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Night-Shift Crop Inspector - San Jose (CA) USA

Product Coördinator Fresh produce - Ridderkerk, Dinteloord of Heerle

Medewerker Marketing & Communicatie - Hillegom

Supply Chain Specialist - Nairobi, Kenya

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Greenhouse Director of Production - Center Moriches (NY) USA

Head Grower Cannabis - Reading, Southern England

Global Product Manager - Northeast Ohio area

Produce Sales Representative - Remote/Surrounding Los Angeles area

Managing Director - Leamington (Ontario) Canada

Windset Farms celebrates 25 years in the business

Technological advancements, varietal development, consumer product knowledge - these are just a few of the changes seen in the last 25 years at Delta, B.C.-based Windset…

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More Medjool dates from Mexico this season

Supplies of Mexican Medjool dates have increased significantly over last year. “Our growers in Mexico have more young acreage coming into fruition this year. The supply…

Sea and container logistics stress mango season

Logistics are taking their toll on the imported mango season. “It’s been a rough winter for mangoes,” says Giorgio Ceciarelli of GC Imports based in Toronto, Canada. Starting…

US Apple Association and growers urge removal of India tariffs

Following the start to agricultural trade negotiations last week at the U.S.-India Trade Policy Forum in New Delhi, the U.S. Apple Association says more needs to be done to…

Pallet Logistics of America acquires Pal-Serv

Pallet Logistics of America, a portfolio company of Silver Oak Services Partners, LLC and an asset-based pallet management services provider, has acquired…

TruTrace Technologies signs global partnership with Laava to focus on blockchain-secured product verification

TruTrace Technologies, developer of a fully-integrated blockchain platform for the legal cannabis, food, and pharmaceutical industries, today announced that it…

“India and the US have agreed to revive the trade forum after four years”

Indian pomegranate arils will finally be able to find their way to the US market again, after four long years of halted trade. Overall, there are still some significant…

Holiday store displays out in full force

In the lead up to last week's Thanksgiving holiday--one of the busiest weeks of the year for those in produce--retailers such as Vallarta Supermarkets had beautiful bunches…

Maersk Customs Services USA highlights trends and opportunities for U.S. importers

The pandemic has changed many business processes. Importers need to be aware of several trends related to international sourcing and shipping that may have high financial…

Positive developments amid a complex season

"Large export volumes and high hopes for Chilean cherries to China"

"We are at the start of the season, and there is a lot at stake this year. As at the start of every year, and throughout the season, we are in a hurry and many different…

Special Year Overview

FreshPlaza December Special -Year overview

In December we are taking a look back at the big events, highs and lows of 2021 in year overview articles. MarketingWould you like to get some extra promotion for your produce…

Global Focus Exotic/Tropical Fruit

FreshPlaza's November Global Focus is on tropical and exotic fruit and vegetables

FreshPlaza's November Global Focus is on tropical and exotic fruit and vegetables. It is always an interesting time in the exotics market so if you are an importer/exporter or…

Retail

Dreamstime

WhatsGood is opening the 1st in a series of Chicago-based Farm Shops in Lincoln Park

Walmart Canada has acquired Foodmaestro

US: FTC launches inquiry into grocery supply-chain disruptionsThe Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has ordered 9 large grocery retailers, distributors and manufacturers to…

“By 2024, we’ll produce up to 3,000 tons of Hass avocado”

The avocado season in Morocco started in November and a good season is expected. One exporter hopes to ramp up production of the Hass variety, so they’ll represent 10% of the…

Senegalese potato packer gets state-of-the-art weighers

"Potatoes might not be the first crop that comes to mind when thinking of Senegal. Yet, there are plenty of those being grown there," says Jouke van der Meer, sales manager at…

The Port of San Antonio begins attending container ships within the framework of the 'Cherry Express' service

The port of San Antonio is getting ready for the start of the high season for cherry exports to China, which brings with it various logistical challenges for…

Red Globe grapes stand out among the table grape varieties that Peru exports

The Red Globe grape variety is one of the grapes that Peru exports in its campaign, which runs from October to March. “This variety with seed is more widely…

Fresh Innovation Pavilion

London Produce Show to collaborate with the International Food & Drink Event in 2022

Until 2018, the London Produce Show was a popular meeting place for fruit and vegetable growers. From 2022, this dynamic fair will collaborate with the International Food &…

