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Senior Technical Lead - Beamsville (ON) Canada

General Manager - Buswa, Uganda

Head Grower - Jordan (ON) Canada

KAM DE/AT/IT/BE/NL - Valencia, Spain

Mushroom Substrate Manager - New Zealand

Chief Executive Officer

Buyer/Seller F&V Russia/Ukraine - Valencia, Spain

Operationeel Manager (MT-lid), Nieuw Zeeland

Junior & Senior grower - Moss, Norway

Sales & Logistics Supervisor - Australia

Logistics affect consistent movement of imported kiwis

Supplies of imported kiwi are seeing a slight imbalance currently. Nick Pacia, CEO of A.J. Trucco based in Bronx, NY says that volumes of kiwi are arriving from both New…

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Senior Technical Lead - Beamsville (ON) Canada

Bigger 2021 crop expected

Weather forces Nova Scotia apple growers to reconsider varieties

The upcoming Nova Scotia apple crop is seeing increased volume this season. “The crop looks very good. We see an increase of maybe 20 percent over last year. Last year there…

Why the North American lettuce market is booming

With 20,000 employees, Taylor Farms is one of the biggest players in the North American outdoor market. Last month, the company announced an investment in lettuce company Pure…

Honeydew quality solutions come to light

Hazel Technologies continues to ensure optimal honeydew shelf-life at AZ-based produce distributor, Grower Alliance LLC. The company is a produce distributor of wholesale…

Greenhouse grower partners with California Bluehouse Greenhouse, Inc.

Longvine Growing Co. (formerly known as Houweling's) signed a strategic partnership with Bluehouse Greenhouse Inc., the Southern California Agri-tech firm, who agreed to…

Grimmway names chief people officer

Grimmway Farms is proud to announce Sara Oliver as chief people officer (CPO), a new position within the company’s executive leadership team. In this role,…

Veg-Fresh adds to growing citrus team

Veg-Fresh Farms welcomes Jeff Baskovich to the citrus team as director of conventional citrus. Jeff brings a robust set of skills with more than 25 years of…

Bringing berries into the spotlight for September

Strong volumes of raspberries and blackberries

Naturipe, a farmer-owned producer and marketer of berries and value-added products continues its inaugural “Summer of Snacking” campaign, as fresh raspberries and blackberries…

Weekly Argentinean blueberry arrivals

Total global accumulated arrivals at 267 tons up until week 35

In week 35, blueberry shipments from Argentina to the US amounted to 59 tons, of which 26 tons were shipped by air, and the rest by sea. Europe only received air freighted shipments,…

Modern Plant-Based Foods receives purchase order from Aldi supermarket chain

Modern Plant-Based Foods Inc., a well-known plant-based food company, is pleased to announce that it will be listing its plant-based snacks, Snacks from the…

Organic Produce Summit

Expanded compostable packaging line for organic produce launched

Lipman Family Farms will showcase the expansion of its compostable packaging line at the upcoming Organic Produce Summit, furthering the company’s dedication to providing…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

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James Ryan - Magnus Kahl Seeds

Supplying quality onion and niche allium products to the global market

Magnus Kahl Seeds began producing and marketing open pollinated onion seed in Australia in the 1930’s. Since this time, after many decades of extensive breeding, they have…

Retail

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GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Bartolotta

Save A Lot announced the completion of the sale of 32 company-owned stores

US: Publix plans first store in KentuckyPublix Super Markets plans to enter its 8th state, Kentucky, with a new store opening in 2023. Lakeland, Florida-based Publix said that…

Latino farmworkers in the US more likely to die from extreme heat

Many people will not know that in the US, extreme heat kills more people each year than floods, hurricanes and tornadoes. An average of 702 heat-related deaths…

New wave of innovations allow independent grocers to offer new paths to online purchase

Retailer-branded mobile app and online SNAP unveiled at NGA show in Las Vegas

Rosie will unveil two important initiatives during the NGA Show in Las Vegas September, 19-20 2021: Rosie Mobile, a white label mobile app, and Online SNAP…

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S. Abraham & Sons launches to-go salads

“Fresh and convenient are two words that we believe should go together"

S. Abraham & Sons, a convenience distributor to approximately 3,500 retailers in eight states throughout the Midwest, is switching its Fruit Ridge Farms brand salads to…

