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Product Manager - Hann. Münden, Germany

Full Time Sales Representative - New York, Pennsylvania, Maine & Connecticut, USA

Stone Fruit Sales Category Manager - Europe Division

Grower, Vine Crops - Richmond (KY) USA

Cultivation/Propagation Manager Young Plants - Australia

Assistant Head Grower - Mason City (Iowa) USA

Global Category Director for Cherries - Chile, North America, Australia or New Zealand

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Africa Fruit Export Sales Manager - South Africa

Flavorite Group & Murphy Glasshouse businesses merge

The Flavorite Group are pleased to announce the merger of their business with the Murphy family businesses in Victoria, formerly known as Murphy Fresh (Mansfield) and Tatura…

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Ausveg.com.au

James Whiteside resigns as AUSVEG CEO

AUSVEG has announced that James Whiteside has resigned from his position as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 1 July 2021, to pursue other interests. Mr…

APAL

Australia: Apples defy flat February fruit sales

In the 4 weeks to 21 FEB 2021 the take home fruit category was flat with -0.8% in dollar sales and volume sales declined -4.3%, versus same time a year ago. ApplesApples grew 8.9%…

'No food, no people'

Food security to be highlighted at launch of International Year of Fruits and Vegetables

The importance of food security and people having access to fresh and healthy fruit and vegetables is being highlighted at the launch of the International Year…

New Zealand

Tomatoes sell for 9 cents a kilo at Hawke's Bay supermarket

A Hawke’s Bay supermarket is offering tomatoes for just 9 cents a kilogram. In a Facebook post, Hastings Pak ‘n Save said it had 4 tonnes of the fruit to shift…

Agerris

Australia: SuniTAFE SMART Farm receives Digital Farmhand

SuniTAFE SMART Farm is found some 16 km from the centre of Mildura. The farm acts is a training and research facility, implementing the latest innovations and best practices…

Harvest season started two weeks late because of excessive rainfall

South African grapes are doing well in the Chinese market this year

The supply season of South African Sweet Globe grapes began this year in late January. The supply season is expected to last until the middle of March, but actual conditions…

Video Robot hand with a 'human touch'

A human hand can grasp anything. From a whole pineapple to a bag of tangerines. We also instinctively know how to adjust our grip on products. The company Soft Robotics…

David van Steenkiste, Plant-T:

"The plant tower is a mini-vertical farm for the cultivation of herbs, flowers, fruit or vegetables"

For years, David van Steenkiste was a herbalist at star restaurant Hertog Jan, as well as managing herbal company Herbas. David has now sold his company and started Plant-T, a…

“90% of oranges that are shipped over next two months will be from Egypt”

The Valencia season in Egypt has really picked up steam, according to one exporter. With Spain and India now also importing their oranges from Egypt, both demand and prices…

Special Australia / New Zealand

Bostock

New Zealand organic apple grower expands further into Vietnam

Vietnam is the third offshore office Bostock New Zealand has opened in three years with companies also in Far East, Russia and North America. Bostock New Zealand International…

Global Focus Bananas

Ontario/Quebec consumers increasingly interested in Fairtrade produce

While produce in general and organics specifically have seen a “pandemic lift” in demand in 2020 and into 2021, Fairtrade products look to be seeing something similar. “Our…

Rain over the southwestern parts of the Western Cape

Peachy year for South African stonefruit

It’s been a season in which the Western Cape has again showed itself as one of the world’s best stonefruit production regions. Growing conditions were ideal, the winter wet…

“Our surveillance system assures farmers that irrigation is proceeding as planned”

“Monitoring irrigation systems is very time-consuming these days. Farmers need to be on site to detect anomalies. We want to make their lives easier,” explains Nicolas…

ISI Sementi obtains GSPP certification

A certification to guarantee tomato seeds

Over the past few weeks, ISI Sementi obtained the GSPP certification, an acronym of Good Seed and Plant Practices: it is the hygiene and prevention system against Clavibacter…

Strawberry Symposium 2021

"Although it will mainly take place online, the Strawberry Symposium will be a great event. It is the right moment to subscribe," reports Gianluca Baruzzi, member of the…

Aerodynamic Allesbeste moves its avocado sales office to the Netherlands

The annual Maluma Symposium would normally be taking place now, drawing visitors from the avocado world to Tzaneen in Limpopo, but due to Covid it has been postponed and…

Lindsay Pederson, keynote speaker at BrandStorm:

“A strong brand can remain impactful for generations”

United Fresh BrandStormTM is taking place virtually this week. The event kicked off on Monday, March 8th, with a networking reception and the educational sessions began the…

Florida supplies are peaking

Volumes building on strawberries push pricing

Supplies of strawberries are peaking right now out of Florida. “We’re picking half a million boxes a day in Plant City which is peak. I think the volume is about the same as…

US sweet potato growers welcome EU tariff relief

U.S. sweet potato growers are relieved following an agreement between the European Union and the U.S. to suspend tariffs of billions of dollars on a variety of products,…

SIFAV steps up sustainability ambitions in 2025 program

The companies united in the Sustainability Initiative Fruit and Vegetables (SIFAV), as set-up and hosted by IDH the Sustainable Trade Initiative, have launched their new…

Denmark

More than 370 tons of “ugly” vegetables rescued with new collaboration

More than 370 tons of “ugly” vegetables have been rescued over the last two years in Denmark. A survey shows that more than half of the Danes would prefer to…

Results of CuteSolar campaign's second survey

76% of European consumers take into account the origin of the fruit and vegetables they purchase

FruitVegetablesEUROPE presented the results of the second CuTE survey carried out within the framework of the CuTE-Cultivating the Taste of Europe promotion…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 05-03-2020)

Week 9 avocado shipments from Spain to Europe at 1,067,000 units

Week 9 avocado shipments from Spain to the rest of Europe stood at 131,000 cartons of Greenskin avocados and 936,000 units of Hass avocados, totalling 1,067,000 units. The…

Container shortage & rising shipping costs affects Cambodian mango exports

A global shortage of containers and Covid-related rising shipping rates have driven up production costs for Cambodian mangoes, eroding their competitiveness on…

Thailand has become Vietnam's third largest produce export market

In January this year, Vietnam imported approximately US$7.2 million worth of produce from Thailand. The export volume of produce to Thailand increased 2.2…

More than 25 thousand tons of mangoes left the island

Price of Chinese mangoes from Sanya increased by 56.79%

The mango industry is the largest tropical fruit industry in Sanya. The overall surface area devoted to mango plantation exceeds 26,667 hectares. Farmers in…

Covid affects apple shipments

Washington exports hampered by cargo-container shortage

In Wenatchee, Washington, tens of thousands of boxes of apples that should be on their way to the Middle East and Asia are instead filling the warehouses. The…

Video Processing dragon fruit in Vietnam

The video below shows the processing of dragon fruit, which will be exported from Vietnam after the process.

Prepara

Video Herb Saver that keeps produce fresh for longer goes viral

On TikTok, there is a video about a viral herb saver that may be just what you need to keep your cilantro, chives and dill fresher for longer. So if herbs are hard for you to…

Retail

Dreamstime

Bestway Wholesale is to restructure Costcutter

Mercadona is planning 9 store openings in Portugal

Irish grocery sales reach highest level since November 2020: KantarTake-home grocery sales in Ireland grew by 17%, with shoppers spending an additional €151.1mln in the latest…

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