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Mucci Farms expands West and starts exclusive marketing agreement

Mucci Farms is excited to announce it has entered into an exclusive marketing agreement with Casey Houweling to market all produce grown in the Camarillo, CA facility under…

Guatemala shipping more finger limes in 2021

Supplies of the specialty citrus item finger limes have increased out of Guatemala. Guatemala grows the citrus fruit year round. “We have more production this year because our…

Suma Reddy with startup company Future Acres

“We are looking to increase yields and reduce emissions by using artificial intelligence”

A new startup company has a blueprint for successfully reinventing the wheel...barrow. Suma Reddy, CEO and cofounder of Future Acres, and her colleagues are in the process of…

PMA Virtual Town Hall

Overview of developments and trends in Mexican agriculture

Since the birth of NAFTA in 1994, agriculture production in Mexico has more than doubled and the country continues experiencing tremendous production growth, now under the…

Organic apple and pear distribution increases

Honeybear Brands kicked off its organic apple and pear harvest last month and expects to complete domestic harvest in October. As more of its organic trees come into…

Village Farms rebrands

"Our branding represents an evolution to a plant-based, consumer products company"

Village Farms International, Inc. has unveiled new corporate branding and launched its new corporate website. The new branding embodies the company’s evolution…

Elaine Trevino as the chief agricultural negotiator

President Joe Biden has officially nominated Elaine Trevino as the chief agricultural negotiator in the Office of the United States Trade Representative.…

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Product Manager - United States

Fresh produce reaches highest year-on-year gain since March 2021

The multi-month normalization of grocery shopping patterns came to a halt in August. “Since January 2021, we had been seeing the share of meals prepared at home decrease a…

Calavo Growers appoints Amazon executive Mariela Matute as CFO

Calavo Growers, Inc., a global leader in the avocado and value-added fresh food industries, announced that Mariela Matute has been appointed Chief Financial…

General Manager of United Potato Growers of Canada to retire

Kevin MacIsaac, who has been General Manager of the United Potato Growers of Canada since October 1, 2011 announced he will be retiring this fall. MacIsaac’s…

PMA Fresh Summit

FreshPlaza Special about PMA Fresh Summit

For more than 70 years, the Produce Marketing Association has been bringing together the global produce and floral industries at Fresh Summit. After having organized an online…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

Piet van Liere, Flevotrade:

"Onion tsunami's been tempered; quality and container availability are this season's main challenges"

The talk of a plentiful onion harvest has been somewhat tempered now. "The crops are dying off quickly. That's due to natural influences and diseases. So, the Netherlands…

Retail

Dreamstime

Mercato has formally rolled out in the metropolitan Houston market

Walmart is expanding its partnerships with self-driving vehicle companies

US: Blue Apron co-founder Matthew Salzberg resigns from boardBlue Apron Holdings Inc said its co-founder and chairman Matthew Salzberg has resigned from the board of the meal…

Buurma Farms Inc. recalls plain (Flat) parsley due to possible health risks

Buurma Farms Inc. of Willard, OH, is voluntarily recalling 320 boxes of its Plain Parsley after testing showed possible contamination with Shiga-toxin producing E.coli. The…

All facilities of SiCar Farms Mexico now use Save Foods products

Save Foods, Inc., an agri-food-tech company focused on developing and selling eco-friendly products specifically designed to extend the shelf life and ensure…

New practices, technologies could lead to lower production costs, higher demand

Texas A&M AgriLife turns up heat on U.S. hot pepper market

Researcher shows off peppers grown using new agronomic practices and technologies. Photo provided by Kevin Crosby, Ph.D.New hot pepper agronomic practices and…

US Department of Labor announces $7 mln funding to combat child and forced labor abuses in Mexico

The U.S. Department of Labor announced today the availability of $7 million in grant funding to combat child and forced labor abuses in Mexico’s chilli pepper…

Tosca launches comprehensive supply chain IoT service - Asset IQ

Tosca, a global company in reusable container and pallet pooling for supply chains, announced that it has added a comprehensive IoT service called Asset IQ to its broad…

