Planning to revitalize British Columbia's apple industry

Compared to 2022, this year’s early start for the British Columbia (B.C.) apple season means harvest is just over halfway done. At Consolidated Fruit…

Potential earlier start to Chilean cherry season

Though the Chilean cherry harvest is still about a month away, early estimates for this season’s production are between 90-100 million 5-kilo cases.…

Elevating the fresh snacking industry

Snack time is about to get sweeter with Nature Fresh Farms® as it focuses on fresh snacking at this year’s IFPA – Global Produce & Floral Show. “We’ve…

Evercrisp signed on as official apple of Philadelphia Marathon

Cohen Produce Marketing and its affiliated growers are excited to announce that they have partnered with the City of Philadelphia to promote the…

Small California farmers have to fight $1.1 billion carrot industry over groundwater sources

For years, California didn’t regulate groundwater, allowing farmers and residents alike to drill wells and take what they needed. That changed in 2014 amid a…

Arkansas blackberry breeder will develop new tools to unlock consumer preference

Despite leaps in Arkansas blackberry breeding over the past few decades, there is still room for advancement with the help of genome-wide association mapping,…

Anglo-Mexican collaboration launches Malling raspberry varieties in Mexico

Niab and Viveros de Excelencia S.A. de C.V. (Vivex) have announced a new deal to support the growth of the highly anticipated raspberry varieties…

Announcement of Brazilian trade show in 2024

Fruit Attraction 2023 gets off to a great start

Yesterday saw the opening of Fruit Attraction 2023 in Madrid and the number of stand-holders and visitors are said to be up on last year. The second…

Colombian banana industry increases exports to South Korea and Europe

Colombia’s banana industry has taken advantage of the relatively low worldwide supply of this staple fruit to export more to South Korea and the…

Kapi Kapi Growers appoints senior director of sales

Kapi Kapi Growers of Grupo Acon, a producer of premium pineapples and bananas, has appointed Greg Samels as senior director of sales for the western United…

Peruvian blueberry shipments have fallen by 51% over the same period of 2022

At the height of the Peruvian blueberry campaign, it seems that it still cannot recover. So far this season, Peru has shipped 57,495 tons of blueberries, i.e.…

Lineage acquires warehousing and e-Commerce assets of Burris Logistics

Lineage Logistics has announced the acquisition of eight facilities from Burris Logistics, a prominent temperature-controlled food distribution company.…

After-effect of spring deep freeze is impacting apple yields throughout western New York

Currently, the ripple effect from a mid-spring deep freeze is impacting apple farms throughout western New York. The drop in temperatures back in May is…

CNH expands high-tech harvesting stake with investment in Advanced Farm Technologies

CNH continues to support the acceleration of smart harvesting technologies with a minority investment in the California-based start-up Advanced Farm…

Second half of September marked by extreme temperatures in São Paulo State

Intense heat warns citrus growers in Brazil

The second fortnight of September was marked by extremely high temperatures in São Paulo State. This scenario warned citrus growers, since intense heat may…

Citrus growers developed organic Tahiti lime production system

In the Chapada Diamantina region, in Bahia, researchers from Embrapa and Bioenergia Orgânicos have developed an organic system for producing Tahiti lime. The…

Roelof du Toit – The Kiwi Connection

South African kiwis on track for a good season

During his recent visit to Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong all conversations around kiwis were very positive, remarks Roelof du Toit, technical manager at…

"Egyptian lemon exports reached 100 thousand tons in 2023"

Egyptian lemon exports reached 100 thousand tons this season, says Amr Kadah, export manager at HB Group. Amr told FreshPlaza: "Egypt enjoys favorable…

José R. Mechó, manager of Agribur: "We believe prices are going to stay high throughout the campaign"

"The demand for mandarins with leaf has increased, and there are now fewer operators in Castellon"

The Spanish clementine with leaf campaign is about to begin. The markets are receiving the first shipments of early varieties, which have been more…

Robert Simpson - Fife Fruits

“Strawberries are seen as a staple, this cannot be said for other soft fruit like raspberries, blueberries or blackberries"

The strawberry season is all but finished at Fife Fruits in Cupar, Scotland the final picking will take place this week. The season got off to a good…

Akiki Frères LB SARL:

Greengrocer in Beirut can count top restaurants as clients

"It's the nicest greengrocer I've ever seen," declares Pieter Boekhout. That carries considerable weight since the Fresh Publishers manager is a…

"Once you taste Lebanese custard apple, you don't want to replace it"

"Custard apple lovers around the world, from Canada to Jordan to Europe, have a preference for the Lebanese origin," says Chady Kaadan, CEO of Kaadan…

Mazafati is still the most produced variety

"Iranian dates volumes 10% higher than last season"

The harvesting of dates in Iran is progressing in good conditions, with volumes expected to exceed those of last season, according to Hussein Vasei,…

VIP -

Italian apple consortium uses Madrid platform to kick-start new sales season

Just a year ago, Fruit Attraction was the big occasion for VIP, the Italian Consortium of Fruit and Vegetable Cooperatives of Val Venosta, to launch…

Sainsbury's launch sustainable gold kiwi linerless pack

Alongside established fresh fruit supplier Chingford Fruit Ltd, Sainsbury’s have launched the latest version of the sustainable “Pro-Produce Pack” for…

Photo Report: Interfresh Eurasia 2023

Last year, in 2022, Interfresh Eurasia came back to Antalya after some years of absence due to the coronavirus. This year, the exhibition aimed to be…

Kenya horti exports rise to 29-month high on demand

In July, Kenya shipped out the highest volume of horticultural produce in more than two years. According to the latest data from the Central Bank of Kenya…

NZ kiwifruit, blueberries and asparagus growers are fighting frost

In an attempt to save crops of kiwifruit, blueberries and asparagus, helicopters have been out fighting frost across parts of the North Island. Last year, a…

"EU carbon taxation shows major misalignments"

We are now roughly three months away from the implementation of the carbon taxation (ETS) in the European Union kicking in. Everyone agrees that this…

Irish growers want share of EU crisis reserve funds

Fruit and Vegetable chair Niall McCormack from the Irish Farmers' Association has called on Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to support the…

Two Qatari students come up with new kind of 3D-printed carrot

Two students in Qatar have created a 3D printer that can mass-print vegetables. In a first, Mohammad Annan and Lujain Al Mansoori are using artificially grown…

Yamato Rouge

Japan’s first red sweet corn a hit on social media

The Yamato Rouge, Japan’s first red sweet corn, has been produced in Tenri, Nara Prefecture. Producer Yamato Noen Co. has been growing the new red sweet corn…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Colombia at £0.95

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…