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How real-time temperature data reduces claims and financial liability

Being a shipper of fresh and frozen food is not without risk. H&M Bay, a less-than-truckload (LTL) consolidation and freight brokerage company, ships hundreds of loads a week…

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Design-builder environmentally controlled facilities expands to US

Environmentally controlled facilities design-builder Coldbox is opening a US office in Atlanta, Georgia, and announces the immediate appointment of KC Williams…

Sending a letter to Biden administration

Florida: Congressional delegation insists on protections against Mexican imports

Both US senators and two-thirds of the state’s Congressional delegation are lobbying the Biden administration to protect Florida’s farmers from…

USDA

National Retail Report - Specialty Crops

Potatoes, onions and carrots heavily advertised in the US

Now that fall's warm days and cool nights have arrived in most areas of the country, potatoes, onions and carrots were heavily advertised in the US, as well as celery, hard…

Mozambique and Eswatini pick up on bananas as South Africa's bananas make way for citrus, avocados, macadamias

Mozambique’s climate and soil continuously attract banana producers to the country, many of them from South Africa. Some large banana producers in Limpopo have completely…

COSCO Shipping Lines launches express alternatives to US West Coast

COSCO Shipping Lines is launching Transpacific BCO Express Line this week. It encompasses the Prince Rupert express line (CEN-EXPRESS) and the Los Angeles…

OrderNStock Inventory

New mobile procurement platform simplifies online ordering and inventory management

Institutional food operators often use traditional processes to procure products and take inventories. These processes include using tools such as pencils,…

Seven appointed to Florida Citrus Commission

Governor Ron DeSantis appointed three new members to the Florida Citrus Commission Friday and reappointed four others. The appointments of John Smoak and…

Potato processors affected by sagging production

Potatoes eastern Canada doing well - west now sees impacts of excessive heat

The potato harvest is underway in Canada. There are however varying regional results, from a near-record harvest to too-short in supply. Kevin MacIsaac, United…

Chile is a guest of honor at the exposition

Shanghai International Fruit Exposition will take place on 15-17 November

The Shanghai International Fruit Exposition released an official statement on the 9th of October. The exposition will take place on 15-17 November in halls W1 and W2 of the…

Special Avocados

FreshPlaza October Special on Avocados

FreshPlaza's October Special is on avocados. Are you growing, supplying, importing or exporting avocados? Will your markets change due to the global shipping…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Strong demand from North America, South America, and Asia

Solid start of Pacific Northwest pear season

Movement of pears in North America are even currently. “We had a great Bartlett pear crop come in this harvest. Sizing is about the same as last year, with minute changes…

Retail

Dreamstime

Walmart and Netflix have teamed up

Rappi partners with Jüsto

US: Save A Lot taps ex-Supervalu chief Craig Herkert as interim CEODiscount grocer Save A Lot has quietly appointed Craig Herkert as interim chief executive officer with the…

Ukrainian raspberries exported to US and Canada for first time

In 2021, Ukrainian frozen raspberries were exported to the United States and Canada for the first time. According to the Ukrainian Horticultural Association,…

Proper curing improves sweet potato quality and shelf life

According to Shaun Francis, Extension horticulture specialist for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, farmers should cure their sweet potato crop for a…

Scientists recommend doubling dose of vitamin C

According to a recent study, the recommended dose of vitamin C people have been advised to take should be doubled. At present, the NHS and World Health…

Penn State research claims:

'Eating mushrooms might lower risk of depression'

Over the years, mushrooms have said to be able to lower the risk of cancer and premature death. Now, new research led by Penn State College of Medicine also…

Container lines to make record profits at US$150 billion in 2021

Independent maritime research consultancy Drewry has revised its projections of profits by container lines. Profits are projected to reach an unheard-of high…

Yupaa and Capespan celebrate five years of their successful partnership in India

On the completion of 5 years of its investment in Yupaa, Capespan is proud of the success of their investment in Yupaa, India. Yupaa, a renowned and reputed Indian name has…

Surinamese hybrid cultivation concept sparks interest from international investors

Six years ago, B4Agro&Food-Systems developed a new cultivation concept specifically aimed at a tropical climate, in order to allow Surinamese growers to achieve year-round…

Rovema Benelux presents Innotech Revo 3800 at Interpom Kortrijk in Belgium:

"These are the latest potato packaging novelties"

This spring, Rovema Benelux acquired Innotech and packaging company Prins Verpakkingstechniek. "That's tremendously increased our chances of offering our customers suitable…

This Dutch onion packhouse runs like clockwork

Can you run an entire onion packhouse with just a handful of people? MSP Onions has proven it is, indeed, possible. This Dutch company had a new packhouse built two years ago.…

Ellen van Kester (Horticola Guadalfeo,): "Increasingly selling to the local Spanish market"

"Few tomatoes at present"

The tomato season cannot seem to get going at Horticola Guadalfeo in Motril, Spain. "These are shortages everywhere," says Ellen van Kester. "We're transitioning from the…

Past lessons helped Dutch sprout specialist weather the pandemic

For Van der Plas Sprouts, last year might not have been as crazy as 2011. Then, during the EHEC crisis, this Dutch sprout specialist lost 70% of its sales within 24 hours. But…

Sustainable, healthy food from the ocean: “Seaweed is the vegetable of the future”

Clothes, furniture, and packaging material. These are just some of many things for which seaweed is used. Not surprisingly, this versatile natural product is becoming…

Canary bananas affected by ash will be frozen to prevent food waste

La Union Corp. and the Asociación de Organizaciones de Productores de Plátano de Canarias (ASPROCAN) have announced the start of tests to freeze the Canary bananas damaged by…

France to ban plastic packaging for fruit & vegetables January 2022

France will ban plastic packaging for nearly all fruit and vegetables from January 2022 in a bid to reduce plastic waste. The French government published a…

Australian farmers forced to let produce rot

Avocado oversupply drives prices down

Farmers Julie and Tony Pratt from Wolvi, on the Sunshine Coast, have had to make some difficult decisions after making a profit of just 4 cents per avocado.…

AU: Public wants Government to back compostable packaging over recycling

Responding to a landmark new poll, some eight-in-ten Australian adults (78 percent) believe using compostable packaging is a more effective solution to the plastic waste…

Kronen:

"The first ever Online Customer Days proved to be a success"

The first ever virtual Customer Days have been a success for Kronen GmbH. The global industry was invited and with Kronen´s programme a great deal of expertise was…

Dry Misting helped Laurence J Betts win multiple ‘Grower of the Year’ Awards

Following the award to L J Betts for UK Grower of the Year 2015 (and UK Edibles Grower of the Year – Vegetables, Gold award), Stephen Betts commented to Contronics Dry…

Sustainability and less plastic for packaging

Pandemic heightened consumer sense of environmental & social responsibility

Many consumers all over the world currently have a clear position on sustainable consumption and behavior. This is also the case in Latin America, according to…

Jamaica - Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Minister Shaw promises millions of dollars in agri investments

Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries Audley Shaw has announced millions of dollars in investments to be infused into the agricultural sector. Among these will…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Costa Rican bananas sold for £0.75 this 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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