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Fundraising campaign kicks off at Coles to support Maddie Riewoldt’s Vision

Two families united by the shared loss of a loved one will kick off a campaign at Coles to help find a cure for patients diagnosed with blood cancers. The partnership between…

Weather monitoring to improve table grape disease management in Western Australia

High-tech weather stations are being installed on four table grape properties across Western Australia's Swan Valley, South West and Gascoyne, as part of a new project to…

APAL call for collaboration as US imports working group gets busy

APAL’s US Apples Access working group are is currently working steadfastly to submit a review of the scientific biosecurity threat posed by the proposed import…

Horticulture New Zealand keen to work with new government

Horticulture New Zealand - which advocates for New Zealand’s 6000 plus fruit and vegetable growers - is keen to work with the new Government to ensure the…

Autogrow challenges other industry players to publish APIs

Autogrow is calling for more public APIs (Application Programming Interface), giving increased access for growers to their own data, and fostering faster innovation in the…

2020 mango season has begun in Australia

In Australia, the 2020 mango season has begun. Markets are quickly becoming excited about the upcoming mango season, as are the consumers. This year is an extension of…

Bay Of Plenty post-harvest facility prepares for stage 4 expansion

Confidence in the kiwifruit industry’s export growth is fuelling Mount Pack & Cool’s plans to charge ahead with new investment in innovation and increased…

Petition by Australian Mangoes

‘Make Aussie Mango color of the year 2021’

Australian Mangoes is petitioning to crown ‘Aussie Mango’ as the official colour of 2021. It claims that as a representation of a fresh passion for life, with…

YY Nation from Wellington

Eco-friendly shoes made from pineapple husk for footwear sustainability

There is a new, eco-friendly shoe collection from New Zealand, made from products like bamboo, algae, sugarcane and pineapple husk. Produced by Wellington-based start-up YY…

Stefano Foschi from Bioplanet

Anastatus bifasciatus the best weapon against brown marmorated stink bug

It is now possible to make the first evaluations on the biological control of the brown marmorated stink bug in a year when its presence in Italy seems to have generally…

Special Wholesale markets

Thomas Stütz, Früchte Braun LLC:

"Thanks to the sales from our stocks we are able to fully utilize our employees, even in the lockdown"

The German fruit and vegetable industry is back in lockdown mode. Delivery and collection services are being resumed and wholesalers are opening their doors to consumers to…

Global focus citrus

Market supply is larger than demand

Product quality of Chinese tangerines is less than ideal

The overall surface area devoted to tangerines in Sichuan has not increased this year, and the production volume is more or less the same as last year. However, the product…

MSC to take part in Asia Fruit Logistica ON and speak at Cool Logistics Asia

MSC will be taking part at the upcoming Asia Fruit Logistica (AFL) ON, the leading continental trade show for Asia’s fresh produce business, which is happening…

Chilean cherries sell well in China after early-season imports of US and Canadian cherries was limited

The Chilean cherry export season is in full swing. China is the largest importer of Chilean cherries, and has been for years. Chilean cherries are as popular…

Rijk Zwaan

Rijk Zwaan at Asia Fruit Logistica

Responding to a changing market

The coronavirus outbreak appears to be reinforcing four key consumer trends in particular. At Asia Fruit Logistica ON 2020, Rijk Zwaan will be sharing details of solutions…

Patrick Bauwens, Aucxis, Belgium

“Auctions are still the best way to determine correct reference prices”

The Belgian company, Aucxis, is active in 26 countries globally. It's known in Belgian and Dutch fresh produce sectors mainly for its auctioning systems. "Auction automation…

Richard Neuhoff (EcoMark LLC) on the erroneous monopolisation of 'natural branding'

"Use of laser technology is allowed for everyone; it is not a protected process"

"With almost 15 years of experience, we are pioneers in the gentle product marking of fruit and vegetables using lasers," a recently published press release from Spanish…

Alex Guzman, CEO of Huercasa USA:

"US demand for value-added produce has gone up this year"

Demand for value-added produce has risen this year as more consumers have been cooking at home due to the ongoing complications. Huercasa offers Ready to Eat produce range,…

It's like playing chess in an international context

The banana industry is facing a very difficult time

"The banana business is in a very complicated, difficult situation," said Alessandro Dal Bello, vice president Dal Bello-Sife. “There is a lot of product in the ports,…

Gert Last, Mondipal, the Netherlands

“Shallower plastic fruit boxes provide more space and a little less pressure”

Most fruit growers probably have large cubic crates. They mainly use these to store apples and pears for long periods in ULO cold stores. These are often crates with a height…

Increased testing to continue in December

Will ozone become a viable alternative for CIPC?

