Mastronardi Produce is pleased to announce that its berry division has joined the SEKOYA® blueberry platform in a strategic move to elevate its blueberry offering. A retailer favorite, SEKOYA varieties are renowned for their exceptional firmness, sweet flavor, jumbo size, and extended shelf
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The harvest of peppers in the Chtouka region, near Agadir, has just come to the end of its peak, says Obeida Mansour, CEO of Universal Peppers. The grower says, "We reached peak harvest in January-February, a month earlier than usual, due to the higher temperatures this year. Climate change has
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The strawberry campaign has recovered from the slump caused by the rains and high humidity levels of February. "We all had to throw away a large amount of fruit due to rot, which affected not only the ripe fruit but also the green one that was to follow," says Simone Pierini from Agronom
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A wide-ranging assortment remained available, with Spain, Morocco, Belgium, and the Netherlands playing the most significant roles. This was complemented by Turkish and Italian products. According to BLE, beefsteak tomatoes were primarily sourced from Spain and, to a lesser extent, Belgium. The
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For the first time, cucumbers grown in one of the greenhouse complexes in the Orlovskaya region have been shipped to the Republic of Poland. A batch weighing 80 tons underwent all necessary inspections at the Orlovskaya phytosanitary testing laboratory. Experts from the Plant Quarantine and Seed
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Mushrooms continue to gain shelf space in Spanish supermarkets despite a price increase caused by the scarcity of an essential raw material for their cultivation: straw. This has posed a significant challenge this season. European regulations are increasingly preventing the use of effective
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Carter & Spencer recently launched a very eye-catching new carton design for their dragon fruit complete with the company's branding. "The new cartons reached the Australian market in time for Chinese New Year," explains Mark Bohringer, Director of International Business at Carter & Spencer. "We
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Spanish startup xNova International has announced the launch of its new technology created to help exporting companies find European importers efficiently and with low risk. With only two years of activity, xNova has managed to develop a solution that uses artificial intelligence and data
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Groupe Bonduelle Fresh Americas announced today that Bobby Chacko has been appointed Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately. He will also become a member of Groupe Bonduelle's global leadership team. Mr. Chacko will report to Xavier Unkovic, Groupe CEO of France-based Bonduelle. Chacko
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Butler Market Gardens grows a wide range of herbs and vegetables in Heatherton, Melbourne and Queensland. The products are harvested packed and sent to their customers on the same day. "Coriander is a popular product and demand continues to be strong. We have not seen any slowdown in demand
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Adm. Ossama Rabiee, leading the Suez Canal Authority (SCA), disclosed that the comprehensive duplication of the Suez Canal's navigational path is currently under extensive review. This phase encompasses several critical analyses, including feasibility, environmental impact, engineering, civil
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Morocco boosts its fruit and vegetable exports to Canada for the fourth consecutive year, EastFruit reveals. The Moroccan export of this produce to the Canadian market grew by 14% in tons and by 33% in US dollars every year from 2018 to 2023! Moroccan exporters shipped almost 94 thousand tons
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Peterson Farms has partnered with TerraCycle to enable school communities to recycle Peterson Farms Treats® applesauce pouches. Most flexible plastic food pouches are considered hard to recycle because they are made of multiple layers of different materials. The Peterson Farms Treats Applesauce
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For the second season in a row, onions remain one of the most discussed commodity items in the world's fruit and vegetable business. Therefore, EastFruit team decided to analyze onion imports for the recent five calendar years (from 2018 to 2022 inclusive) to compile its own ranking of the
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There is energy and enthusiasm in the Prince Edward Island potato industry, judging by the number of exhibitors and attendees at the recent International Potato Technology Expo. The Expo, held February 21st and 22nd at the Eastlink Centre in Charlottetown, PEI, saw more than 3,100 people in
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EastFruit analysts report that onion prices in the region have remained mostly stable, much to the dismay of "resellers" who expected to profit from buying onions during harvest and selling them at a higher price in the spring. However, different countries have different situations. Furthermore,
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"Garlic production in Spain has recorded a significant drop in terms of volume due to extremely unfavorable weather conditions, which has resulted in abnormal quality and smaller sizes. As a result, the campaign is going to be more challenging," says Borja Mira, of IMPERIO Garlic. "With nearly
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Kamila Valieva, a banned Russian figure skater, attributed her positive doping test to a strawberry dessert contaminated by her grandfather's heart medication. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) detailed in its report that Valieva, 15 at the time, claimed the banned substance trimetazidine
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