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Hydroponic Grower - Livingston (Tennessee) USA

Assistant Grower - Chatham (ON) Canada

Director - Eastern U.S.

Commercial Specialist

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Business Development Manager - Vietnam

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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…

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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…

Celebration caps successful season for South African table grapes in China

South Africa’s range of high-quality table grapes was in the spotlight in the China market this spring thanks to the active promotion work of the South African Table Grape…

'Geographic location is an asset'

Netherlands co-finance construction of a logistics center in Benguela, Angola

The construction of a logistics center in Angola’s Benguela province will be co-financed by the Netherlands. The European country will provide credit to build…

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,…

Kenya: Horticulture exports up to US$ 1.37 bln in 2020

Last year, Kenya's horticulture exports earnings rose to US$ 1.37 billion, up from US$ 1.27 billion in the previous year. Government official Benjamin Tito, head of…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…

From 1 to 5 May 2021 - Here are some highlights

Nova Siri Genetics gold sponsor at the International Strawberry Symposium 2021

The International Symposium on Strawberry will last until 5 May 2021. Several companies are attending, including the breeding company Nova Siri Genetics, which will attend the…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

Sysco France: opening of the Rungis site

A big new step for Sysco France was marked by the opening of a bi-temperature Hub in Rungis (94) on Monday, May 3rd. These 8,400m² of total operating area are excellent news…

Greenfood Group announces development of new facility in Helsingborg

Interest in plant-based foods based on fruit and vegetables is increasing. To meet the large demand, strengthen the customer offering and manage planned growth, Greenfood and…

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…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Current avg week prices of bananas from Colombia up 10% compared to last week

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…

Dirk van Nieuwkerk, Anaco Greeve:

"As soon as there are too many tomatoes on the Dutch market, it immediately declines"

Tomato sales aren't easy at the moment. "Especially the small varieties, like cherry and vine cherry tomatoes, are really struggling," says Dirk van Nieuwkerk…

Due to dropping prices and labor shortages

Kerala pineapple farmers begin deserting their crops

As prices are plummeting, Kerala’s pineapple farmers are not having a good time. The second wave of Covid has battered many upcountry markets. Although prices…

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…

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…

The province of Almeria produced more than half of the watermelons that Spain exported in 2020

Spain exported a total volume of 839.62 million kilos of watermelon for 444.48 million euro in 2020, according to data prepared by Hortoinfo from the Estacom…

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…

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,…

Retail

Dreamstime

Metro has reported a 11.9% drop in sales in Q2

Carrefour and Uber Eats continue to bolster their partnership

Germany: REWE introduces cargo bike deliveryGerman retailer REWE Group has added cargo bikes to its delivery fleet for grocery delivery in Cologne, Berlin, and Hamburg. The…

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