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Sales Manager based in The Netherlands, Belgium or Germany

Category Manager (Mangoes, Melons & Pines) - Sydney or Brisbane, Australia

General Manager - Commercial | Murcia, Spain | Fruit

Junior Growers - UAE and Saudi

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Head of Farming | Ukraine

Avocados Sales/Marketing Professional - Europe

Commercial Manager/Trader for Flowers - Holland

Head Grower - Berries, New Zealand

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Smaller Georgia and North Carolina blueberry crops will favor New Jersey season

The domestic blueberry season is in full swing with growing regions spread across the United States and Canada. North American blueberries are generally available between…

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Sales Manager based in The Netherlands, Belgium or Germany

PMA virtual town hall: industry efforts to fight food waste and loss

Tackling food waste becomes even more important during pandemic

Food waste has been a topic that has received much coverage in the media in the past months, especially due to the increased need for food in some communities due to the…

Crop estimated at 106.5 million 19-pound boxes

Strong season projected for California grapes

California grape growers project a season of strong demand bolstered by a multi-faceted promotion program to reach retailers, foodservice operators and consumers from now…

Canadian greenhouse grower adds two more US-based facilities

Mucci Farms announced that they are adding two new US based facilities in Romulus, Michigan and San Antonio, Texas. Furthering their rapid expansion efforts over the last…

Chilean citrus meets increased market demand in the US with strong volumes

Summer is just around the corner, and that means it’s time for Citrus from Chile! The Chilean Citrus industry is forecasting export volume of 347,000 tons across all…

Sunset® earns three Superior Taste Awards for flavor

For a company who places flavor at the top of their priorities, winning a prestigious flavor award is an honor that Sunset® has received for not one, but three…

Patent infringement lawsuit filed for shelf-life extending product

Lytone Enterprise, Inc. has filed a patent infringement lawsuit on May 19, 2020, against AgroFresh Solutions in the United States District Court in Delaware.…

South Carolina peach grower to offer patriotic-themed volume fill box

Titan Farms, grower of South Carolina peaches, recently unveiled their new patriotic-themed, volume fill box named “America’s Peach” that will launch right before the summer…

Superfresh Growers honors scholarship recipients

Superfresh Growers® is proud of their five scholarship recipients and will honor them with a virtual party later this summer. Superfresh Growers awards more than $25,000 of…

California Avocado Commission to participate in United Fresh 2020 Live!

It is peak California avocado season and the California Avocado Commission is readying its participation in United Fresh 2020 Live! with a virtual booth and…

Special Asia

First shipment arrived in China

Washington cherry season now underway

The Californian cherry season is nearing its end while the Washington season is just on its way. The first volumes from Washington imported by cherry importer Frutacloud…

Global Focus Logistics / cooling

Scrambling for a spot on the plane

“The coronavirus outbreak has doubled airfreight prices”

Mangos, papayas, and other exotic fruits have a long way to come when being sent to Europe, sometimes spending six weeks at sea. That means they are not picked ripe, and you…

Retail

Empire: Next 6 locations for expansion of FreshCo discount banner in Western Canada

Stop & Shop and King Kullen: Joint decision not to proceed with the acquisition

US: UNFI reports third quarter fiscal 2020 resultsUnited Natural Foods, Inc. (the "Company" or "UNFI") reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2020 (13…

Josie’s Organics

New purple baby broccoli and value-added vegetable line to debut at United Fresh Live!

Braga Fresh is introducing items at the United Fresh Live virtual trade show June 15-19. First, the Josie’s Organics purple baby broccoli is a familiar vegetable with a…

UC Riverside and Eurosemillas partner to bring the next generation of avocados to market

UC Riverside has entered into a $2.25 million partnership with Spain-based Eurosemillas S.A. to help the university bring to market the most promising and…

Local, sustainable lettuce reaches more stores in New York

Little Leaf Farms, seller of controlled environment agriculture baby leaf lettuce in the U.S., is now available at Price Chopper stores throughout New York…

Freeze-dried sugar snap peas launched to introduce savory vegetable line

Brothers All Natural announced the launch of Harvester Farms, a savory vegetable line with the introduction of delectable Freeze-Dried Sugar Snap Peas. Their Sugar Snap Peas…

Study by Pathology and Microbiology researchers at Texas A&M University:

‘Infected insects may warn of impending citrus disease a year in advance’

Texas scientists surveyed commercial and residential citrus trees from 2007 to 2017, closely monitoring the proportion of citrus trees and the Asian citrus…

