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Agrovision enters partnership with RipeLocker to extend freshness of berries

Agrovision, one of the world’s fastest-growing producers and year-round suppliers of premium superfruits including the leading The Fruitist brand, and the leading vertically integrated premium blueberry supplier, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Seattle-based RipeLocker, a science-based data driven company that provides the postharvest industry a new disruptive technology which extends the life of high-value crops and […]
June 10 , 2024

Peru works to contain diseases that affect bananas and plantains

The National Agricultural Health Service is taking steps to facilitate the introduction of in vitro plants of banana varieties for research and multiplication purposes and is expediting pest risk analyses to support the phytosanitary requirements for these imports.
June 10 , 2024

FEDEFRUTA's president urges Chilean government to continue the dialogue with China to avoid consequences

This comes after the Ambassador, Niu Qingbao rejected the surcharges on his country's steel imposed by the Chilean Anti-Distortion Commission.
June 10 , 2024

Japan supports Philippines in fight against fruit diseases

The Japanese government will support the Philippines in the process of developing a plan to eliminate the diseases hurting banana and cacao.  The Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) are set to collaborate to come up with a management system to keep the diseases at bay. The Philippines is […]
June 10 , 2024

UC Study estimates cost of growing organic strawberries in the Central Coast

The report is based on a management scenario for a 30-acre farm, of which 27 are for the plantation of organic strawberries and the remaining 3 acres are for irrigation systems, roads, and buildings. 
June 10 , 2024

Chiquita case: AUC victims rebuke extortion claims

Attorneys representing the plaintiffs asked for $200,000 per year for each survivor of the nine victims of AUC. This adds up to approximately $5 million per survivor of each victim.
June 10 , 2024

The Top Seven

These are FreshFruitPortal.com's top seven stories of the week.
June 08 , 2024

Tru-Cape delighted with Hunger Month campaign success

A record-breaking 5 million meals, to the value of R2.35 million, were gathered to feed hungry South Africans during Food Lover’s Market’s annual Hunger Month campaign, of which Tru-Cape has been a legacy partner since its inception eight years ago. “It is amazing that the campaign reached a new milestone by exceeding its initial target […]
June 07 , 2024

Retailer Meijer now accepts SNAP

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., June 7, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of its ongoing commitment to expand access to healthy foods, Midwest retailer Meijer is now accepting the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits on its Meijer app, providing a more convenient option for customers to pay for groceries like fresh produce and milk. The new […]
June 07 , 2024

Australian avocados a step closer to entering China

China has strict sanitary and phytosanitary standards for fresh produce, known for long delays in negotiations over agricultural export deals.
June 07 , 2024