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Ample organic cauliflower on the market

There is strong volume currently of organic cauliflower. Cauliflower supplies are coming from Yuma, AZ and El Centro, CA right now. “There are great supplies out of the desert…

Lighter South African lychee season coming to an end

Lychee supplies are wrapping up out of South Africa. Yasmani Garcia of Sweet Seasons in Hidalgo, TX says the South African lychee season is a short one—it began in November…

Successful first harvest of winter-produced greenhouse peppers in Canada

Sollum Technologies is pleased to announce that Allegro Acres, located in Kingsville Ontario, harvested the first greenhouse crop of winter-produced peppers using LED lighting…

Mission Produce announces fiscal 4th quarter and full year 2020 results

Mission Produce, Inc today reported its financial results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended October 31, 2020. Fiscal fourth quarter 2020…

New chief operating officer for mushroom company

Greg Sweet has been promoted to a newly created position of chief operating officer for Monterey Mushrooms. Greg joined Monterey Mushrooms in 1997 and has been…

City of Laredo

Third temperature-controlled federal import inspection facility

Laredo, Texas, gets third cold storage inspection facility

Officials in Laredo, Texas, are planning to build a third temperature-controlled federal import inspection facility to accommodate cross-border produce from Mexico. The…

Fresh-Link Produce hires General Manager for Eastern division

Bob Ritchart, a 25-year veteran of produce sales, grower management and employee development has joined the Fresh-Link team as General Manager of the Eastern…

US lettuce grower appoints new director of food quality & safety

BrightFarms, a supplier of locally grown packaged salads, ispleased to announce that Jackie Hawkins has been promoted to Director of Food Safety & Quality. She…

New-Tech standing pouches cut fresh food waste

Fresh produce packaging innovators, StePac Ltd. are gaining growing interest in the retail sector for their functional standing pouches. The attractive, high-performance…

NYC Central Labor Council

The Bronx, New York

Bronx's Hunts Point Produce Market workers strike over wage dispute

Workers at the Hunts Point Produce Market in the Bronx are on strike for a second day as contract negotiations have proved unsuccessful. The dispute was between some 1,400…

Special Latin America

Rob Cullum - Pacific Produce

“Overall 2020 was a challenging year for most products"

Pacific Produce imports many fruit and vegetable products from Peru, in what has been a sometimes turbulent year and most certainly an unusual one. Rob Cullum, Managing…

Global Focus Grapes

New European lockdown casts shadow on Indian grape exports

The new coronavirus lockdown in several European countries creates a lot of uncertainty for India’s grapes exports, the season for which is set to start next…

Retail

Dreamstime

Couche-Tard CEO would love second shot at Carrefour deal

Sprouts Farmers Market: Partnership with MyFitnessPal

Canada: Couche-Tard CEO would love second shot at Carrefour dealAlimentation Couche-Tard would revive its $20bln bid for France’s Carrefour if the Canadian convenience store…

South Florida Farm to Inmate Program benefits both growers and state

Via Dade County’s Farm to Inmate Pilot Program, South Florida growers have supplied and distributed some 389,000 pounds of locally grown squash, green beans,…

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A great way to peel your garlic

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Peruvian asparagus exports fell by more than 8% in volume and value in 2020

The balance in 2020 wasn't positive for Peruvian asparagus. According to the Executive Director of the Peruvian Asparagus and Vegetable Institute (IPEH),…

Panama approves the import of 9,000 quintals of onion for February

The onion and potato agri-food chain committee approved the import of 9,000 quintals of onions to cover demand in February 2021. Jorge Igualada, the…

Luc van den Aker and Matthijs Verburg, FME, Belgium

"We're the first to have Chinese morels in our mushroom range again"

It might still be cold in Belgium. But Fresh Mushroom Europe (FME) is already preparing for the spring. "The first morel mushrooms have arrived from China. This is the prelude…

"We are offering resellers premium red and white cabbage, direct from the grower"

Dithmarsch farms found online marketing platform Kohl Direkt

First-class, certified red and white cabbage for bulk customers, direct from the producer: that is the intention of the newly founded initiative Kohl Direkt. Four farmers from…