Texas peanuts, the sustainable superfood from the States

Peanuts are a staple ingredient in cuisines around the world. With almost 25% per 100 grams, peanuts have more protein than any nut. The peanut (which is botanically speaking…

NIFA invests $30M to help boost organic farming and ranching

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) announced today an investment of over $30 million for 33 grants…

UTA to use tiny sensors to track bugs and combat infestations

The University of Texas at Arlington is helping develop tiny sensors that attach to insects, tracking their movements and life cycles in an effort to combat…

Excellent organic Medjool date harvest anticipated this year

Joolies, a grower of organic California medjool dates, has shared with customers and retailers a promising forecast when it comes to this year’s organic medjool date harvest.…

Delivering effective fresh produce advertising strategies

"We can speak to a million people, but are we being effective in the way that we are talking to them?"

Focusing on the quality of the message being sent to consumers and choosing the right channels are two main keys to connecting and ultimately driving sales of fruit and…

Results and perspectives of Italian and European organic products highlighted at MacFrut

After more than a year and a half of remote events, webinars and initiatives that have kept the link between producers, professionals and consumers alive, the events in…

Carpenteria Fossano

Electric 'umbrella' that can be operated remotely

The innovation presented at Macfrut by Carpenteria Fossano is an actual automatic 'umbrella' that can be opened and closed via an electric motor. Detail of the steel truss…

Lucien de Wit, LuBaFresh: "Scorching in Italian cultivation areas"

"Europe's grape consumption disappoints, but it's almost time for peak sales weeks"

This year's Italian grape season is vastly different from last year. That is according to Lucien de Wit of the Dutch wholesaler, LuBa. He concludes this after visiting their…

Lemon season in Turkey has started

“Demand for lemons is very strong”

The Turkish lemon season has already started, but exporters might want to wait a while for the Argentinian and South African lemons to disappear from the market. Overall sizes…

Jebe seeks distributors/importers for other European countries

In Europe, more and more potatoes are being stored, disease-free, using the Humigator

The Humigator has been decontaminating potato storage spaces across the globe for eight years already. This machine, developed by Idaho Hydro Tech, does so without using…

DP World to invest £300m in fourth berth at London Gateway to strengthen UK’s supply chain

DP World today announces that it will begin work next month on a new fourth berth at its London Gateway logistics hub to increase supply chain resilience and create more…

Easy to use, lightweight, compact and suitable for all container types

Karmen scales are designed for packaging directly in the fields

It weighs only 4.8 kg and its maximum height is 7 cm. It is covered in stainless steel and has a 6-inch backlit display with intuitive, programmable keys. These are just some…

Geoff Furniss, CEO TOMRA Fresh Food

"At this year's show, we will have a demo model of our new Cascade Singulator"

At this year's Fruit Attraction in Madrid, TOMRA Food will look to attract cherry growers and packers from around the world with the launch of the new Cascade Singulator for…

Global launch for World Macadamia Organisation

The newly formed World Macadamia Organisation (WMO) has officially launched and incorporated in Singapore, with a mandate to drive demand by creating a greater…

Big opportunities for South African kiwifruit

Agriculture has a vital role to play in SA’s economic reconstruction and recovery path after the Covid-19 shock. The government appreciates the potential of…

FNM will start marketing the first results of its new strawberry and raspberry research lines

Fresas Nuevos Materiales SA (FNM), the Huelva-based breeding company, has managed to position itself as a leading player in obtaining strawberry varieties,…

Horti China takes place in Qingdao, China

China: Rapidly developing greenhouse industry looks for more technical solutions

The Horti Asia is currently taking place in the Qingdao World Expo. The expo is smaller than in previous years because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. This year, there are…

"Response to the reality of the supply chain crisis"

Post by Mike Parr - Managing Director at PML "Morrisons, Marks & Spencer and The Food & Drink Federation have all publicly commented on the serious supply chain crisis which…

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