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Nonprofit reflects on almost a decade of giving and teaching families about produce

Fifty servings of fruits and vegetables a week per family. Nine (soon to be 10) locations. Over 50 million lbs. of produce. More than 500,000 individuals. These are just a few…

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Peak supplies on a variety of Mexican mangoes right now

Mango supplies are ample right now coming from Mexico. “Mangoes are imported into the U.S. year-round and we are now in the peak of supply of different…

Frutura acquires cold storage and repacking firm

Frutura has further strengthened its U.S. presence and holdings with the strategic acquisition of Agri-Cooling & Logistics (Agri-Cooling), a McAllen, TX-based…

Taylor Farms opens new facility in Toronto

Taylor Farms, a North American producer of salads and healthy fresh foods, has opened a new facility in Toronto. With production focused on the retail product portfolio,…

A look back at the 2022 CPMA Convention and Trade Show

"The 2022 Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention and Trade Show (CPMA 2022) was a resounding success with more than 3,600 registrants representing the entire…

Dole announces $1.5 million electrification project at the Port of San Diego

Dole Food Company announced a $1.5 million dollar electrification project at its West Coast port operation. This project has funded five new electric utility tractor rigs…

Grower/importer opens new packing plant in Dominican Republic

Crystal Valley Foods (Crystal Valley) announced that, together with its partner Island Farms, it has opened a state-of-the-art packing house in La Vega, Dominican Republic.…

April apple tracker reports storage slightly up over 2021

According to a survey performed by the US Apple Association, the total number of apples in storage on April 1, 2022, was 75.5 million bushels, 1.1 percent more…

Summary findings USDA Food Price Outlook, 2022

Fresh vegetable prices now predicted to increase between 1.0 and 2.0 percent

The all-items Consumer Price Index (CPI), a measure of economy-wide inflation, increased by 0.9 percent from January 2022 to February 2022 before seasonal…

Durban port closed as city is hit by flooding and mud slides

The port of Durban is closed today after torrential rain and mud slides in Durban. Employees at the port and its cold stores cannot get to work this morning as roads and…

Special Fruit Logistica

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Video PHOTO REPORT Fruit Logistica 2022

After two years and two months the fresh produce industry headed for Berlin for Fruit Logistica.The event got off to a subdued start on Tuesday but numbers started to build…

Global Focus South Africa

Banana tissue culture plants from South Africa set to give Ecuador industry a boost

Du Roi Laboratory based in Letsitele, Limpopom Province, South Africa leading banana tissue culture facility and supplier to some 25 countries, has recently supplied Ecuador…

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Big Y Foods plans to build Big Y Express Fresh Market

eMeals acquire RecipeBox

Publix named on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For listFor the 25th consecutive year, Publix has been recognized on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list. Publix…

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Canadian potato storage holdings April 8 2022

Canadian potato stocks as a whole are up 20%

Total Canadian potato storage holdings on April 1, 2022 continue to show the regional differences in the country. Although Canadian stocks as a whole, are up 20%, they are up…

Indian bananas and baby corn now allowed for export to Canada

After successful completion of the negotiations between an Indian agency and the Canadian government, Indian banana and baby corn can now be exported to the…

Federal budget measures for P.E.I. spud sector causes mixed feelings

Board general manager Greg Donald of the Prince Edward Island Potato Board says he has mixed feelings about the $28 million earmarked in the new federal budget…

Promising new research discussed at Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute

On April 5, growers gathered in Avon Park at South Florida State College for the Florida Citrus Growers’ Institute. The event was organized by regional citrus…

Pritchard cherry orchard gears up for second harvest season

A 500-acre farm in Pritchard is preparing for its second busy harvest season, with an impressive 200 acres of the land being covered with cherry trees.…

"We have opened the Brazilian market, we are trying open the Canadian market, and the next option would be China"

Andalusian berries seek to open new markets on the other side of the Atlantic

Crossing the Atlantic has become an attractive option for Huelva's berry sector, as stated by the manager of the Association of Producers and Exporters of…

