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Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

Head of Sales - LA (California) USA

Head of Agronomy: Research & Development - Berlin, Germany

Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

Grower - Philippines

Assistant technical manager

Food Safety and Quality Director - South Bend (IN) USA

Commercial Manager - United Kingdom or The Netherlands

Tomato Grower, Chapais - Canada

Director of UbiGro Sales - California, Oregon, Colorado, Arizona, and Nevada USA

Mark Greenberg of Capespan North America:

“The grape losses in Chile are far greater than originally expected”

A month after the rains hit Chile, the estimates of the overall losses have become a bit clearer. Unfortunately, the news isn’t positive. Mark Greenberg of Capespan North…

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Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

GLOBALG.A.P.: New certification, growth and audits during the pandemic

25 years ago, a group of retailers and supermarkets in Europe agreed to harmonize their requirements into an independent certification system that could be…

US import logistics chain collapses

The US import logistics chain is experiencing an unprecedented bottleneck. As noted by maritime industry analyst Jon Monroe, 30 to 40 vessels are waiting for a…

Ample asparagus coming from Mexico into the US

Supplies of asparagus are strong from Mexico currently. “We expect supplies of asparagus to be very good for next two to three weeks,” says Carlos Solf of Southern Specialties…

Medjool dates sales volume expected to spike during Ramadan

Bard Valley Natural Delights’ are an essential part of the Ramadan tradition as Muslims begin the daily ritual of fasting from sunrise to sunset. Ramadan lasts 30 days…

PMA announces in-person Fresh Summit in New Orleans

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced that Fresh Summit 2021 will take place, in-person, October 28-30, 2021 at the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center…

New package redesign for salad blends

Value-added salad brand Fresh Express® has contemporized its brand with new packaging design for its Garden, Premium Garden, Crunchy and Tender Leaf salad blends. The new…

Decline in consumption of 100% fruit juice contributes to worrying trend for Americans

A new research report shows that Americans continue to consume less and less fruits and vegetables despite consistent dietary advice to the contrary. An accompanying decline…

Purple artichokes back for spring

Ocean Mist Farms, a grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in the U.S., announces the availability of its proprietary purple artichokes. This seasonal, limited addition to…

New supplier partner for Texas nonprofit

Brighter Bites, a non-profit organization that delivers fresh fruits, vegetables and nutrition education resources directly into families’ hands, announces its new supplier…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Ian Albert - First Fresh

Positive but challenging 2020 season for persimmon and Meyer lemons

First Fresh New Zealand, based in Gisborne, New Zealand, is looking forward to the 2021 export persimmon and citrus season following a successful 2020 program says Managing…

Global Focus Bananas

Pol Vermeiren, Fresh Fruit, Dominican Republic

"We can now offer carbon-neutral organic bananas"

"The organic sector continues to grow, and considerably so in the United States. But there's been an oversupply of conventional bananas for years. This means lower prices, and…

Retail

Dreamstime

Kroger launches an open call to its second innovation fund to prevent food waste

National Grocers Association has moved its office to Washington, D.C.

1st Ahold Delhaize USA facility transitions to self-distributionAhold Delhaize USA has revealed that one of its distribution centers, Freetown Grocery in Massachusetts, became…

Global marketing initiative launched for California walnuts

The California Walnut Commission announced its second annual “Power of 3” global marketing campaign, which builds on the successful 2020 campaign. “Power of 3”…

US Strawberry Market Update 2021

Berry expansion to continue

Strawberry shipments to the US market have increased during 2020, while heatwaves and problematic weather drove up prices to unusually highs in some weeks during the summer. Organic…

Ecuador remains free of Fusarium race 4

Monica Gallo, the general coordinator of Ecuador's Plant Health Service, said that the country's efforts to prevent the spread of the Fusarium race 4 fungus…

The fruit gap between Chile and Peru

In 2020, Chilean fruit exports totaled 5.8 billion US dollars, an increase of 0.42% over 2019. Therefore, Chile ranked among the top 10 suppliers. As far as…

Brazil was the main destination, followed by Russia

Argentine pear exports grew by 60% in January

As confirmed by data from the Foreign Trade Statistics Department of the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses of Argentina (INDEC), in January 2021,…

Colombia increases the areas that can export Hass avocado to China

After having audited the Colombian phytosanitary system last month, the General Administration of Customs of the People's Republic of China has authorized more…