L'Ortofrutticola F

Frost expected for the next few days is worrying artichoke producers

The weeks after Christmas registered a drop in Sicilian artichoke prices and sales, leading to significant losses for the local economy in Niscemi (CL), know as the "artichoke…

Kiwifruit among the favorite fruits in Europe during the pandemic

The commercialization of Italian kiwifruit is rather positive in general. FreshPlaza talked about it with an operator. "In general, I can say kiwifruits seem to be among the…

Consorzio Tango

Linbo™️ late tangerines to become available soon

The commercialization of late seedless tangerines Linbo™️, a variety part of the Tang Gold patent and known for its organoleptic qualities such as high juice content and a…

Fabio Zanesco, of VIP Manzana Val Venosta: "Now we have the necessary volumes to be visible"

"Spain is one of the most important markets for Ambrosia™ apples, without a doubt"

Not only have apples weathered the coronavirus crisis well, their consumption has actually increased throughout Europe since the outbreak of the pandemic, says Fabio Zanesco,…

Vitalis workshop at BioKennisWeek in the Netherlands today

Warmer soil poses challenges for pumpkins

There's sadly no in-person Biobeurs in the Netherlands this year. But, there is an online BioKennisWeek. Today, Vitalis Seed Suppliers had a workshop about pumpkins called Warmer…

Plus Berries expands its portfolio with a line of organic oranges and mandarins

"Next week, temperatures will increase and strawberry shortage shouldn't be as bad"

The cold of recent weeks has also taken a toll on strawberry cultivation in the Spanish province of Huelva. Despite the fact that the province has not been affected by the…

"Consorzio italiano vivaisti" makes an official call to the retailers

CIV presents new project "Category Program" for retailers

Starting from the 90s, new apple varieties have become more and more popular, thus diminishing the surfaces of traditional varieties. Some of these new varieties have been…

Belgian hard fruit stock per January 1st:

"Still a lot of pears in Belgian cold stores, low levels of apple stock"

The Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives reports that on January 1st, 2021 there are still 79,164 tons of apples and 237,862 tons of pears stored in Belgian cold…

Huelva raspberry producers resort to fire to avoid frost

The intense cold and severe frosts registered last week in the fields of Huelva have forced raspberry producers to resort to a technique almost as old as…

Reaction to article

Nobody wants organics to return to plastic

Recently, in the Netherlands, Suzanne van der Pijll wrote an article. It was titled: 'Are organics going back to plastic?' The article was published in various…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 8-01-2021)

Week 2 avocado shipments from Israel to the EU amounted to 658,000 4-kg cartons in total

Week 2 shipments from Israel to the EU amounted to 290,000 cartons of greenskin avocados and 368,000 cartons of Hass avocados, for a total of 658,000 4-kg cartons. The actual…

Indigenous greens capture global attention for nutritional and environmental benefits

Kenyan growers making good money from traditional vegetables

Last Monday, Kenya Ambassador to France/Portugal/Serbia/Monaco in a tweet highlighted just how in-demand traditional Kenyan vegetables were around the world. "Our traditional…

Moroccan farmers are growing blueberries in the Sahara

Dakhla-Oued Eddahab is one of the richest areas in Morocco, whose ecosystem has won three international recognitions as a site of great ecological importance.…

Researchers at work at Tatura SmartFarm, Victoria

Australians trial protecting pears with solar panels

Researchers at Tatura SmartFarm in Victoria are experimenting with the use of solar panels to protect fruit trees from extreme heat events. Solar panels are…

Scott announces strategic partnership with Savoye

Automation and robotics solutions provider, Scott Technology Limited, announces the signing of a global partnership with Savoye, one of the world’s leading…

Autogrow announces spin-out of A.I. farming company WayBeyond to accelerate growth

Autogrow has unveiled a corporate reorganization as part of a long-term business strategy which will see the organization split into two separate entities with…

“Vietnamese coconut supply may remain low in the upcoming season”

The historical drought with saltwater intrusion had a significant impact on Vietnamese farmers and fruit exporters in 2020. It is predicted that the dry season in 2021 will…

Price remains stable

Chinese strawberries from Dandong will enter peak sales period in February

Dandong is one of China's largest strawberry production areas with an annual production volume of more than 200,000 tons of strawberries. The soil and water levels in the area…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize - average week price at £0.86

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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