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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

“Assistant” production manager perennials - Norway

Account Manager - Groningen, The Netherlands

Executive Leader, Vertical Farming Program, University of Queensland, Australia

Mexico and South America expected to continue to be main growing regions for avocados

The avocado category has been experiencing unprecedented growth and is expected to be the most commercialized fruit by 2030. According to a report from the FAO, global…

Exports to Middle East, Asia, and Central America

Working with Washington apples post-heat wave

As the Washington apple season gets underway, growers are contending with record high temperatures seen this summer. “We believe it will be an auspicious season, although…

Harvest may be delayed

Sweet potato growers hope for the best following Hurricane Ida

Following Hurricane Ida, which landed Sunday as a Category 4 hurricane and has since been downgraded to a tropical depression, sweet potato growers for the most part are…

CubicFarms collaborates with Microsoft on cloud services for indoor farming tech

CubicFarm Systems Corp., an agtech company, announced that it has selected Microsoft’s technology to launch the next generation of indoor farming technologies for fresh food…

Shelf-life extension technologies for North American apple growers-shippers

Hazel Technologies is making an impact for growers, packers and shippers in the apple industry this season, providing shelf-life extension from packhouse to store shelf.…

Organic banana grower kicks off GROW Month

Organics Unlimited, San Diego-based grower and distributor of organic tropical fruit, will celebrate its 16th annual GROW Month starting today. This year, Organics Unlimited is…

Fyffes records €170 mln loss amid melon and mushroom asset charges

Tropical fruits group Fyffes was faced with a record loss of almost €170 million last year as it was forced to take large impairment charges against its melon…

30% of Camposol's blueberry acreage is organic

The Peruvian agro-industrial company Camposol currently has 2,670 hectares of blueberries, 30% of which are grown organically. All of Camposol's blueberry…

Thermo King to deliver all-electric, zero-emission solutions for end-to-end cold chain by 2023

Thermo King, a brand of global climate innovator Trane Technologies, has announced that it will invest more than $100 million over the next three years to…

Georgia citrus acreage continues to increase

Citrus acreage in Georgia continues to increase. According to Jake Price, University of Georgia Lowndes County Extension coordinator, it increased by 50%.…

Organic Produce Summit

Full lineup of organic greenhouse grown vegetables on display at OPS

Pure Flavor® is bringing its full lineup of organic greenhouse grown produce to the 2021 Organic Produce Summit in Monterey, CA this September. Left: Chris Veillon; right:…

Global Focus Potatoes / Onions

FreshPlaza September Global Focus on Onions & Potatoes

FreshPlaza's September Global Focus is on onions and potatoes. Are you growing, supplying, importing or exports onions or potatoes? Will your markets changes due the global…

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Gatik has opened a new autonomous-trucking facility in Fort Worth, Texas

Walmart plans to hire 20,000 workers at its supply chain division

Buying groceries the Amazon wayHappy Birthday, Amazon Fresh! This month marks the one-year anniversary of the opening of Amazon.com Inc.’s physical grocery store. Today, there…

Food recall warning - Canada

Soo brand Enoki Mushrooms recalled due to Listeria monocytogenes

T-Brother Food & Trading Ltd. is recalling Soo brand Enoki Mushrooms from the marketplace due to possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. Consumers should not consume…

Florida citrus exports still frustrated

EU canker protocols, as well as difficulties transporting fruit to Asia are among problems frustrating Florida’s fresh citrus exports. The canker protocols…

The ongoing impact of Covid-19 on US food consumption

For the second time in 25 years, annual US food spending dropped in 2020, driven by an 18.3% decline in spending on eating out. Although vaccines have spurred…

Sam Vasala - Sai World

“We have had good consistent orders from Japan, Korea, Canada and Malaysia"

Shipping delays and lockdowns continue to hamper fruit exports around the world, the knock-on effect is making market demand very different to other seasons. “Citrus export…

Andrew Grantham - Kingfisher Fresh International

"There seems to be a lack of understanding in the trade just now, everyone has problems"

Taiwan had been relatively unaffected by Covid until 15th of May this year when they went into a level 3 lock down and businesses had to shut down, they are now in level 2 and…

Peruvian fresh asparagus air exports decreased in the first half of 2021

Peruvian air exports of fresh or refrigerated asparagus in the first half of the year decreased by 20.4% over the same period of the previous year, totaling…

What is causing the mega-drought in Chile?

A mass of warm water in the south of the Pacific located east of New Zealand could be behind the mega-drought that Chile has suffered for more than a decade,…

September 9, 2021

Argentinian Chamber of Integrated Cherry Producers to celebrate Cherry Day 2021

A new edition of the Cherry Day, organized by the Argentinian Chamber of Integrated Cherry Producers (CAPCI), is planned to take place on September 9 from…

Caribbean’s largest fresh berry farm will come to Tobago

As a 12-acre climate-smart hydroponic greenhouse farm, located on Cove Estate in Tobago, is said to be specializing in fresh organic berries and greens for…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Colombia witness 6% rise in price

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…

Sergey Geraskin about GAAST's first year:

"Dutch banks stopped accepting money from Russian and Belarus; so we found buyers elsewhere"

Sergey Geraskin has worked in the Dutch fruit and vegetable export sector for many years. Last year, he and his son, Anton, started their own business, GAAST. It focuses on…

Sea-Intelligence sees no signs of Golden Week capacity reductions

With the Chinese Golden Week holiday four weeks away, normally carriers would have by now announced the full extent of their blank sailings program in anticipation of the…

Agriplace chain makes lab analyses more transparent

AgriPlace, an international platform for managing a safe and sustainable supply chain, now also automatically retrieves information for users from their laboratories. In…

Pink Lady apple sales increased in Spain by 18% in the 2020-2021 campaign

According to a company statement, Pink Lady apple sales in Spain grew by 18% in volume in the 2020-2021 campaign, a year in which the production amounted to…

Del Monte products featuring in Netflix game

“Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous” campaign across Europe

Fresh Del Monte partners with DreamWorks Animation and Universal to offer dedicated promotions and launch an Augmented Reality game called Dinosaur Challenge.…

Organto announces record second quarter financial results

Largest quarterly revenues and gross profit in company’s history

Organto Foods Inc., an integrated provider of organic and value-added organic fruits and vegetables today announced financial results for the three month and…

Huelva's IV International Berry Congress will be held on September 15 and 16

On September 15 and 16, Casa Colon will once again host a new edition of Huelva's International Berry Congress. The president and the manager of Freshuelva,…

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