Avocado

Hazel Technologies is teaming up with Sysco and Avocados from Mexico for a second year to help ensure the produce inside the collaboration’s annual, direct-to-consumer, Gametime Guac Box meal kit, stays optimally fresh from the time it ships to kick off of the Big Game. read more

While avocados and mangoes are the most widespread subtropical crops in the Spanish Axarquia region, there is a wide range of tropical and exotic fruits growing there. "We started growing kumquat 20 years ago," says German Mathias Trumper, of the company Giallo Royal. "We were practically
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A Mexican private citizen has filed a complaint over alleged environmental damage from avocado production under the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) free trade agreement. The unnamed complainant argues that Mexico does not properly apply its own environmental laws around protecting forestry
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Mission Produce, Inc, which sources, produces and distributes fresh Hass avocados with additional offerings in mangos and blueberries, announced a joint venture with ZZ2 Boerdery, a South African farming company and Criterion Africa Partners, a private equity firm developing assets within the
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Who are the biggest European importers of blueberries from Peru? After avocados, Eder Rios also listed the biggest European importers based on export statistics, including the requisite Dutch importers. Camposol is still at quite a lonely height, but who else are in the top 20? read more

Menengai, owned by businessman Jaswant Rai, is among the fresh produce firms that are eyeing the lucrative Chinese market after Kenya was allowed to export fresh avocado to the Asian nation last year. The Rai family has expanded into avocado farming in the Menengai Orchards in Nakuru County. The
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The European market offers excellent potential for Mexican fruit. That became clear during the Mexican Business Forum, organized by United Producers of Mexico. At the Dutch Chamber of Commerce building, Mexican exporters, Dutch importers, and other interested parties met on Tuesday, February 6.
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LinkThings, an innovative company specializing in supply chain technology, today introduces a new multilingual platform, Coldcha 2.0. read more

Avocados are now a major cash crop in Menglian county, Yunnan province, which has been growing the fruit since 2014. With a seasonal output of 15,000 tons, it is currently China's largest avocado growing area. The avocado is recent introduction to local residents, who have traditionally relied
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The ongoing demonstrations inside Peru have had a clear impact on the country's fruit exports. According to Fresh Fruit Peru, the road blockades in particular have played a large part in this. read more

Tomorrow will mark two months of a deep political crises in Peru with the fresh produce export sector calling for peace. Leading the call for peace on behalf of Peru’s table grapes, blueberry, mango, avocado, exotic and other fresh fruit and vegetable export industries is Alejandro Fuentes,
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Western Australia is all but finished with the Hass avocado harvest. As North Queensland gets underway with the Shepard variety, Bundaberg (East QLD) will start the Shepard harvest on 1st March. read more

Soon, the cute dog characters from the Disney classic "101 Dalmatians" will decorate the packaging of the premium fruit and vegetable brand SanLucar as well as various retail outlets in Germany and Austria. The deliciously sweet strawberries, pineapples, blueberries, mangoes and avocados from
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F.lli Orsero presents the avocado for Valentine's Day: a limited edition, sustainable, plastic-free pack, 100% recyclable paper, printed with vegetable-based inks. Inside is also a recipe to savour. read more

This year’s programme will kick off with a virtual discussion on avocados on 23 February. Representatives of companies and trade associations will come together from 9-11am. Registration coming soon. read more

According to SanLucar, it is now making a point - quite a few points to be precise. Soon, the four-legged main characters from Disney's classic film 101 Dalmatians will adorn point of sale, packaging, tags and signs. Under the motto "Delicious to the point and
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Whether importing blueberries from Peru, avocados from Mexico, or strawberries from Egypt; Jerome de Graaf of StoneX sees that financial transactions are still very often paid in the 'major' currencies such as the euro and dollar. "Then you think you have made a good deal, but money is left on
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Mission Produce is set to roll out a “game-changing” ripening solution for avocados. read more

Heavy rain has continued to hit New Zealand's North Island causing landslides, floods and infrastructure damage, a state of emergency was declared in Auckland at the weekend and four people have lost their lives so far. read more

Mission Produce is announcing the testing results of its Mission Control ripening technology and management process, confirming its ability to accelerate avocado ripening and improve product uniformity. Mission Control will be implemented for the first time in the company’s newest forward
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