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European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

Greenhouse Manager - Carlisle (PA) USA

Electricians / Irrigation Technicians International Horticultural Projects (USA)

Regional Sales Manager - LED Horticulture / Benelux and France

Sales Representatives Horticultural Greenhouses - Mexico

Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

Chief Commercial Officer - Las Vegas (Nevada) USA

Sales Executive

Retail Sales Manager - Remote position, most likely located in the US

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

Reid Fruits combines Aussie tech to beat cherry fraud

Reid Fruits will deploy Laava’s patented Smart Fingerprint secure label technology again this summerfruit season – building on its success thwarting at least 10 counterfeiting…

New augmented reality tool for remote assistance

Tomra Visual Assist mobilizes global expertise to provide fast and effective service support

Tomra Visual Assist is Tomra Food's new Augmented Reality tool that enables remote experts to provide specialist support to a customer or a Tomra Field Service Engineer…

FreshChain leading a pilot traceability project

Apple or pear growers, packers, wholesalers and exporters interested in further digitising their end to end traceability systems are invited to take part in a traceability…

‘Australian berry and citrus farms most at risk of having slave-like working conditions’

Woolworths has identified 332 Australian fruit and vegetable suppliers within its supply chain where workers are at risk of slave-like conditions. This was one…

New Zealand PM accused of obstructing influx of workers

Pacific workers to pick fruit in New South Wales

More Pacific Island workers will be flown into New South Wales to help pick fruit. NSW Agriculture Minister Adam Marshall said the 160 workers from the Solomon…

Sales of ready-to-eat Chinese kiwis overtaking foreign brands

Kiwifruit, as a fruit widely popular with consumers, always enjoys high sales on the market. However, a problem consumers frequently face after purchasing the…

Aussie crops depending on school leavers ‘PickPacking’ their way around the country

With international backpacking no longer an option, a new initiative by social enterprise Thankful4Farmers is calling on school leavers to create an…

Zip Top

New way to keep vegetables fresh

Zip Top launches products in Australia

A game-changing range of storage containers that can be zipped up has launched its products in Australia. Zip Top was created after founder Rebecca Finnell discovered a lack…

Australia produces a total of 87,546 tons of avocados 2019-2020

In Australia, avocados are produced almost all year round due to the range of climates and conditions in our eight major avocado growing regions. Hass is the main avocado…

Nick Maglio, ProEx Food, on the increased demand for processed food

“Blanching fruits and vegetables is better for aesthetic, hygiene and convenience”

Demand for processed fruits and vegetables has gone up in the last few months. Consumers have been stocking up on non-perishables in case of a lockdown or quarantine.…

Special Wholesale markets

Peter Grundhöfer, Grundhöfer LLC:

"We can only hope that the sector will recover quickly, returning to its usual levels"

The second lockdown in Germany is taking its toll on the fruit and vegetable trade. Even those who are indirectly or only partially affected by the closure of the hospitality…

Global focus citrus

Clementines from the Gulf of Taranto

"Prices are below production costs"

The pandemic should have pushed citrus fruit demand, yet consumption is slow. The mild weather and commercial uncertainty are putting producers from the…

Non-toxic crop protection spray gains certification for EU, Japanese and Costa Rican organic standards

The interest in the agricultural sector to change the methods of pest control to more environmentally friendly methods has been increasing worldwide. In 2017, the Costa Rican…

Pandemic has big impact on Egyptian spring onion season

“Spring onion orders for next season are already lower than they were last year”

The spring onions in Egypt have been facing a rough time ever since the coronavirus started spreading around the globe. The end of last season made one exporter lose money on…

The company from South Tyrol

Isolcell equips existing cooling cells with ethylene absorption machine

For Isolcell, innovation is more than just the introduction of new products. It is also about improving and further developing already existing solutions. The company, which…

Wim Karsten, "Once Dutch supermarkets sell an exotic, we no longer should"

"Frozen exotics became very popular this year"

Wim Karsten has been in the exotics business for about 40 years already. However, 2020 is a year he'll not soon forget. "I'd prefer to delete this year. Turnover skyrocketed,…

Magdalena du Plessis – Carpe Diem

Orange River organic grape grower plans strong volume increase over coming years

A container of organically grown Early Sweet white seedless table grapes is due to shortly depart for Europe from Cape Town Harbour. This is the opening to Northern Cape…

Enza Zaden launches first white asparagus variety

For Enza Zaden, the asparagus market is a new market to penetrate. After years of development and testing in practical fields, the new asparagus variety Daleza (E225W.004) is…

Danny Deen, Denimpex:

"Once the cold weather really hits the EU. garlic stocks will soon be gone"

The current situation in the global garlic market is going very badly, according to Danny Deen of Denimpex. "The Spanish harvest of approximately 110,000 tonnes has been…

Japanese ag-tech giant in the making

Japan: Mitsui invests in Dutch breeding company Totam

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. has reached an agreement to take a 75% stake in Totam Seeds B.V. and signed a share purchase agreement on November 25, 2020. Totam originates from…

U.S. apple production is forecast to decline 3 percent in 2020

The holidays may look a little different this year, but apple pie is likely still on the table. The U.S. apple crop in the 2019/20 season (August to July) was the sixth…

Eurostat Comext

EU Commission report 'EU banana market'

Total EU27 banana production just above 600,000 tons up until Q3

EU 2020 production of bananas in the EU is focused mostly in Spain, although there is a slight drop as compared to previous years. France -overseas territories- comes in…

Passion fruit to boost heart health and immune system

Passion fruit is found to have a multitude of health benefits. For one thing, the edible flesh and seeds contain powerful antioxidants and other nutrients to…

The world’s avocado obsession

The World Avocado Organization promotes the consumption of avocados across the world. New Food hears from its CEO, Xavier Equihua, as he offers insight into how the pandemic has…

Republic of Georgia sees twelve-fold increase in apple exports 2020/21

According to the Ministry of Environment and Agriculture of Georgia, the nation exported 5,045 tons of apples from the start of August to 23 November 2020,…

Dupré Logistics enters specialty produce transportation market

Dupré Logistics has completed its acquisition of Michigan-based TTS Logistics, marking the company’s entry into the specialty produce transportation market.…

Triples seasonal supply from strategic Moroccan producer

Organto announces expansion of avocado supply chain

Organto Foods Inc., an integrated provider of organic and value-added organic fruits and vegetables today announced that it has contracted for increased…

New Shine muscat brand launched in China

On November 22, a tasting event for Shine muscat grapes from South Korean took place in an Olé store in Guangzhou. This event was jointly organised by Olé Supermarkets, Korea…

Retail

Aldi France purchases 554 Leader Price stores

Co-op is expanding robot delivery

Online shopping boosts Israel's Shufersal Q3 profit, revenueShufersal, Israel’s largest supermarket chain, reported a 76% increase in quarterly net profit, boosted by record…

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