Post Archive
Add Fresh Fruit Portal to Google
The Packaging Pitch: Know thy product, find thy consumer
Marketing expert Lisa Cork reveals five key steps to successful packaging, as well as the philosophy behind past campaigns in the produce sector.
August 01 , 2017
Mexico says source of salmonella papaya outbreak yet to be determined
Mexican authorities have dispatched a team of experts around the country to investigate the origin of the fruit that allegedly caused the deadly outbreak in the U.S.
August 01 , 2017
"Taste Australia" brand launched to drive projected surge in exports
The federal government says the country's horticulture industry is embarking on the biggest trade drive in its history.
July 31 , 2017
Modest recovery in Australian retail sales
"We have seen food retail spending, in particular, pick up and fill some gaps from weaker non-food retailing," said AFGC CEO Tanya Barden.
July 31 , 2017
NJ govt to support growers' organic certification costs
In partnership with the federal government, the scheme is part of the Christie Administration's ongoing efforts to promote New Jersey-grown and marketed organic food products.
July 31 , 2017
Vietnamese fresh produce exports rose 45% in H1
Dragon fruit represented half of export value while good progress was made for entering new markets with mangoes and litchis.
July 31 , 2017
California promotes walnuts in the U.K. after 20-year hiatus
As the California walnut industry undergoes expansion, research into different varietals is also being undertaken.
July 31 , 2017
New sweet plum variety developed in Chile
Sweet Pekeetah is aimed at exports the Chinese market while researchers also have commercial ambitions to grow the new cultivar in North America and Europe.
July 31 , 2017
Australia: From waste bananas to flour, cosmetics and resistant starch
"What we had discovered by accident was that we had found the richest source of resistant starch (RS) on earth," said a Queensland farmer.
July 31 , 2017
U.S.: West Coast port workers expected to approve contact extension
Contentious negotiations in 2014 and 2015 lasted for months and resulted in severe disruption at West Coast ports.
July 28 , 2017
