Thursday, October 8, 2020
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Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Greenhouse Manager - Cleburne (TX) USA

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Sales Agents / Representatives - Germany

Lead Grower California USA

Produce Construction Manager - USA

Sales Manager / Director - West Coast primary, USA

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Head grower & Indoor farming-/hydroponic specialist - Küssnacht am Rigi, Switzerland

Richie Keirouz of Mastronardi Produce on new BC distribution center:

“We’re now strategically located to serve all of North America and beyond”

Mastronardi Produce recently announced the establishment of a new distribution center which will be located in Surrey, British Columbia, in Canada. “The…

Toronto wholesalers welcome government's proposed changes to Ontario Food Terminal Act

The Toronto Wholesale Produce Association (TWPA), the association representing the 21 wholesalers of fruits and vegetables at the Ontario Food Terminal,…

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Director Of Growing - Carleton (MI) USA

Good percentage of colossal and jumbo-sized onions this season

The Honey Sweet Onion harvest season started with perfect timing this year, according to Jeff Brechler of Little Bear Produce. “Currently, our Honey Sweet supply is coming…

US yellow dragon fruit imports from Ecuador have grown significantly

Imports into the U.S. of yellow dragon fruit have begun from Ecuador. “We just got our first shipment earlier this week. But in about a week to 10 days, we’re going to have…

PMA virtual town hall

Tariffs, market access, and trade recovery: challenges and bright spots

This week’s PMA virtual town hall focused on fresh produce in the global trade market and the challenges caused by the unfamiliar waters of 2020. The panelists discussed the…

How an ops guy helps ProEx Food create value-orientated solutions

"We started a podcast to keep in touch with our clients when face-to-face meetings aren’t possible"

The fruit and vegetable sector is continuously globalizing and companies from all walks of the industry notice the strain on the international connection due to the COVID-19…

California's upcoming D3 crop: organic lemons, grapefruit, minneolas, sweet limes

Veg-Fresh Farms winter citrus season is about to ramp up. The D3 region of Riverside, Coachella Valley and the Imperial Valley is starting this month and will go into early…

Photo credit: Brena Mengarelli

Autumn Glory® apple harvest arrives

The leaves in Central Washington state are turning to gold, announcing Autumn Glory® apple harvest. This crisp and juicy apply has flavors of caramel and cinnamon. Dave…

Ben Nir with Ayco Farms on the import season

"This season we're bringing back the Galia and Juan Canary melons"

Ayco Farms Inc, Pompano Beach Fl, is looking forward to this year's upcoming offshore melon season. The 2020-2021 season benchmark’s Ayco Farms 15th year as one of the top 5…

Response to Canadian Import Restrictions

LGMA: "These measures are not the result of a current or ongoing outbreak or food safety issue"

Last week, the leafy greens community received notice from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) of their plan to enforce unprecedented import…

Special PMA Fresh Summit

Berry grower emphasizes sustainability efforts at this year’s Fresh Summit

Sustainability. That’s the message one berry grower-shipper plans on sharing at this year’s PMA virtual Fresh Summit October 13-15. While the company is there primarily to…

Global Focus Top Fruit

Strong North American harvest forecast for Envy™ and Jazz™ apples

T&G Global is forecasting a strong North American harvest for both Envy™ and Jazz™ apples in the weeks ahead, powered right out of the gate by a variety of promotions to…

Poland: Rains could wash away pre-harvest treatments

The apple harvest season in Poland is in full swing, unfortunately the rainy weather does not allow the fruit growers to continue working in the orchards. The…

Retail

Ahold Delhaize USA: Collaboration with PHA

Southeastern Grocers plans to expand Fresco y Más into Southwest Florida

US: Good Food Holdings names Neil Stern CEOGood Food Holdings (GFH), the Los Angeles-based holding company for upscale food retailers Bristol Farms, Lazy Acres Natural Market,…

"Titanium will have its first internal harvest this year"

"With yields reported in excess of 20 tonnes per hectare, you can see why we are getting great interest from our international contacts for licenses. Titanium…

Ronald Bown, on the case in which repackaged frozen raspberries were exported to Canada

"Any situation like this must be punished in an exemplary way"

"When we found out that there were people repackaging imported frozen raspberries to export them to Canada as if they were Chilean raspberries, we immediately…

