Sell-out season puts Envy™ apples on track to be billion-dollar brand

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AU: Strategic pivots help citrus succeed overseas in 2020

Sell-out season puts Envy™ apples on track to be billion-dollar brand

Tourists may breach bio-security measures

North Queensland banana growers remain concerned about Panama disease

Costa rebrands mushroom range

Australian mushroom industry votes to keep levy

Kees Oskam, Jan Oskam Trading Company, the Netherlands:

"Apple market's lazy; small pears, in particular, having a hard time"

Red “Hot” apple continues to impress

Egyptian strawberry season sees a strong start with high demand

Demand increasing for SNFL seedless grape varieties Ivory and Timpson in China

“The Qatari vegetable cultivation sector has been heavily developed over the past few years”

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Fresh cranberry sales up 20%

Mycotech lab introduces sustainable sneakers made from mycelium

Indonesian mushroom products

Honduran okra aims to compete with longer shelf life and year-round availability

Confidence in home cooking here to stay

What produce trends can be expected in 2021?

Research on sweetpotato’s wild relatives reveals options for dealing with drought

Latin American unions write to major retailers to express concern about Rainforest Alliance certification

Food retailers winning trust through pandemic

Health awareness and convenience to drive demand for fruit and vegetables in Europe

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Launch of orchard-based fertilizer spreader that allows precise and variable deposition

Huge-budget promotion of Chilean cherries brought 500,000-unit sales

Indian government relaxes onion import conditions to counter high market prices

Vietnamese importers to reduce purchases for Tet celebrations as they fear lower demand

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