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Technical Manager - Fresno (CA) USA

Retail Account Manager Italië

Grower / Head Grower Canada

Maintenance Engineer (CA, USA)

Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Executive Officer - Brisbane, Australia

European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

Greenhouse Manager - Carlisle (PA) USA

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Regional Sales Manager - LED Horticulture / Benelux and France

Strong demand for produce continues, air freight remains a challenge

“From a product point of view, it’s business as usual for us,” says Chris Sarantis with Montreal-based Canadawide. “However, from an operational point of view, it definitely…

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Technical Manager - Fresno (CA) USA

Greater supplies of assorted greenhouse tomatoes

Supplies of greenhouse tomatoes are up. “Overall, supply has been greater this year compared to last. Our production in Canada ran three to four weeks longer than the previous…

Leveraging pandemic shopping trends: New meal occasions, meal fatigue and ecommerce

At the second educational session held by SEPC’s Virtual Garden, Anne-Marie Roerink of 210 Analytics offered a diverse and in-depth view of shopper behavior during the…

Canadian Star Produce added to Sun World's panel of licensed importers

Sun World International LLC., has added a Canadian importer, Star Produce, to its panel of licensed importers. Their appointment brings the company’s panel of…

Mexican greenhouse tomato grower partners with IFCO for tomato packaging solutions

Agros Produce LLC, producer of tomatoes grown in high-tech greenhouses in Mexico, has partnered with IFCO Systems, provider of Reusable Plastic Containers…

California kiwifruit grower partners with Hazel Tech

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-funded technology company delivering new solutions for the fresh produce industry to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and fight food waste,…

Peak organic and conventional blueberry volumes from Chile to arrive in January

California Giant Berry Farms growers are reporting peak volumes of a promotable organic and conventional blueberry supply for the start of the new year. New grower…

Verdant Technologies™ granted European patent

Verdant Technologies™, a recently launched technology company focused on product life extension for perishable products, announces that the European Patent Office had granted…

Record SweeTango apple sales

According to Nielsen scan data, SweeTango is among the top three managed apple varieties this season, notable for a variety that is still seasonal. Growers and packers with…

California herb grower experiences surging sales

While COVID-19 continues to change the landscape of consumer behavior, including holiday traditions and family gatherings, data suggests the herb category is surging in sales…

Special Year Overview

Year overview 2020: April

In April, the industry was still early into adjusting to what life in the pandemic is like. This includes an increasing interest in citrus. In the Southern Hemisphere, lemons…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

The Netherlands remains its top export market

Chilean avocado exports down by almost a half in January-September 2020

In Chile, farmers have planted many avocado varieties. These are mostly destined for the domestic market. However, Hass avocados now grow on almost 90% of the total 30.143 ha…

Retail

Dreamstime

Village Super Market: Continued strong sales momentum

GrubMarket's first acquisition in New York

US: Ingles makes sales gains as pandemic ragesIngles Markets posted a 11.3% year-over-year revenue gain for its fiscal fourth quarter ended September 26, with net sales…

First export volume of Chinese pomelos set sail for US

On December 3, the first volume of honey pomelos, weighing 120 tons, left from Pinghe, Fujian for the United States, marking the first export of this fruit from Pinghe and…

Steady Peruvian asparagus volumes continue

The Peruvian Asparagus Importers Association encourages retailers to promote Peruvian asparagus throughout December 2020 and into the New Years’ holiday. December’s steady…

Co-branded apple bags score graphic design award

Graphic Design USA (GDUSA)’s 57th American Graphic Design Awards® announced their 2020 award recipients and The Produce Moms® and Applewood Fresh® won in the category of…

Fresh blueberry supplies expand as U.S. consumers develop a taste for year-round blueberries

Blueberries are the second-most produced berries in the United States, after strawberries. Over the past 10 years, the total supply of fresh blueberries available for American…

USDA appoints nine members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the appointment of nine members to serve on the National Watermelon Promotion Board. The appointees will serve…

FMC Chairman addresses export container availability

Federal Maritime Commission Chairman Michael A. Khouri told an international audience that he takes seriously reports that ocean carriers are not supplying…

Smokehouse Bacon and Hot & Spicy Cajun Style

Two new flavors added to the Savory Wild™ Portabella Mushroom Jerky lineup

Giorgio® Foods, Inc. announced two new flavor additions of Smokehouse Bacon and Hot & Spicy Cajun Style to their existing Savory Wild™ Portabella Mushroom Jerky lineup. These…

