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Production Manager - The Netherlands

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Opens distribution center in Laredo, Texas

Mission Produce continues national expansion

Mission Produce Inc. announced the grand opening of its new $50 million mega distribution center in Laredo, Texas, in celebration of the Company’s first anniversary of its…

PMA Virtual Town Hall

Overview of consumer shopping trends

There’s no doubt about it that the pandemic significantly affected how consumers shop for food--and what they buy. Yesterday’s PMA Virtual Town Hall, “Consumer Trends in…

FedEx to deploy trucks on public highway between Houston and Dallas

PACCAR begins extensive field test with self driving trucks

DAF’s parent company PACCAR and FedEx have begun an extensive field test in the US with self-driving trucks. The vehicles will be driven on the route between Dallas and…

Partnership provides weigh-fill machines for US & Mexican blueberry industry

WECO is excited to announce its partnership with Azcaval Packaging Engineering of Seville, Spain, to provide the blueberry industry with state-of-the-art weigh and fill…

Produce protection application extending to California table grapes

Hazel Technologies announces Illume Agriculture®, a vertically integrated company operating more than 10,000 acres of high-value permanent crop assets including table grapes,…

Early start for Washington Cosmic Crisp® apple

For the first time since its launch, the Cosmic Crisp® apple will be on retail shelves in time for the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanks to maturing trees and warm weather…

Chiquita

Chiquita promotes breast cancer awareness via limited-edition pink stickers

As October will be National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Chiquita is giving its iconic Blue Sticker a pink makeover to match the Pink Ribbon. For the fourth year in a row,…

Name change into Friendly Organic Foods

Ecuadorian organic banana grower switches operations

Certified organic banana exporters since 2004, Guayaquil-based company Exporganic S.A. switches operations and is now Friendly Organic Foods S.A. The new company merges all…

Meet via the CBI B2Match portal

“Make a virtual farm visit to see Nicaraguan red pitaya”

Nicaragua is one of the largest growers of organic pitayas in the world. To help local farmers access new markets, Burke Agro, which is a branch of Sol Organica S.A, aims to…

Spring holidays generate $160 million in avocado retail sales

Retail sales of fresh Hass avocados remained above the pre-pandemic levels of 2019 during the second quarter key holidays of 2021, while year-over-year sales…

Special Fruit Attraction 2021

SHAFFE seminar at Fruit Attraction

“What a sustainable produce sector could look like in 2030”

The Southern Hemisphere Association of Fresh Fruit Exporters (SHAFFE) represents 25% of the total global fruit trade and the continued impact of the pandemic…

French region South Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur at Fruit Attraction 2021

The regional collective of companies of the fruit and vegetable sector will take part in the Fruit Attraction fair from October 5th to 7th in Madrid. The Chamber of…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

Carl Grandidier, Origines Cévennes

Cévennes sweet onions: large volumes due to big calibers

The harvest of Cévennes sweet onions ended approximately 10 days ago. Because of the heavy rainfall, the harvest was delayed, but less than expected. “We had a heatwave which…

Retail

Dreamstime

Walmart plans to hire about 150,000 new U.S. store workers ahead of holiday season

Casey’s: Agreement to acquire 40 convenience stores in Tennessee and Kentucky

Avo announces over $80mln in funding to accelerate ambitious growth plans in the delivery & amenity businessNew York-and-Israel-based Avo, the fastest growing, vertically…

$100 million in capital raised to expand agtech platform

Semios, a precision-farming platform and independent agtech solutions provider announced yesterday that it has raised $100 million in funding led by…

Yet; consumers are checking out more frozen alternatives

Deloitte: Demand for fresh food shows no signs of cooling

Consumers are worried the fresh food on store shelves isn't as fresh as it used to be. Sixty percent say the time between buying and spoiling has gotten…

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Production Manager - The Netherlands

Latin American bananas still threatened by Panama Tropical Race 4

Panama Tropical Race 4 (TR4), is spreading across Latin America. Virtually undetectable and untreatable, the disease is a serious threat to farmers of…