Argentina is the southern-hemisphere's leading plum producer and the world's third-largest producer of dried plum

Plums are gaining more and more hectares in Argentina

The area devoted to plum cultivation in Argentina continues to increase and currently exceeds 12,000 hectares, which are mainly concentrated in the provinces…

Cut rockmelons tracked from paddock to plate for the first time in Australia

In an Australian first, Brad Dawson of Dawson Melon Co in Red Cliffs Vic, in collaboration with FreshChain Systems, NSW DPI and in-store support from specialty fresh food…

Record Kanzi® apple crop for 2021 season

A record crop of Kanzi® apples will see the 2021 season extended, with fruit expected to be available in supermarkets from mid-March until Spring. The bright red Kanzi® apple,…

"South Africa poised to become big player in saffron market"

Plans are in place that could see South Africa becoming a significant player in the farming and export of saffron. For the South African economy, this offers an invaluable…

Upcoming kiwi field days in the Southern Cape

Mpumalanga Soreli kiwi harvest lives up to expectations – but it won’t work everywhere

There’s a lot of excitement about kiwis and the issues driving it, are twofold: on the one hand, farmers in other sectors like forestry or dairy looking for foreign earnings,…

These tomato products' talk' to you via a QR code

For people buying tomatoes, numbers like 986 hectares of tomato cultivation mean very little. Yes, it's many football fields, but what else? Nothing. Percentages are also…

Egyptian Valencia season in full swing

“This season prices for Valencias are about 20 cents lower”

The Valencia season in Egypt is in full swing, and demand is at a good position right now, as the season in India is coming to an end. Prices are lower than they were last…

Four new hybrid solanum varieties offered

Bakker Brothers is starting 2021 right with the addition of four new products to their hybrid vegetable seeds range of Solanum varieties. Two new hybrid eggplant varieties and…

Thomas Däbel, Serwo LLC:

"Demand and the market are moving toward more sustainable packaging"

There are encouraging and hopefully sustainable trends that continue to grow steadily. The demand for ecological packaging, ideally biodegradable, continues to be of great…

"Safe and fresh from the field to the consumer"

While plastic and synthetic materials have increasingly become the focus of criticism in recent years, the group of Guillin companies is now breaking new ground in terms of…

"Setting new standards in grading accuracy with SmartGradeTM software"

Tomra Food introduces SmartGrade on its Spectrim platform. The new system puts the packhouse in complete control of grading with such accuracy that it is able to pack fruit to…

DSV

DSV expands air freight capacity with new intercontinental air charter routes

DSV introduces three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents in order to accommodate customer demands in a global air freight market affected by lack of…

Bayer to launch Vanity Citrus®, its new biological product to control citrus farm pests

Bayer will introduce Vanity Citrus®, its latest biological and pheromone-based crop protection product to control pests on citrus farms during the…

Europatat

Save the date:

Europatat Congress 2021 virtual edition

Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, is excited to announce that the 2021 edition of its annual Congress will be held on Thursday, 10th of June in…

Shibaura Institute of Technology

Shibaura Institute of Technology - Japan

An innovative contactless method for the timely harvest of soft fruits

Scientists develop convenient technique to measure ripeness using laser-induced plasma shockwaves and the ensuing vibrations on the fruit’s surface In agriculture, there are…

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Konkan region, west India

Konkan growers and Global Kokan present platform to promote Alphonso mangoes

Some 100 growers from Konkan have joined hands with Global Kokan to launch an online platform called ''Myko'', intended to promote Alphonso mangoes. Former…

Island nation calls for talks with China

Taiwan Council of Agriculture pledges export market diversity

The amount of fruit exported by Taiwan to Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the US grew last year, and the island nation now has approval to ship pineapples to…

"Are online marketplaces the future trading platform for fresh produce?"

Selling via online marketplaces offers many advantages for farmers, buyers and sellers. It overcomes time and space constraints, provides inclusive market…

The right “5-a-day” mix is 2 fruit and 3 vegetable servings for longer life

Studies representing nearly 2 million adults worldwide show that eating about five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, in which 2 are fruits and 3 are…

Food prices are up worldwide

Global food prices are at the highest in more than six years. Prices are driven by a jump in the cost of everything from soybeans to palm oil because of demand from China. Vulnerable…

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