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Supervisor International Horticultural Projects (USA)

Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Greenhouse Manager - Cleburne (TX) USA

Sales Manager

Growing Manager young vegetable plants

Sales Agents / Representatives - Germany

Lead Grower California USA

Produce Construction Manager - USA

Sales Manager / Director - West Coast primary, USA

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Pat Compres, Co-owner of Advance Customs Brokers

“Knowing our customers makes the probability of problems much lower”

Fresh produce travels the globe, and many items are imported into the US from numerous sourcing countries. Being aware of the rules and regulations from both importers and…

Cathy Burns' State of the Industry

“Don’t wait for the new normal, let’s create a new extraordinary”

On Tuesday October 13th, the very first virtual edition of the PMA Fresh Summit kicked off. While the setting and circumstances surrounding this year’s Fresh Summit are…

Preliminary, but optimistic outlook for 2020-2021 California avocados

Following a strong California avocado season with some volume still available out of the northern shipping districts, the 2020 crop is expected to reach just over 373 million…

Hazel™ O organic compatible product line partners with tropical avocado grower

Hazel Technologies announced the launch of a new organic compatible product line, Hazel™ O, with Miami, FL-based WP Produce, a grower of tropical avocados. As part of the…

Release of Direct-to-Consumer mobile produce app

A new direct-to-consumer app for produce will be hitting the market next month. Flavor Wave LLC., an initiative from produce veterans Michael Chavez and Patrick Kelly, brings…

New line of "carrot swaps" launched: Hot dogs, fettucine and rice

Taking a giant leap toward their long-term vision of Plants Powering People™, Bolthouse Farms announced a new line of plant-powered products: Bolthouse Farms Wunderoots™, new…

United Fresh Start Foundation celebrates National School Lunch Week

This week, United Fresh Start Foundation will celebrate National School Lunch Week, with support from Bayer, by calling attention to school districts that continue to offer a…

Port Manatee container trade surges 54.6 per cent in fiscal 2020

Port Manatee’s dynamic containerized cargo trade continues to swell at a record pace, surging nearly 55 percent in the just-ended fiscal year, according to figures reported on…

US is losing its taste for iceberg lettuce

For the US, this could be the year consumption of romaine and other leaf lettuce finally surpasses that of head lettuce, which is mostly iceberg lettuce. However, 2019 data,…

Hass avocado turns Colombia into an international investment scenario

Agricultural giants such as Israel, Spain, South Africa, and Chile are interested in Colombia's agricultural potential to produce Hass avocados, as the country…

Americold Realty Trust acquires Agro Merchants Group for $1.740 billion

Americold Realty Trust announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Agro Merchants Group (“Agro”) from an investor group…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

New compostable cucumber wrap to be highlighted at Fresh Summit

PMA's virtual Fresh Summit has kicked off over the past few weeks, many companies made the decision to exhibit at the event. For Nature Fresh Farms, there was no question…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Paris Karastergios on the Greek pear season

“Israel could play an important role for Greek pear exporters”

The Greek pears will be making their way to Israel this year, in larger quantities than previous seasons. The Israeli's had preferred pears from Spanish origin, but current…

2020/21 apple campaign at VIP in full swing

Apple harvesting is coming to an end for VIP, the association gathering producers and cooperatives in Val Venosta. The 2020/21 sales campaign is in full swing with the arrival…

Retail

Consumers are making fewer trips to the grocery story but are spending more

Smart & Final: Store planning and workforce management improvement

US: C&S names Bob Palmer CEOC&S Wholesale Grocers Inc., the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the United States, has appointed Bob Palmer CEO, succeeding Michael A.…

US growers hope new kiwifruit varieties will expand sales

Doug Phillips, a grower, shipper and packer in Visalia, California, said the hope is that greater availability of new and different kiwifruit varieties would…

Including Boeing airplanes, ketchup and citrus fruit

EU can tariff $4 billion worth of US products each year

Yesterday, the World Trade Organization said it will allow the European Union to impose tariffs on up to $4 billion worth of US goods. This is the most recent…

Michel Spruijt - Brain Corp

"We will definitely see a big rise in retailers fully adopting robotic cleaning"

Since the COVID-19 pandemic, a leading international technology company has experienced an increase of 24 per cent in the use of its cleaning robots in retail stores,…

China: Aomori apple price goes up as season comes to an end

The fruit production volume in Shandong significantly declined this year because many production areas suffered from extreme weather conditions. The apple production volume…

Competition Commission concerned by high prices in retail and at coastal fresh produce markets

Fresh produce pricing enquiry disturbed by potentially “malfunctioning markets”

South Africa’s Competition Commission recently published its second price monitoring report into the fresh produce sector. They studied three months of sales data of ten…

Prices and demand currently low due to flooded markets

Demand for Egyptian pomegranates expected to increase within two weeks

Timing will be essential for Egyptian pomegranate exporters. As the earlier varieties did not have the volume and quality of last year, hopes are the Wonderful variety will…

Ludivine Thenard, Terroir d’Origine

Paradoxical situation on the potato market: the selling price is down while production prices rise

“It is a complicated period on the potato market. The selling price tends to decrease, while production prices are rising. It is very paradoxical,” explains Ludivine Thenard,…

Alba Lemon cooperative, the added value of an organic product

Tailor-made supplies for the European citrus fruits market

"We are specialized in the cultivation and marketing of citrus fruit and we focus on foreign markets. We supply high- quality lemons and oranges which are grown according to…

Hail storm in Valencia

Spanish kaki harvest volumes continue to decline

The weather and pests continue to take a toll on the kaki harvest in the province of Valencia, the fruit's main producing area in Spain. Last Saturday, a hail storm hit kaki…

Cool Logistics Conference

Global cold supply chain - during & beyond the pandemic

The second day of Cool Logistics got underway with Rachael White, CEO saying they were happy to announce that participant numbers had increased from the first day to 350+ with…

Koppert recommends the application of the biological fungicide TRIANUM®

How to properly protect strawberry crops from the moment they are transplanted

The days immediately after transplanting a strawberry plant are a key moment that will determine its growth and health during the rest of its life cycle. In those first days,…

Vegan food boom sends demand for sweet cooking pumpkins soaring

The vegan boom is having a marked effect on the UK’s pumpkin industry with growers planting more of the edible variety than ever before. Demand for edible or Sweet Cooking…

Port of Antwerp: "Recovery continues"

Container volume surpassed 1 million TEU for the first time since AprilAfter nine months, the total throughput of the Port of Antwerp has decreased by 4.4%…

Almeria, Spain

Organic chili pepper takes root in the Cabo de Gata Natural Park

Naturchac, a company from Almeria located in the heart of the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Park, has incorporated a new product to its catalog of organic products:…

Vietnamese coconut supplier uses bamboo to replace plastic straws

The Mekong Delta is the largest coconut production area in Vietnam. Benefiting from its favorable geographical conditions, fruits in this area gain high Brix levels and…

After five months of decline

Non-traditional exports Peru recovered in August

For Peru, the volume of non-traditional exports showed a slight recovery of 0.3% in August this year, compared to the same month in 2019. According to the…

Tomatoes hit $13 a kilo as shortage bites in New Zealand

Tomatoes are almost $4 a kilogram more expensive than usual, Stats NZ says. Tomato prices climbed 44 per cent in the year to September, hitting an average…

APM Terminals’ container tracking platform receives industry-leading upgrade

As part of APM Terminals’ global roll-out of a standardised container tracking system for customers, the company has now made a personalisation option available. Among other…

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