Container shippers face delays at Los Angeles, Long Beach ports

In the weeks ahead, container ships could face further delays at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach; according to market sources, the ports struggle to…

Spotted Lanternfly found in Mineral County, West Virginia

The West Virginia Department of Agriculture (WVDA) has confirmed that a second population of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly has been found near Ridgeley. The…

California has fewer table grapes in storage than during 2018 & 2019 seasons

At this point in time, there are fewer table grapes in storage in California than during the previous two seasons. According to a USDA report, there were 9.3…

Real time logger gets grant to monitor Australian grape exports

AND Fresh Pty Ltd, the sole Australasian distributor for Frigga® Data Loggers, has been successful in receiving a Traceability Grant under the Australian Government Program,…

Research into new sensors set to take Australian stonefruit quality to "a new level"

"It will assist the grower in being able to select the right fruit at the right time in the orchard"

The Australian stonefruit industry is confident that a new sensory technology research project can help build on its export development work and position itself as a supplier…

Technology helps trace pickers during pandemic

AgPick - a harvest management system developed by South Australia’s Agricultural Picking Technology (APT) to capture harvest activities electronically - is proving its worth…

First spring rains over South Africa disrupt veg supply, but excellent for a promising mango crop

Sweet potato prices 168% up on last year

The start of the summer rainfall season and accompanying cool weather have had an impact on the vegetable market: lower potato volumes on the wholesale markets have supported…

Lueon equipment supports development in Chinese freshly-sliced fruit and vegetable industry

Developments in the industry for freshly-sliced fruit and vegetables do not just come in response to consumer trends, but they are also stimulated by technological…

David Jahn - Brillopak

Is now the time for fresh produce packers to automate?

In recent years, manufacturing businesses have been under increasing pressure to reduce labour due to both increasing cost and dwindling availability. The situation has been…

Antonis Ioannidis on the Greek grape season

“We’ll be able to supply fresh cut grapes even in late November”

The grape season in Greece has begun, and so far the season has a positive outlook. One exporter has seen an increase in production, despite challenging weather conditions in…

Demand expected to be high, while prices should remain competitive this season.

"Our pomegranate harvest starts next week"

In certain Turkish regions fruit exporters are getting ready for the upcoming pomegranate season. Their harvest starts next week and one exporter expects competitive prices…

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Prevent diseases with UV-C rays

The latest, if not the definitive, solution to combat fungal diseases such as mildew and botrytis, that unfortunately still affect a lot of crops, is called Icaro X4.…

Dry-misting in vegetable aisle

A North American fruit and vegetable trader uses dry-misting. Nate Montgomery shared a clip on social media recently. It shows an assortment of fruit and vegetables where this…

Construction begins for the new Ivory Coast Container Terminal

Following the signing of the contract with the China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) in August, construction works have now officially begun for the Côte d’Ivoire Terminal…

African horticulture sectors hit hard by COVID-19

The horticulture sector in Ghana, Ivory Coast and Rwanda was highly affected by measures taken to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus. Incomes fell as export came to a halt.…

MSC outlines 7 reasons to choose the sea for intra-Europe cargo

MSC has responded to growing interest in its extensive short-sea networks with a new campaign focusing on shippers of cargo between European destinations. "MSC offers the…

VHM Machinery, Leo de Kock

Dutch potato processor gets complete crate emptying line

VHM Machinery has installed several machines at Leo de Kock. This company is VHM Machinery's fruit and vegetable retailer partner. There's not only a fully automated crate…

Getting creative with face masks

De Lange Puur Natuur shared images of these creative fruit and vegetable masks on Facebook.

'P.D.O Spanish Persimon® expects excellent fruit quality this season'

Growers of P.D.O Spanish Persimon® have seen an increase in fruit quality this year following on the last season, during which a record 5,000 tons were sold in the UK. Rafael…

Tummers’ expansion project starts with excavation works

Tummers Food Processing Solutions' ambitious expansion plan has officially started on September 2nd. With this long-awaited building project the Dutch machine building company…

Video Box assembler in action

You get machines that assemble boxes of all sizes and shapes. But, in Costa Rica, they still do it traditionally, by hand. And, as you can see, it's not as quick, but the…

240,000 carrots on the ground: waste or work of art?

Rafael Perez Evans, an art student from London, presented a controversial and provocative work in his thesis project. A week ago, the young Hispano-Welshman artist exhibited…

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