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Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

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Supply Manager - Category Team (Berries Figs & Pomegranates) Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane (Australia)

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Farm Manager - Ethiopia

Greenhouse Construction Manager - California (United States)

Grower (Leafy Greens) - Arizona, California, or Nevada (United States)

Head Grower Manager - Avon Facility (OH) USA

Austchilli: 25 years in business

Austchilli is celebrating 25 years in business. Rather than resting on its laurels, it is looking to the future and for founder and managing director David de Paoli, that’s…

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Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

New research finds Aussies care more about food since COVID-19

Almost one quarter of Australians say COVID-19 has made them more conscious of where their food comes from, according to new research by the National Farmers’…

Australian worker shortage could lead to more expensive fruit and veg

Australians might be paying a lot more for their fruit and vegetables this summer, possibly taking home a lower-quality product at the same time. The current…

World-first investigation raises ethical and policy challenges in using robots in agriculture

With automation poised to transform agriculture in Australia in the coming years, Monash University researchers have published the first-ever analysis of the…

Scyther5

Government Northern Territories urged to reject licence for largest private water allocation

In Australia’s Northern Territories, aboriginal title holders are alarmed that Fortune Agribusiness is seeking to use more than 40,000 megalitres of water each…

Fair Farms scheme

Australian program intended to stop worker exploitation has only 30 certified farms

Only 30 Australian farms have completed a government program designed to ensure workers are not exploited, despite job seekers continuing to be led into the…

MSC warns customers

Reefer containers unable to be offloaded in Xingang

MSC has published a letter to its customer, stating that test procedures related to import reefer cargo has slowed down the operations in the port of Xingang,…

Fewer South African grapes shipped compared to start of 2019/2020 season

South Africa's grape harvest is picking up steam in the Orange River region, where some cold stores are only receiving their first grapes of the season today in a season with…

European soft fruit shelf data viewable in real time with new Roamler Berry Monitor

European soft fruit data viewable as a whole. From now on Roamler offers this on one clear dashboard with the newly introduced Berry Monitor. The crowdsourcing platform has…

Le Tresacois:

Plastic-free packaging for kiwifruit

This year, Le Tresacois has introduced a kraft tray for its kiwifruit campaign. The producer, located in the south of France, is trying to increasingly abandon plastic in…

Special Wholesale markets

"Entire market has collapsed"

Lockdown affects business at Vienna wholesale market

At the beginning of last week, a renewed lockdown came into effect in Austria. A hard decision for the economy, and for the fruit industry there as well. The emergency…

Global focus citrus

Naranjas Torres is preparing for its new project at Biomarket

"The new consumer is increasingly more organic-oriented and thinks differently"

In November, Mercabarna will launch the first wholesale market specialized in organic food in Spain, and the second in Europe: Biomarket, which will concentrate the supply of…

Pieter Gabriëls, Bejo Samen LLC:

"The Coronavirus is a catalyst for the development of consumer trends"

Vegetable producers in Europe are already far into their preparations for the next season. Large parts of the planning cannot be done personally due to Corona, but people are…

Laurent Klotz, Agrosta:

"Our technology has become a reference in the fruit and vegetable sector"

Agrosta, a French manufacturer of scientific instruments for the fruit and vegetable sector, has greatly benefited from the boom in the blueberry market to prove the…

Career change: from sweet potatoes to employment agency for nursing staff

"Support during integration is particularly important to me"

Until a few months ago, Patricia Hoffmann's everyday work involved telephone and email communication with suppliers and buyers of Central American sweet potatoes. Today - just…

Driscoll’s Scott Komar and Plenty’s Nate Storey

“Through this partnership we hope to unlock new flavors and expand our global reach”

In October, Driscoll’s and Plenty Unlimited Inc. announced a partnership to grow Driscoll’s proprietary strawberries year-round in Plenty’s vertical indoor farms. Last week,…

Circular supply chain main focus of Dutch Fruit Tech Campus

Cooperation between education and business at the intersection of innovation and education is in full development. Euro Pool System joined the Fruit Tech Campus in…

Vanguard Direct adds three new hires to sales and operations teams

On the cusp of the important season getting underway, Vanguard Direct are proud to announce the hiring of new positions in key sales and operations roles at the California and…

US retail report

Strong and stable fresh produce retail gains in October

Eight months into the pandemic, the virus remains in firm control of how and where people spend their food dollar. Everyday sales have been on a slow march back to normal and…

Decision-support tool using HiPerGator may help manage devastating avocado disease

UF/IFAS researchers are working on a decision-support app to help policy makers and growers decide the best regional treatment options for laurel wilt disease,…

Avocados might take off in Bangladesh

The global appetite for avocado is showing no signs of slowing down, and Bangladesh might grab a slice of this $15 billion market. Cultivation of the central American…

Crop and Export Report 2020, Week 47

Chilean blueberries: 1,043 tons exported in week 46

The northern zone is already in the final third of its season. Until week 46, the accumulated volumes of regions IV and V add up 24% more than the previous season on the same…

Sucharas Wongpeth

India: Kashmir cold storage business down by 40% this year

Due to factors like low crop yields, fungal diseases damaging the fruit and increases in the number of new units, the cold storage business in Kashmir is down…

Organicoop

The Chilean Organic Producers Cooperative is born

The Chilean Organic Producers Cooperative, Organicoop, whose mission is to be recognized as Chile's most reputable producer and supplier cooperative of organic…

Punjab growers want more farmer-friendly laws

For the last two months, growers from Punjab and other Indian states have been protesting against the new federal farm laws. A recent meeting between Union…

Suryo

Malaysian durians set to arrive in Saudi Arabia

The first consignment of Malaysian durians is expected to reach Saudi Arabia this week. Penang-based entrepreneur Engku Isa Al-Husam said the export, which was…

Barvocado launches avocado fruit & seed based energy bar

In an attempt to educate consumers and retailers alike of the nutritional density of the avocado seed, Barvocado is set to disrupt the energy and nutritional…

Avocado exports Peru at US$754 million from Jan-Sep 2020

As usual, Peru's agro-exports were mainly driven by sales of avocados, the sector's leading product. According to Peruvian Foreign Trade Society (Comex-Peru),…

Birgit Reitz Hofmann

McDonald's will introduce plant-based burgers and fast food

McDonald's has announced it will introduce a line of plant-based meat alternatives called "McPlant" in 2021. The company has stated it would offer plant-based…

Third Quarter 2020 financial report

CMA: Marked recovery in volumes transported in shipping and logistics activities.

The Board of Directors of the CMA CGM Group met under the chairmanship of Rodolphe Saadé, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, to review the financial…

Retail

Shoprite Holdings: slower first-quarter revenue growth

Albert Heijn has extended home delivery service in the Flanders region

India: Reliance says retail venture completes fundraising, rakes in $6.4blnIndia’s Reliance Industries Ltd said its retail arm had completed its fundraising exercise as more…

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