Sprout inhibitor CIPC has been officially banned in the Netherlands and Belgium with France and the rest of the European Union expected to follow soon. The impact on the…

Dirk Burger – Sun World

The grape replacing South Africa’s Thompson Seedless

The latest vine census of the South African table grape industry indicates that over the past year, a quarter of South Africa’s Thompson Seedless vineyards were removed. At…

PSB Producción Vegetal plants 45,000 new hybrids in Murcia and France

New improvement program for flat nectarine, plum and cherry varieties

PSB Producción Vegetal, a company that produces and distributes hybrid stone fruits, is carrying out a new program to improve flat nectarine, plum and cherry varieties. The…

Brian Numainville of the Retail Feedback Group:

“Consumers are gravitating toward price-focused retailers like Aldi during pandemic”

Discount retailers such as Aldi and Lidl have been seeing growth in the US market, and both Aldi and Lidl have significant expansion plans for the coming years. According to…

Where will pricing go on Chilean cherries?

Imported cherries will begin this week with fruit from Chile and from Argentina. “Every year Chile is expanding acreage and their volume that’s available.…

IFG looks forward to securing its intellectual property rights for grape varieties in China

International Fruit Genetics (IFG) a California-based fruit breeding company has filed for patent / plant breeders' rights / plant variety rights and trademark…

Aweta installs an apple sorting and packaging line in Chile

The apples of Southern Chile are waiting for news. In the Unifrutti plant in Linares (total storage capacity 25,658 m2), the installation of a modern Aweta line for sorting…

Chiquita deploys nationwide disaster response to Hurricane Eta relief effort

Chiquita is lending a helping hand to Central Americans impacted by Hurricane Eta by spearheading donation efforts from its North American headquarters in Fort Lauderdale, FL.…

Percentage of children and adolescents who consumed any fruit on a given day decreased with age

CDC investigates fruit and veg consumption among children and adolescents in the US from 2015-2018

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), 2015–2020 (1), recommends consuming different types of vegetables, including dark green, red or orange, starchy,…

U.S. potato exports still impacted by pandemic, but beginning to recover

U.S. potato exports for the July – September quarter were down significantly compared to the same period in 2019. This drop is a result of the pandemic’s…

Xinyang Normal University, China:

Telling children that carrots help them see in the dark ‘can damage them in later life’

Researchers from China’s Xinyang Normal University have stated that telling kids ‘white lies’ like “Eating carrots will help you see in the dark” could give them psychological…

Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa

Cumulative volume of oranges exported to rest of Africa at 838,276 cartons

According to a report by the Citrus Growers’ Association of South Africa, the cumulative exports of oranges to the rest of Africa (and surrounding islands) stood at 838,276…

Spain

New device to determine quality and shelf life of fruits and vegetables in real time

A team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) has patented a device that makes it possible to estimate the quality losses that a…

Research suggests that people who regularly eat chilli peppers live longer

A recent study proposes that eating chilli peppers regularly could provide previously unrecognised health benefits. It states that chilli eaters may have a…

Improving sperm quality with dietary changes

Studies recommend intake of walnuts, almonds, leafy vegetables and fresh fruits

Millions of people in this world are infertile and some scientists expect this number to rise with time. With regard to infertility in men, it is thought a person’s diet is…

Retail

Second legal claim over patents for Ocado by robotics company AutoStore

The European Union charges Amazon with damaging retail competition

Montenegro: Voli denies sale to Lidl, plans regional expansionMontenegro-based supermarket chain Voli has rejected speculation that it is to be sold to German discounter Lidl.…

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