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Produce Construction Manager - USA

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Head grower & Indoor farming-/hydroponic specialist - Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland

Technical Director - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Head Grower - Avoine, France

High demand for Peruvian onions this season

It has been an unusual onion season this year in Peru. Roberto Monge of KeyPeru shares: “To begin, our season started three weeks early because of colder and more humid…

New eco-design packaging liner reduces plastic by up to 30%

In the past years, the produce industry, alongside many other industries, has been focusing on the reduction and elimination of plastic in packaging. Simultaneously, there has…

Strong demand internationally and domestically for pistachios

Domestic pistachio supplies are tracking to potentially close in on one billion lbs. this fall. Jim Zion of Meridian Growers LLC in Madera, CA says production has wrapped up…

E-commerce, Direct-to-Consumer and more

The paths for consumer purchasing during the pandemic

This week, from September 28th through October 1st, the North American Blueberry Council and the United States Highbush Blueberry Council Conference and Expo is running…

Mastronardi Produce to release new lettuce line: Queen of Greens™

It is a little-known fact that Mastronardi Produce, the company behind the world’s first branded tomato, actually has its roots in lettuce. In the 1940’s, when…

US will greenlight import of pomelos from Vietnam

Vietnam resumed exports of fresh fruits to the US recently after an interruption since early August due to the pandemic. Because of the outbreak, APHIS…

Red Sun Farms

Bringing year-round local supply to Canada by lighting up greenhouses

Red Sun Farms, a North American greenhouse grower with locations in Canada, USA, and Mexico, are embracing technology by lighting up a high-tech greenhouse to bring a…

The Wonderful Innovation Challenge

Global contest launched for environmentally friendly solutions for pomegranate husks

The Wonderful Company announced the launch of the Wonderful Innovation Challenge. Offering up to $1 million in funding and development resources to innovators, the competition…

Chiquita stickers go pink for October's National Breast Cancer Awareness month

In honor of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Chiquita is giving its iconic Blue Sticker a pink makeover to match the Pink Ribbon - an international symbol…

Ocean Mist Farms

Five new products added to Season & Steam convenience vegetable line

Ocean Mist Farms, a grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in North America, announced the launch of five new products in their award-winning Season & Steam convenience…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

Sydney Fairchild of Bridges Produce:

“This year’s Fresh Summit will be a marathon, not a sprint”

As we near this year’s Fresh Summit, the exhibitor line-up is starting to solidify and more and more companies are deciding to join the show. For Oregon-based Bridges Produce,…

Global Focus Potatoes and Onions

David Archer, Condifresh:

“Our label family is growing, with the arrival of the HEV label on our onion plots”

September 2020 will have marked a turning point for the Condifresh group, which obtained the HEV level 3 certification for its own onion production, on its plots in the…

Retail

Amazon will hire 3,500 Canadians

Kroger and Ocado: Location of Customer Fulfillment Center announced

US: Kenny Family Stores of Delaware launch new food product competition & web series 'Aisle Trials'Kenny Family Stores of Delaware announces the launch of their new…

Growers Express promotes Kirk Wagner to Chief Operating Officer

Growers Express, LLC, a processor of frozen vegetable products and primary licensed partner of the Green Giant Fresh® brand announced that Kirk Wagner is…

Snapdragon™ apples are back - harvest season underway

SnapDragon™ apples are ripe for picking as harvest season is officially underway. Grown exclusively by Crunch Time Apple Growers, a New York State-based…

United Fresh announces slate of new programming

United Fresh has announced its slate of new programming taking place this fall on the LIVE! 365 platform. United Fresh LIVE! 365 is the industry’s year-round…

Canada: BC Tree Fruits head office in Okanagan for sale

On September 24th, the BC Tree Fruits Cooperative confirmed the historic building currently serving as the cooperative’s head office, will be sold. According…

Michigan cherry growers troubled by tough competition from overseas

They’re a treasured old-time sight in Michigan — cherries and the miles of orchards where they flourish Up North. Michigan is the nation’s top producer of tart…

North Carolina research to save sweet potato farmers tons of money

North Carolina researchers have determined a post-harvest treatment that significantly reduces crop loss due to internal necrosis in Covington sweet potatoes.…