Great satisfaction for the quality

Good start for the Sicilian avocado season

The cultivation of the Sicilian avocado has begun. Alessandro Scurria, manager at Fondaco in the Sicilian town of Torrenova talked about the harvesting. The orchard of Torrenova…

Vivai F.lli Zanzi

The role of pear rootstocks against diseases should be reconsidered

The consumption of pears on the global market is increasing as demand is on the up. Countries like Spain, Algeria, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Armenia and part of Eastern Europe…

Euro Gijbels:

“Normal Spanish product supply expected”

"This should be a better season than last year," says John Gybels, junior CEO at Euro Gijbels. This company sells fruit and vegetables cultivated in Belgium and Catalonia.…

ICA opens highly automated e-commerce warehouse in Stockholm

Starting on 1 December, ICA’s highly automated warehouse in Brunna, outside Stockholm, will be in full operation. ICA is first in Sweden to open a warehouse with a highly…

Wilkofruit: “There’s ample smaller-sized citrus available”

Wilko van der Zwaard owns Wilkofruit, a Dutch fruit importer/exporter. He recently traveled from Northern Spain to Murcia, in the southeast of that country.…

The Crop Trust & CIP announce new disease-proof potato

The Crop Trust and the International Potato Center (CIP) are announcing the release of a new disease-resistant potato called CIP-Matilde. The new potato's…

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Israel - Citrus Annual

In MY 2020/21, Israeli citrus production dropped 4.3 percent below initial 2020 estimates

It is estimated that MY 2021/22 will be characterized by low production – falling considerably below the average total citrus production of 512 thousand metric tons (TMT) –…

Jeffrey Moret (T.O.F.F.) about new Bio Vegan concept:

"Vegan still barely known in fresh fruit and vegetables, but has huge potential"

TOFF is a Dutch company that has expanded its activities with a new concept: Green Vegan. "Under that name, we offer fully vegan, organic fresh fruit and vegetable products,"…

Ronnie Moorman - Willem Dijk

“Enough Spanish product, at similar price levels to last year”

"Our suppliers have more than enough Spanish citrus available," says Ronnie Moorman. He is a buyer at Willem Dijk AGF. This Dutch company focuses on potato, fruit, and…

"Our crate washer is used for fruit and vegetable processing factories"

For fruit and vegetable processing, workers often use plastic crates or trays to transport fruit and vegetables from the farm to the cold store or to the next processing area.…

The Ministry is testing the yuzu, a fruit of Asian origin, at the CDA of El Llano de Molina

A new citrus fruit in the Murcian countryside

Yuzu (Citrus junus), a citrus tree native to China and that is grown in Japan, has been bearing fruit for three years at the Llano de Molina Agrarian…

CMA CGM implements incentive program to ease congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach

The CMA CGM Group, a big player in shipping and logistics, will implement an Early Container Pickup Incentive Program at the ports of Los Angeles and Long…

Looking ahead at the China Fuji apple season

With many external hurdles to navigate, 2020 was a disappointing season for Chinese Fuji apples. Sales were slow due to a weak domestic Chinese market and…

Japan's matsutake mushrooms: Pricing can be $500+ per kilogram

Matsutake mushrooms harvested in Japan can cost over $500 per kilogram. Mushroom foragers will search for matsutake mushrooms once a year, every autumn. still,…

Malaysian Musang King durian only take 4 hours from farm to table

Cainiao opens dedicated Kuala Lumpur-Shenzhen line for fresh fruit import

Cainiao Smart Logistics Network recently announced a dedicated route for chartered planes carrying fresh produce between Kuala Lumpur and Shenzhen. Cainiao relies on the…

Safer than safe:

Inside Fukushima’s Food Monitoring System

The “Fruit Kingdom of Japan.” Delicious peaches and juicy pears. One might be surprised to find out that we are talking about the Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.…

United Arab Emirates: Innovating to feed its people

New veggie burger has potential to transform UAE home-grown crops sector

The agricultural sector of the UAE has come quite a long way. There is now a new range of burgers made from salicornia. Salicornia is grown in the UAE using…

Sea-Intelligence

Container lines report record profitability in third quarter

This year, all global ocean carriers saw revenues increase substantially as a consequence of the record-high freight rates. According to data from Sea-intelligence,…

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