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Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

Executive Officer - Brisbane, Australia

European Export Sales Manager (Asia Market)

Greenhouse Manager - Carlisle (PA) USA

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Export Development Manager - Avocados Australia, Brisbane

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AU: Launch of gourmet herb brand paying off

In 2018, a Victorian growing operation launched its own herb brand that now consists of 20 different varieties. Based in Heatherton in Melbourne’s south-east, Butler Market…

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Head of Horticulture - Thuwal, Saudi Arabia

AU: Exporting vegetable growers continue to trade through COVID

Australian vegetable grower-exporters have demonstrated strong resilience in their businesses and supply chains to continue to export during the first three quarters of 2020…

Opal and Accu-Label announce exclusive agreement to distribute paper labels in Australia and New Zealand

Opal and Accu-Label are pleased to announce they have signed an agreement continuing Opal’s exclusive distribution rights for Accu-Label’s internationally patented automatic…

Ripe Robotics

Alleviating Australia's worker shortage

Fruit-picking robot might cover Goulburn Valley seasonal worker gap

Robot fruit picker ‘Clive’ will be working on two Goulburn Valley properties to see if it is a commercially viable alternative to human labour. The machine was built by…

AU: Life beyond COVID-19 for fresh produce

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted the way consumers buy fresh produce. The ‘homebody economy’ looks set to stay. Our new normal means many of us are working…

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Australians will have thrown out $10 billion worth of food by year's end

Australians are well underway to throw out $10.3 billion worth of foodstuffs this year. This waste has been alarming for many years now, but this year, it has…

Workforce support is the cherry on top for farmers

Cherry picking is underway across Victoria on a bumper harvest of more than 4,500 tonnes of cherries thanks to help from the Andrews Labor Government –…

Piet van Liere, Flevotrade:

“Record -breaking Dutch onion exports in 2020, but it could go any way in 2021”

‘Huge’ is how Piet van Liere describes the recent Dutch export weeks. "Just a few years ago, we thought we'd reached maximum sorting capacity in the Netherlands. That was…

AI vending machines provide secure shopping experience

Chinese retail industry rapidly develops innovative sales methods

The outbreak of Covid-19 posed significant challenges to the Chinese fruit industry this year. Retail became particularly difficult. At the same time, consumer behavior…

Blue Whale

Blue Reine® in the spotlight ahead of the holiday season

For the second year in a row, Blue Whale is putting the Blue Reine® apple in the spotlight ahead of the holiday season. This year, the Blue Reine® will be available in a…

Special Wholesale markets

Suppliers from Cologne are suffering due to Lockdown Light

"The potential reopening of the hospitality industry in January or March would not play a major role"

The Lockdown Light is still worrying traders at the Cologne wholesale market. "Up to the beginning of the current partial lockdown, we were still able to sell relatively well.…

Global focus citrus

Bigger volumes of California organic citrus

Organic citrus supplies are starting strong out of California. “We’re only in the first month of the organic crop. We’ve got another six months to go but we have a very solid…

Tony Dewael, Bel'Export:

"We have to sell a lot of pears to sell out by the end of July"

The situation on the pear market is not that positive. “It is very disappointing,” says Tony Derwael of Bel’Export. “I don't know the exact reason, but I get the impression…

Giant grapes at € 250 per bunch

How big can a grape be? According to images posted and shared on Vietnamese social media this week, giant grapes are larger than a chicken's egg. This variety of surprising…

Chile to China

Evergreen to run Cherry Express from mid December

From the second week of December to the second week of January, the Taiwanese shipping company Evergreen will provide its Cherry Express service connecting San…

Heino Umlandt (Umlandt Obstgroßhandel) on the current top fruit market

"Lively exchange between German apple-growing regions'

Despite the current exceptional global situation with its -partial- lockdowns, the domestic top fruit market seems to be able to get away without too much damage. "People are…

Masseria Fruttirossi

New Christmas pomegranate packaging

Masseria Fruttirossi, a company specializing in the production of pomegranates with orchards covering over 300 hectares, has introduced the Melagrana Magnum packet for the…

Only clementines of larger caliber are obtaining good prices

"The Italian clementine season is facing some major problems. In August, we had to deal with drought, which led to medium and small calibers, and a surplus that was difficult…

Solidus Solutions: Triple product innovation for new berry and asparagus season

"Extending the application and individual use of asparagus boxes"

The current pandemic has pushed the issue of sustainable packaging into the background. Nevertheless, behind the scenes, packaging manufacturers are working at full speed to…

Marian Masegosa, of Cebollas Masegosa:

"Onions are being sold for lower prices than they were bought for"

The decline in the onion production in Castile-La Mancha as a result of adverse weather conditions during the growing phase caused Spanish onion prices to soar at first. The…

North America: demand for garlic spikes significantly

“There’s essentially a giant black hole of demand worldwide for garlic that I don’t think can be fulfilled.” These are the words of Ken Christopher of Christopher Ranch in…

Exclusive market launch for MagicStar at Edeka Südwest:

Contract farming as partnership model of the future

From this moment onwards, customers in the Edeka Südwest stores can look forward to a new apple variety on the shelves, scoring high with its taste, long shelf life and, apart…

Kumamoto, Japan

Peak shipping season for large banpeiyu citrus

The banpeiyu is one of the world’s largest citrus fruits. At this point in time, farms in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Prefecture, are busy sending the fruits nationwide as it is its…

Event was 100% virtual for the first time

The third edition of Seminis Winter Melon Event

For two weeks Seminis (Bayer Vegetable Seed Division) organized individual and personalized meetings with several players in the melon industry with the objective to create…

Orange capsicums on the menu for long-term eye health

A five-year cross-industry project, Naturally Nutritious is researching the development of innovative food products and varieties that are nutritious, delicious and visually…

Container shortages on the market, how does this happen?

A shortage of reefer containers is a big problem at the moment in the global trade. But how does this happen? The video below explains exactly what has happens…

Goldies Onions

New onion variety claims: ‘No tears, no bad breath’

Japanese breeders have spent two decades developing Goldies onions. Now, the variety is presented as a product that will guarantee ‘no tears, no bad breath’.…

Sheila Fitzgerald

COVID-19 measures are making maritime routes more appealing to drug smugglers

Smart ports and their ability to curb drug trafficking

The seizures of large quantities of drugs at seaports have been on the rise worldwide. The increase in shipping operations, coupled with large container ships…

Retail

Pinduoduo is rising to China’s grocery challenge

French watchdog has fined two of Carrefour’s subsidiaries

Analysis: Battle of the billionaires - Bezos, Ambani gun for India retail supremacyJeff Bezos and Mukesh Ambani, 2 of the world’s richest men, face a turning point in a battle…

FreshPlaza Funny

The floor is lava!!!!