USDA invests $700 million to provide relief to farm and food workers impacted by COVID-19

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced that $700 million in competitive grant funding will be available through the new Farm and Food Workers Relief…

Michigan farmers mostly saved their peaches from April frost

The April cold temperatures caused a major concern among Michigan farmers. Although, several areas of Michigan were hit by a cold-frost many crops faced…

AgroUrbana:

South America: Leveraging vast distribution networks to build larger facility

“We’re building relationships and distribution channels that will allow us to grow into other regions. Latin America, from Mexico to Chile, we all speak the same language and…

Netizen covers Red Hot Chili Peppers song using actual red hot chilli peppers

TikTok user Tyzo Bloom set out to prove that it is possible to make music out of the contents of your fridge. Bloom covers songs using a variety of household…

Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson:

‘Kiwifruit faces up to challenges’

Zespri chief executive Dan Mathieson has issued a statement saying the industry is facing unprecedented challenges because of the lack of people available to…

Pick n Pay shows love through its mandarins

South African retailer Pick n Pay is again using its premium mandarin line as a canvas for its social commitment: for the month of September, the mandarin boxes will be…

“Demand for pomegranates is always higher than the supply”

For Egyptian pomegranate, two factors are always in play. Getting the right sizes as well as keeping the prices competitive is challenging every season. The season was…

Gerry Li, Vision Fresh

"Unpredictable ginger market"

Importing ginger is presently somewhat unpredictable, says Gerri Li of Vision Fresh. "There are too many speculators on the market. Recently a lot of ginger from Brazil and…

Sicilian brand Campo d'Oro

Biological crops fit in with the latest environmental and health standards

"The new organic line of sauces and pesto that we presented at Cibus 2021 received great interest from the visitors, especially from foreign buyers. I think this is due to the…

The Lapins, Santina, and Sweet Heart cherry varieties have good conditions to adapt to Peru

For the past 4 years, Vivero Los Viñedos has been testing different cherry tree varieties in different areas of Peru, which could have the potential to grow…

Peruvian pomegranate exports achieve a record value in the 2021 campaign

Peru exported 38,000 tons of fresh pomegranate for 80,680,955 dollars in the 2021 campaign, which runs from January to June, i.e. 5.5% more volume and 28.2%…

SHAFFE marks its presence in the main meetings of the fresh fruit industry worldwide

"Among our strategic objectives established for the year 2023 is to position SHAFFE as a voice within the international fruit sector, and thus enhance exports…

La Torrente - Campania, Italy

If there is a shortage of drivers, who transports tomatoes from the fields to the industry?

"High temperatures and prolonged drought are just a few aspects of this particular processing tomato campaign. We have to deal with problems related to the…

Clock House Farm hosted farming roundtable with Helen Grant MP

Clock House Farm, the Kent-based leading berry, top and stone fruit grower recently hosted a farming roundtable, at the company’s Coxheath headquarters, attended by Helen…

Huercasa's novelties for Fruit Attraction

Grilled corn on the cob, halved sweet potato, marinated salad beets, and baked potato with skin

Huercasa will participate in Fruit Attraction, the sector's most important event at the national level, which will be held in person from October 5 to 7 at IFEMA, Madrid's…

Dutch buyers association collects data from all banana suppliers to see if living wages being paid

Superunie and its banana suppliers have collected information. That is concerning the current wage status and how it differs from living wages. So this Dutch…

Supply volume of Chinese ginger grows, while price remains low

The Chinese ginger market experienced many fluctuations in August. The price continued to fall in comparison to July. Farmers are eager to sell their ginger,…

More than 1 billion Asians will join the global middle class in the next decade

A new study predicts that in 2030 more than one billion Asians will join the world middle class, i.e. those households in which per capita spending ranges…

Indian 11-year-old turns vegetable waste into paper

Manya Harsha might just be 11 years old, but she is very passionate about the environment and humanity’s effect on it. Despite her young age, she has been…

Queensland researchers claim some fruit and vegetables can help prevent asthma

A Redbank Plains researcher has found certain colored fruit and vegetables can prevent asthma, and soon the study will be trialled on patients. Source: theglobalherald.comPhoto…

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