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Lighter South African lychee season coming to an end

Lychee supplies are wrapping up out of South Africa. Yasmani Garcia of Sweet Seasons in Hidalgo, TX says the South African lychee season is a short one—it began in November…

Total EU avocado supply (updated 8-01-2021)

Week 2 avocado shipments from Israel to the EU amounted to 658,000 4-kg cartons in total

Week 2 shipments from Israel to the EU amounted to 290,000 cartons of greenskin avocados and 368,000 cartons of Hass avocados, for a total of 658,000 4-kg cartons. The actual…

Kenya: Technology to keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer

Sustainable and effective cold chains are crucial for the transportation of food and medicine, but in many parts of rural Africa they have been sorely lacking.…

Money Farm's Modou Nsz Njie

Techpreneur connects Gambian farmers to investors

In many African countries, farming is still largely done in the traditional ways. Also, funding remains a challenge, leaving farmers with little or no capital…

Indigenous greens capture global attention for nutritional and environmental benefits

Kenyan growers making good money from traditional vegetables

Last Monday, Kenya Ambassador to France/Portugal/Serbia/Monaco in a tweet highlighted just how in-demand traditional Kenyan vegetables were around the world. "Our traditional…

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Persistent rains have boosted South African dam levels

South Africa is in the middle of a potential wet season as heavy rainfalls continue to fall over large parts of the country, making a significant improvement…

Moroccan farmers are growing blueberries in the Sahara

Dakhla-Oued Eddahab is one of the richest areas in Morocco, whose ecosystem has won three international recognitions as a site of great ecological importance.…

Rwanda: High airfreight charges threaten horti export competitiveness

Rwandan horticulture exporters have appealed for lower airfreight charges after an increase in the transport fees has adversely affected their profits. The…

Belgian hard fruit stock per January 1st:

"Still a lot of pears in Belgian cold stores, low levels of apple stock"

The Association of Belgian Horticultural Cooperatives reports that on January 1st, 2021 there are still 79,164 tons of apples and 237,862 tons of pears stored in Belgian cold…

Anevo LLC focuses on increasing activity on the fresh fruit market

"Great potential for stone and berry fruit from the Balkan countries"

Erlangen-based Anevo Trading has been firmly anchored in the processing industry for many years. Parallel to the gradual generation change, the company is now also expanding…

Special Latin America

Rob Cullum - Pacific Produce

“Overall 2020 was a challenging year for most products"

Pacific Produce imports many fruit and vegetable products from Peru, in what has been a sometimes turbulent year and most certainly an unusual one. Rob Cullum, Managing…

Global Focus Grapes

New European lockdown casts shadow on Indian grape exports

The new coronavirus lockdown in several European countries creates a lot of uncertainty for India’s grapes exports, the season for which is set to start next…

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Frost expected for the next few days is worrying artichoke producers

The weeks after Christmas registered a drop in Sicilian artichoke prices and sales, leading to significant losses for the local economy in Niscemi (CL), know as the "artichoke…

Paul van Groningen, Greenfood Iberica

"Scarcity of Asian vegetables; situation of other Spanish greenhouse vegetables more relaxed"

The cold weather with snow and rain recorded recently has been taking a toll on the Spanish vegetable production. "Last week was a difficult one. There was suddenly scarcity…

“Vietnamese coconut supply may remain low in the upcoming season”

The historical drought with saltwater intrusion had a significant impact on Vietnamese farmers and fruit exporters in 2020. It is predicted that the dry season in 2021 will…

Myanmar sees bumper harvest of mandarin oranges

There will be a steady supply of mandarin oranges or every week from now until the first week of Chinese New Year. Sunshine Wholesale Mart Sdn Bhd director Yee…

Researchers at work at Tatura SmartFarm, Victoria

Australians trial protecting pears with solar panels

Researchers at Tatura SmartFarm in Victoria are experimenting with the use of solar panels to protect fruit trees from extreme heat events. Solar panels are…

Successful first harvest of winter-produced greenhouse peppers in Canada

Sollum Technologies is pleased to announce that Allegro Acres, located in Kingsville Ontario, harvested the first greenhouse crop of winter-produced peppers using LED lighting…

New-Tech standing pouches cut fresh food waste

Fresh produce packaging innovators, StePac Ltd. are gaining growing interest in the retail sector for their functional standing pouches. The attractive, high-performance…

Vitalis workshop at BioKennisWeek in the Netherlands today

Warmer soil poses challenges for pumpkins

There's sadly no in-person Biobeurs in the Netherlands this year. But, there is an online BioKennisWeek. Today, Vitalis Seed Suppliers had a workshop about pumpkins called Warmer…

Autogrow announces spin-out of A.I. farming company WayBeyond to accelerate growth

Autogrow has unveiled a corporate reorganization as part of a long-term business strategy which will see the organization split into two separate entities with…

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Nobody wants organics to return to plastic

Recently, in the Netherlands, Suzanne van der Pijll wrote an article. It was titled: 'Are organics going back to plastic?' The article was published in various…

Mexican avocado growers to win in Super Bowl season

Why Americans can’t eat American avocados during Super Bowl

Despite ailing sales in 2020 due to Covid-19, the humble avocado is expected to achieve a home run for the Super Bowl season, bringing trade back up to normal…

Kandahar exports pomegranates worth $8 million this year

Local officials say that this year, 35,000 tons of pomegranates worth $8 million have been exported from southern Kandahar province. A total of 200,000 tons of…

Huelva raspberry producers resort to fire to avoid frost

The intense cold and severe frosts registered last week in the fields of Huelva have forced raspberry producers to resort to a technique almost as old as…

Scott announces strategic partnership with Savoye

Automation and robotics solutions provider, Scott Technology Limited, announces the signing of a global partnership with Savoye, one of the world’s leading…

Average weekly wholesale prices of fruit and veg & bananas

Bananas from Belize - average week price at £0.86

This series gives the average wholesale prices of bananas by country of origin. The prices are national averages of the most usual prices charged for bananas at wholesale…

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Northern Ireland supermarkets: No food shortages, only choice issues

A Northern Ireland supermarket lobbyist has insisted that whilst there are shortages of certain fresh foods in shops, the situation is getting better by the…

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A great way to peel your garlic

As someone who makes a lot of Korean food, this is the best method for getting garlic peeled!👌 pic.twitter.com/14GGJDQhRj — 𝖛𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖎𝖓𝖆 ✣ 𝖑𝖔𝖗𝖉 ⬜⬜🟥🟥⬜⬜👽 (@VPestilenZ)…

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