Fotoluminate

Jamaican mangoes underway to New York markets

Starting this weekend, mango lovers in New York's Brooklyn, Bronx, and Queens boroughs will be able to purchase St Julian (Julie) and East Indian mangoes which…

Mexico's rambutan production affected by tropical storms

The heavy rains of the past few days in the region of Soconusco, in the state of Chiapas, have caused irreversible damage to the rambutan harvest in the municipalities of…

Denise Braga offers a word of support for the industry during crisis:

“We need to come together and work together, from grower to consumer”

After running an exotics production and export business for over thirty years in Brazil, Denise Braga decided to make a career change and use her experience to help grow other…

Costa Rica and Brazil will work together in the fight against banana pests

Costa Rica's National Banana Corporation (CORBANA) signed a cooperation and research agreement with Brazil's Agricultural Research Corporation (EMBRAPA) with the aim of…

Ricardo Sanchez, ECLAC

Vertical integration in Latin America in the new era of port concessions

Ricardo Sanchez, the Senior Economic Affairs Officer of the International Trade and Integration Division of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean…

The Middle East shows increasing interest in Chilean berries

The Middle East, one of the regions with the highest food dependency worldwide, is showing an increasing interest in Chilean fruit. Exports of nuts, fresh apples, fresh…

Orange demand meets high volumes

Pineapple bubble bursts as South Africa enters winter

Colder weather is supporting more demand for vegetables, but there is weak demand for fruit with concomitant pressure on prices. Pineapple prices reached a high of an average…

Jane Richter - Passionfruit Australia

An abundance of passionfruit this winter

This winter there is an abundance of passionfruit available on the Australian market, and fruit size is also very good. Jane Richter, Vice President of Passionfruit Australia,…

Australia: Video series features new melon varieties

Australia’s melon industry has risen above the pandemic lockdown to engage growers with information on new commercial varieties hitting the market. The…

Ron Lima

Overseas markets unreachable due to reduced flights

Australian strawberries might be ploughed in

Australian strawberry farmers may be forced to plough their crops into the ground as sky-high freight rates could mean it's too expensive to export the fruit…

T&G Fresh partners with PSI for premium strawberry varieties

T&G Fresh is partnering with one of the world’s leading strawberry breeding companies to provide New Zealanders with bigger, tastier, year-round strawberries. In an exclusive…

Joost Eggebeen, Kraaijeveld, the Netherlands:

"By the end of 2020, half our sales will be done online"

In mid-September 2019, Dutch produce wholesaler, Kraaijeveld, held a major marketing campaign. With it, they introduced their entirely revamped online ordering platform,…

Edulè

Cherimoya - the exotic fruit produced in Calabria

Cherimoya is an exotic fruit very popular in South America and especially in Peru, Ecuador and Colombia, which also reached Calabria in the 1800s. Nowadays, there are around…

Lime market under pressure due to good supply but less demand

The lime market in the UK and indeed Europe is under pressure as volumes arrive from both Mexico and Brazil. “At this time of year we would normally see high prices and high demand…

Hymor UG: New Spanish August harvest eagerly awaited

Strong garlic year is coming to an end

Just before the end of a successful garlic year, Hymor UG sells both the last stocks of the precocious purple garlic "ajo morado", as well as the later harvested white garlic…

Ramón Pascual, of Summerfruit: "Habrá más escasez de fruta de hueso en junio y julio"

"Good cherry prices do not compensate for the large volumes lost"

Rains, frosts and hail in most of the cherry-producing areas of Spain, from El Jerte to Alicante, Tarragona and Lleida, among others, as well as in Italy and France, have…

Dick Troost, BioTropic

"Good demand in Europe for overseas organic top fruit"

The overseas top fruit season is in full swing at BioTropic. The Corona crisis is not yet having major consequences on the situation for the organic importer…

Kiko Jiménez

Alcantarilla, Spain

PepsiCo opens new plant for Alvalle gazpacho

PepsiCo has opened a new plant in Spain, commissioned a few years ago with a €31 million (US$35.1 mln) investment for its Alvalle brand of gazpacho. All the…

Why did the Chinese cherry market turn upside down this year?

The Chinese cherry market is in turmoil. The price is low and the supply volume is small. The market conditions are much worse than in previous years. The…

Peru

APM Terminals Callao workers end their protest

The operator of the Port of Callao North Multipurpose Terminal stated that the Single Union of Maritime and Port Workers of the Port of Callao, Sutramporpc,…

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