General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises

CGEM makes statement on judgement by General Court of European Union

"We have taken note of the judgments handed down today by the General Court of the European Union concerning the decisions of the Council of the European Union…

Francois Myburgh – Bet-el Fruits

Pressure on Middle East orange market expected as Valencia campaign winds down

Bet-el Fruits is still harvesting the last Midknight and Delta Valencias from Citrusdal in the Western Cape. “The fruit is very small, which is related to the flowering period…

The ceremony was held during the cherry blossom celebration in the presence of the Chinese Ambassador to Chile

Start of 2021-2022 Chilean cherry season

The Chilean cherry industry kicked off the 2021-2022 season accompanied by the Chinese ambassador to Chile, Niu Qingbao, representative of the main destination for Chilean…

Taiwan will take Chinese fruit ban to WTO next month

In mid-October, Taiwan will take China’s import ban on three types of Taiwan fruit to the World Trade Organization for a ruling. China banned the import of…

Market analysis of imported avocados in the Chinese market

This is the peak of the sales season in many avocado production areas in the southern hemisphere. The price of avocados in Shanghai Huizhan Wholesale Market is currently…

Freshmax takes full ownership of BerryCo brand and operations

Freshmax is pleased to announce it is buying out its Joint Venture partner, Southern Produce, to take full ownership of BerryCo. Since 2015, the Freshmax Group…

T&G Global and Lincoln University join forces on horti partnership

A new partnership offering students a hands-on learning experience and pathway into employment in the horticulture industry has been announced by T&G Global…

"It forces you to think about the industry, and not just the thing that you are trying to innovate"

How embracing open innovation principles can help facilitate growth of Australian horticulture businesses

A global innovation agency believes that in modern-day trade, there has become a need for expertise that was not previously associated with horticulture and fresh fruit and…

Sven Ziegler from Kipepeo Bio und Fair Ltd:

"Fair trade organic avocados without artificial irrigation from Uganda"

"Trade not aid" or change through trade is the motto of Kipepeo Bio & Fair Ltd from Frickenhausen. Since 1999, Kipepeo has been importing only fair-trade and certified organic…

Efrain Saucedo Nuñez, EFF Logistics, the Netherlands :

"Many overseas producers are already familiar with our logistics services"

It has been almost four years since Efrain Saucedo Nuñez established Fruta del Huerto in the Netherlands. That business also functions as San Jose Tropical's European sales…

Champion, Golden, Jonaprince and Red Delicious harvest starts this week

“High demand for Polish Gala apples from overseas”

The Polish Gala apples are doing rather well, according to one Polish exporter. Some of it has to do with the coloring of the apples. There are more varieties still on the…

OP Zuccarella - Italy

The clemenruby harvest is about to start

For the Italian growers' organization Zuccarella, based in Basilicata, the 2021/2022 citrus harvest is about to begin. "We start next weekend with the extra early variety…

Svetoslav Udroev - Oxford Fruit

Brazilian melon season ongoing, abundance of big sizes a challenge

The Brazilian melon season is now well underway with the first arrivals into the UK in week 37, for UK importer Oxford Fruit, part of the MWW group. “This year’s Brazilian…

Arie Havelaar and Sander Kleinjan, Sawari Fresh International:

"Great opportunity for innovation in ginger and garlic through focus and specialization"

For the past 18 months Arie Havelaar and Sander Kleinjan have been building an impressive position in the world of garlic and ginger. Having been involved in these two…

FOOD freshly at Fruit Attraction in Madrid:

New freshness retaining agent for frozen (IQF) avocado products

Food freshly is looking forward to the first major event after the global disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. The fresh specialist has used the…

As part of its dedicated air freight division

CMA CGM Group orders two Boeing 777 freighters

Boeing and shipping and logistics company CMA CGM Group, have announced the purchase of two new Boeing 777 Freighters to grow the Group’s air freight division…

Five of the most expensive vegetables in the world

Some vegetables could easily blow your grocery budget. Factors like scarcity, the price of seeds or the logistics can often make otherwise staple foods shockingly expensive.…

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