold Plus technology to reduce the acceleration of the senescence and ripening processes for apples and pears.…

For some producers the almond campaign is already over

For a farm located in Castellaneta (Taranto), the harvest of six hectares of almonds lasted just two days. The bizarre weather conditions of the spring months have compromised…

Logistical situation a lot better than it was last year

“Temperature has caused well developed apple colorization in Turkey”

The Turkish apple season has started and prices are higher than they were last year. This is due to increased production costs and the changing value of the US Dollar and…

Reinhard and Niklas Krebbers of Wilhelm Weyers, Germany

"New optical sorter means we can serve all markets"

German potato wholesaler, Wilhelm Weyers, was founded in 1964. It primarily cultivates and sorts onions and potatoes. In 2014, Julia Krebbers and her husband Reinhard took…

The prototype will be presented at Macfrut by the Italian company Bagioni

How to weed organic asparagus mechanically

A system that keeps the asparagus field clean of weeds, through mechanical weeding, without increasing costs is Aurenzo Bagioni's latest solution which will be presented at…

Verdelab Bioscience inaugurates its new headquarters

Verdelab Bioscience inaugurated its new headquarters in Rimini, near the Agri-Food Centre and the Rimini Nord highway exit on 25 August 2021. "We are opening the doors to the…

“Demand for special herbs increasing again”

In the Netherlands, Van Vugt Kruiden has, unsurprisingly, been through a challenging time. The hospitality industry closure greatly affected the company. Sales to the…

Bananas are leading agricultural comeback in Belize

Bananas are one of the two Belizean agricultural industries that are on the comeback trail after drought and pandemic-related setbacks (the other being sugar).…

ASOEX

Chilean fruit exports to Guatemala increased by 47%

According to data from the Chilean Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX), Chilean fresh fruit exports to the Guatemalan market, the seventh destination for…

Costa Group Holdings Ltd

Costa Group Holdings Ltd - 1HCY21 Results Presentation

'International sales up 25%, as result of improved pricing and yield'

Costa Group Holdings Ltd has released its 1HCY21 Results Presentation. In the extensive report, the company explains its results across the board, explaining the following…

Yanko Design

Polestar-inspired aircraft mobility design features a built-in greenhouse

The Polestar Forest Air Mobility concept is an aircraft concept from Pan Ziheng that has its own greenhouse to work in an environmental solution for modern deforestation…

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