Oregon blueberry growers join investigating the influx of foreign berries

The Oregon Blueberry Commission has joined in an effort to slow the large increase in blueberry imports from southern countries. Last week, the commission…

Genetically redrawn San Marzano tomatoes

San Marzano tomatoes have been genetically redrawn by a team of researchers from Enea, CREA, Polytechnic University of Valencia and Tuscia University to obtain…

H2A Trading - Sydney

Australian exporter preparing for another good quality apricot season

A leading Australian fresh produce export company plans to expand its international customer base for apricots this year, despite some challenges from COVID-19, which has…

Hans Maagendans, Banafood Services GmbH’s director

“From 5 to 75% fairtrade bananas in 10 years”

In 2007, Banafood Services GmbH opened a new, independent banana ripening facility in Germany. It’s just over the border from a Dutch cooperative in Venlo, the Netherlands.…

3rd prize in Pentawords 2020

International design award for fruit and vegetable packaging line Johannes

Last year AGF-Holland introduced the Johannes packaging line, a plastic-free packaging line for the entire fruit and vegetable department, with a line of baskets, trays and…

Rite Hite GmbH offers advanced solutions for cooling and freezing halls

"Optimal sealing during the distribution process saves a lot of energy"

Energy losses and, therefore, high costs are an all-too-common occurrence in the refrigeration and frozen goods sector. Thousands of euros' worth of energy are lost every day.…

Wouter Muis, GRO, the Netherlands

“Oyster mushrooms, the steak of mushrooms, and grown on coffee grounds”

One of the challenges the mushroom sector will face in the future is raw material availability. That’s used in the compost these products grow on and is a vital link in…

Kissabel season kicks off with orange and yellow varieties

The new European Kissabel® apple season has begun. The project partners in the UK, France and Switzerland started harvesting two coloured-flesh varieties: Kissabel® Orange and…

Sharp rise in overseas fruit supply to the Netherlands in the first half of 2020

In 2020's first half, the Netherlands received 2.8% more goods by sea, in reefer containers, than at the same time last year. More fruit was delivered while the supply of…

Bonduelle 2019-2020 annual results

Bonduelle's Fresh Processed segment revenue drops by 6%

On September 25, 2020, the Supervisory Board, under the chairmanship of Martin Ducroquet, reviewed the statutory and consolidated financial statements for FY…

Helping people discover mushrooms

There’s still much to be learned about edible mushrooms. Nowadays, specialized traders can offer 70 varieties of cultivated and wild mushroom varieties throughout the year.…

Talete, from SP Soluciones Agrícolas

A biostimulant reduces water consumption in strawberry crops by 25-30%

This biostimulant improves the plants' ability to absorb and retain water, both in cases of scarcity and in optimal conditions. Strawberry field before applying Talete Strawberry field…

Joint venture between the Unlimited Group and Cape Fresh Produce

Icon Fruit brings together the best of two experienced stonefruit specialists

Icon Fruit is a new predominantly stonefruit export specialist, a joint venture between Cape Fresh Produce and the Unlimited Group. The new entity subsumes Fruits Unlimited,…

Trying to avoid oversupply and price cuts

South African citrus industry wants to expand markets

Apart from the 2-million tonnes of citrus expected to be exported in 2020 by the South African citrus industry, a further 500,000 tonnes is forecast for the…

Food Fraud Database

More than 100 records of fresh produce fraud

Fraud with regard to fruit (and produce in general) is commonly related to labeling claims about production practices, production location or brand names. In…

Red hot potato market could spell trouble for farmers in India

Potato prices in India started rising in December 2019 due to the delay in harvesting the early rabi crop (Figure 1). Although they fell a bit in February and March with the…

Imports increased by 27%

China becomes Russia's biggest fresh produce market

Data from the Agricultural Export Center of the Russian Ministry of Agriculture show that as of September 20, Russia exported 2.67 billion US dollars worth of…

Five Panamanian packing plants allowed to export bananas to China

According to a statement from the Ministry of Agricultural Development, five Panamanian banana packaging companies have been authorized to export the fruit to…

Better understanding of button mushroom DNA published, to improve breeding

A research team of Wageningen University & Research (WUR) has made an important step in opening up possibilities to breed for innovative types of button…

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