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Social programs elevated in preparing for busy Mexican grape season

As the Sonora, Mexico grape season is just a few weeks away, grower/shipper Divine Flavor will quickly turn their attention to the upcoming grape deal, relying on their work…

Chile

Organic apple importer differentiates by importing as well as growing in-country

The southern hemisphere apple season has started and last week, Viva Tierra received its first shipment of organic apples from Chile and Argentina in the port of Philadelphia.…

Produce companies top Canada’s Best Managed Companies list

Oppy, Mastronardi Produce, Red Sun Farms, Fresh Direct Produce and Crawford Packaging have been chosen as one of Canada’s Best Managed companies again. Applicants for this…

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Delayed start for domestic blueberry volumes

Domestic supplies of blueberries are coming on heavily to meet a high demand market for the fruit. The supplies coming on now follow a delayed start for the Southeast…

Vanguard welcomes two new team members

Vanguard International has added new talent to their team with the hiring of Ignacio Ugarte in Chile and Fanny Robles in Peru. Ignacio Ugarte is an agronomist with years of…

Non-tariff barriers impacting imports at Mexico-US border

The University of Arizona (UA), Rogers College of Law recently published a TradeLab report about non-tariff barriers to trade. Inspections and Non-Tariff…

New company will operate under Country Fresh moniker

Country Fresh, Sun Rich assets acquired by Stellex Capital Management

Country Fresh and Sun Rich USA, two divisions previously part of the Fresh Food Group, will now operate as a standalone company under the Country Fresh name…

iTradeNetwork adds sales leaders to executive and operations staff

iTradeNetwork, a global provider of supply chain management solutions for the food and beverage industry, announces two new key additions to its team. Theresa Trees was named…

May 6

Pace International LLC to host its International, Annual Postharvest Academy Virtually

Pace International, a provider of sustainable postharvest solutions and technologies for the fresh produce industry, will be hosting its annual Postharvest…

European grocery store successfully implements AI-based fresh produce recognition technology

The COVID-19 pandemic and its disrupting effect on the retail sector have accelerated some in-store technology trends like biometric checkout and scan-and-go systems. The new…

Special Melons / Kiwifruit

Javier Carmona, marketing director at La Unión Corp:

"There's a growing focus on brands in the melon and watermelon category"

The watermelon season is just starting in Almeria. The first batches of the fruit have reached the market at a time when the weather in Europe is not ideal to motivate…

Global Focus Machinery/Packaging

WEBER Verpackungen presents natural packaging for lettuces

"Bloom guard is the ideal packaging to protect and market lettuce"

WEBER Verpackungen is a traditional German manufacturer of innovative packaging solutions for the horticultural industry. At its site in Wickede, in the middle of NRW, WEBER…

Retail

Dreamstime

Harps Food Stores has kicked off Produce for Kids Fridays

GrubMarket has completed the acquisition of Vaccaro & Sons

US: Shaw’s, Star Market truck drivers who deliver to Massachusetts stores go on strikeTruckers who crisscross New England delivering food and other essentials to more than 100…

Procurant signs Merchants Distributors LLC

Procurant, a cloud-based software company transforming the global food supply chain, today announced the signing of Merchants Distributors LLC (MDI), a North…

Penn State College of Medicine & Pennsylvania State University research

Could consuming mushrooms reduce risk of cancer?

Preventable risk factors such as smoking, excess body weight, poor nutrition and excess sun exposure are associated with many forms of cancer. Free radicals,…

Potatoes USA

January - March 2021 retail sales: a year after unparalleled growth

Potato sales for Q3 (January – March 2021) of Marketing Year 2021 have caught up to the changed buying habits that the pandemic brought about. March 2020 was…

Higher volumes, better quality, diversification, and sector unity

Key challenges of the Chilean cherry industry

Different experts from the cherry sector that participated in the "Cherries 2021: challenges and opportunities after a complex season" webinar, which was…

Egyptian grape season started, three weeks earlier than expected

A little earlier than expected, the Egyptian grape season has kicked off. Due to warm weather, the start of the season arrived three weeks before it was expected to begin. For…

IPS created subsidiary in South Africa

"As part of its international development strategy, IPS created a subsidiary in South Africa in October 2020 with the permanent presence of a new collaborator, Michael…

Mpumalanga province, South Africa

Intensive management and care pays off for litchi grower

The subtropical hills and valleys of Hazyview in Mpumalanga were once home to numerous litchi producers. But the difficulties of having to harvest in December,…

Zespri switches to mostly charter refrigerated container ships

Rather than relying on normal scheduled ships, this year, Zespri has switched to using mostly charter refrigerated container ships in order to get its…

Nijs van Zuilen, Berrybrothers, about the early start of the Dutch redcurrant, raspberry season

"Our new greenhouses mean we can meet the early demand for redcurrants, raspberries even better"

The redcurrant and raspberry season has begun at Berrybrothers in the Netherlands. "We've invested in a new, modern, 2.3-hectare greenhouse for redcurrant cultivation. We grow…

Santiago Vázquez, manager of La Vega de Cieza, from Murcia:

"Until mid-May there will be an apricot shortage of about 50%"

The stone fruit campaign kicked off a couple of weeks ago in the Region of Murcia with a delay of about 10 days compared to last year, although very close to the usual start…

When the American dream comes true - thanks to a citrus peeler

Citrus fruits are not only freshly consumed in southern Italy, as in many other parts of the world, but are also used in other industries. For example, for beverages and…

Stuart Thomson - Dyson Farming

"By extending the UK season we avoid the unnecessary food miles from imported strawberries at this time of year.”

Dyson Farming has picked the first strawberries from its new 15-acre glasshouse in Carrington, Lincolnshire. The 424m long glasshouse is powered with renewable electricity and…

Q1 2021

Continued growth, high profit and additional share buy backs from A.P. Moller - Maersk

A.P. Moller - Maersk had an exceptionally strong start to the year, with strong earnings and growth momentum across all our businesses in ocean, port services and logistics.…

National University of Singapore

Making ordinary food extraordinary

Enjoying a glass of juice, tucking into a hearty piece of meat or having a plate of cut fruit may be part of the diet that many do not give much thought to. However, could…

Kei Higuchi - courtesy of Fukuoka Prefecture

Japan frustrated by Chinese and Korean strawberry and whisky copycats

Both the Japanese government and Japanese companies are battling Chinese and South Korean copycats, taking steps to protect the image and integrity of "made in Japan"…

The ‘946’; one of Japan’s most expensive bananas

The vast majority of bananas in Japan are imported; they sell for about US$0.50 each. However, there is a small percentage of bananas that are just a tad more…

US and EU are major buyers as Indian products meet compliance norms

Exports of Indian organic products record $1.04 bln last fiscal

Export of organic products from India grew 51 per cent to a record $1.04 billion in dollar terms during the 2020-21 fiscal compared with the previous fiscal.…

France, Spain, Italy and Greece

medFEL publishes European apricot harvest estimates

On Tuesday 4 May, the first webinar * of the medFEL took place, concerning European apricot harvest estimates, based on the production of the 4 main growing countries and…

UK food retailers threaten to boycott Brazilian suppliers over deforestation

In an open letter sent to the Deputies and Senators of the National Congress of Brazil dated May 5, a string of big-name supermarkets, food-to-go chains, suppliers and…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 30-04-2020)

Week 17 avocado supply to the EU dominated by shipments from Peru

In week 17, Israel shipped just 1,000 cartons of Greenskin avocados to Europe, but 395,000 units of Hass avocados, totalling 396,000 units. The Hass supply to the EU in the last week of…

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