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US (OH): Akron-area farms battle higher costs, led by fertilizer

As prime planting season approaches in Northeast Ohio, costs are breaking new ground for Akron area farms. Price increases for fertilizer, seed, gas, diesel and even…

Ecuador banana growers block roads to protest prices

Banana growers from three Ecuadorian provinces blocked main roads across the South American country on Monday to demand government action to boost prices they…

Drought decreases grape production in southern Brazil

São Paulo production should reach 146.900 tons, a decline of 0.3% in relation to the previous year, while the productions of Paraná, of 56,200 tons and Santa…

Fundecitrus

Orange production for the 2021-2022 crop season totaled 262.97 million boxes

Final orange crop forecast update for the São Paulo and West-Southwest Minas Gerais citrus belt

The 2021-2022 orange crop for the São Paulo and West-Southwest Minas Gerais citrus belt, published on April 11, 2022, by Fundecitrus – performed in cooperation with…

The war in Ukraine frustrates hopes for an improvement in the supply chain for this year

In 2021 there was a strong recovery in container shipping, with a 9.3% annual growth and volumes that reached 171.1 million TEUs, according to data from the…

Chile has exported fewer kiwis than last year

Chilean kiwi exports are significantly lower than by the same date of last year. According to data from the Chilean Kiwi Committee, the Chilean kiwi industry…

EAT ME avocados now with longer lasting Apeel protection

Nature's Pride now delivers its EAT ME avocados with the plant-based protection of Apeel. This protection ensures that ready-to-eat avocados keep their quality longer. The…

The areas hit by frost account for more than 70% of the Spanish stone fruit production

"We are sure of one thing: there will not be enough fruit for everyone and it will be more expensive"

The impact of the frosts recorded at the end of week 13 and the beginning of week 14 in the stone and pip fruit producing areas of Catalonia and Aragon are making it…

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Felixstowe: Part of terminal 6 has collapsed

Part of terminal 6 at the Port of Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's busiest container port, collapsed on 10 April. The port's engineering consultants are still investigating…

Friday, 29 April 15:00-16:30 CET

Mini Symposium on Strawberry Quality

The strawberry world is continuously developing; from the introduction of new varieties to the development of innovative growing techniques. With these…

Ports of the European Union ban Russian vessels

The European Commission has announced a ban on Russian vessels and Russian-operated ships from accessing EU ports. The Commission did indicate there will be…

"Thousands of jackfruits are rotting in delayed containers, and this affects the fresh-cut fruit industry"

Small boxes of fresh-cut fruit are a new craze in China and the market is rapidly growing. Seedless pomegranate cups, fresh-cut jackfruit... shops everywhere offer a rich…

Europe's first end-to-end cargo LoRaWAN based cargo temperature monitoring service launched

The Port of Antwerp in Belgium, Europe's second-largest container hub, has announced a service offering cargo temperature condition monitoring for logistics assets and cargo,…

Working in a data-driven way in the herb segment

Expanding and standing out with fresh herbs: That is what Vitalicious, Vitacress Real's herb brand, aimed at the foodservice sector, focuses on. They use market data to…

Containers pile up at ports of Shanghai due to lockdowns

Containers full of frozen food and chemicals are piling up at China’s biggest port in Shanghai as a Covid lockdown in the city and compulsory virus testing…

Edgar Chalhoub, President of Banasan (Colombia):

"In 2021 we sold a total of 13 million boxes of bananas to Europe and South Korea"

In 2021, despite the complications derived from the pandemic, Colombia increased its banana exports. According to data from the DANE, between January and…

Cardboard crisis looms due to Russia-Ukraine war

Starch from wheat, potatoes and other food is used to make paper for packaging. Wheat and starch prices have soared this year, risking the possibility of…

Australian Avocados highlights Shepard variety

From March 14 to 27, Sydney hosted the event called "For the love of Shepard Avocado Festival", an initiative of Australian Avocados, partnering with the…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Costa Rica at £0.88: 4% drop from last week

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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