University of Guelph says increase in cost of veggies expected in 2021

Meat and vegetables are behind the expected overall three to five per cent increase in food prices in 2021, according to the annual Canada’s Food Price Report.…

SeeTree raises $30M in Series B funding round

SeeTree, an AI-powered, end-to-end service that provides growers with intelligence on trees and tree clusters, announced today that it has raised $30 million…

A neurotoxic insecticide sprayed on corn and fruit remains legal

President Donald Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it is going to continue to allow a pesticide called chlorpyrifos that…

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Common CFAP 2 myths debunked

USDA is now accepting applications for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 2 (CFAP 2) for farmers and ranchers whose operations have been impacted by the current pandemic. Signup…

Dole adds three more flavors and new mix-friendly bowl to its ready-to-eat bowl salad line

Dole Fresh Vegetables has enhanced its popular line of DOLE® FreshTakes™ Bowl Salads with three on-trend new flavors and proprietary new packaging that allows salad lovers to…

Fourth Quarter financial results

Alico, Inc. increases quarterly dividend by 100%

Alico, Inc. today announces financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2020, the highlights of which are as follows: For the…

AgroFresh expands rollout of AgTech innovation with Australian fruit grower Montague

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. announced that Montague, one of Australia's largest fruit growers, will utilize FreshCloud Quality Inspection to drive a…

Building fresh produce brand recognition and food education through direct connections with consumers

A new online food directory linking customers with agricultural producers is seeing more at-home consumers showing an interest in learning more about where their fresh produce…

"The apricots look amazing compared to others on the market floor"

Some good returns for Victorian stonefruit producer in "saturated" apricot market

A major Victorian stonefruit grower is hoping for the good prices to continue throughout summer, with orchards producing some great quality fruit so far this season. Prima…

Seeka confirms sale of Australian kiwifruit orchards

Seeka Limited (NZX-SEK), a listed New Zealand produce handler, advises that the sale and lease back of approximately 100 hectares of its Australian kiwifruit…

Winning bid of $31,000 for box of cherries

2020 South Aussie Cherry King crowned

To celebrate the 2020 South Australian cherry season, South Australia’s independent fruit and vegetable retailers went head to head in an auction bidding war…

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Jan Potgieter – Grow BothaRoodt

Shortage of Saladette tomatoes on South African market

The shortage of tomatoes now developing on the market, after a month-long glut, is masked by low demand, says Jan Potgieter, tomato specialist at Grow BothaRoodt agency in…

Latam Cargo launches flights to Qatar

Catering to demand from Chile’s fruit harvest season, Latam Group has started operating flights to Qatar for the first time. The service was launched on November 30 and the…

MSC to launch special service for Panamanian melons

One of Panama’s main export products are watermelons and melons. The country is mostly known for its yellow honeydew melons, as well as watermelons with seeds and seedless.…

Willem van der Does, BG Door International

"Mobile pre-cool unit provides rapid re-cooling"

Rapid re-cooling of fruit and vegetables is becoming increasingly important to buyers, says Willem van der Does of BG Door International. That includes products from…

Migros implements import and maturity planning tool FIPS from activeIT in Austria

“Traceability particularly important for bananas certified organic or fair trade”

Around 20,000 tons of bananas are ripened annually at the ripening facility of Migros Lucerne in Dierikon, Switzerland. The fruit's journey begins in Costa Rica, Panama, Peru…

Alan Hunt - FreshGro

“We are seeing a bit of normality in this season’s harvest”

The English carrot harvest is going well with a good mix of sizes. “We are seeing a bit of normality in this season’s harvest,” said Alan Hunt from English grower and…

60 mln crates of Chilean cherries destined for China

More than 60 million boxes of Chilean cherries are destined for China this season, as the fruit becomes a symbol of growing trade ties between the two…

Russia bans tomatoes and peppers from Turkey due to pepino mosaic virus

According to a statement made by Rosselhoznadzor, shipment of tomatoes and peppers from Antalya and Izmir was banned. As the justification for the decision, it…

Video Valstar: the Sustainable Series

Much work has been done in recent weeks at Valstar. This Dutch greenhouse vegetable specialist has put together a video series. It's about the much-discussed topic of…

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