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Camposol granted three awards by Ministry of Labor

PRESS RELEASE Camposol was acknowledged with three distinctions during the last edition of the Good Labor Practices Award 2018 that is granted by the Ministry of Labor and Employment Promotion (MTPE, in Spanish) to companies committed to defending, respecting and promoting collaborators’ fundamental rights. For the second year in a row, Camposol gained the two […]
December 13 , 2018

Chile: Fedefruta chief briefs Senate on hail damage

Jorge Valenzuela recently told the Senate Agriculture Committee about the actions being taken to help the affected producers.
December 13 , 2018

Wild bees could boost blueberry production, study finds

The study found that wild bees have significant benefits for berry farmers, including greater berry size, quantity, size consistency, and earlier harvests by two and a half days.
December 13 , 2018

Harrods, high-end food businesses in UK jumping on trend toward more vegan

The luxury department store's famed Food Hall now has its own Vegetable Butcher; even suppliers can't resist the rise of veganism in the UK and haute-couture veg.
December 13 , 2018

U.S.: Cornell and Washington State University team up to find which fruit characteristics are most valued

Researchers compared preferences from producers, packers, and consumers for a set of appearance and eating quality traits for apple and sweet cherry.
December 13 , 2018

Peruvian ag exports grew 14% through October

The rise was driven mainly by larger volumes of avocados, blueberries, table grapes, asparagus and mangoes.
December 13 , 2018

Cocaine discovered in Colombian avocado shipment in Rotterdam

Local media report that the drugs, which were reportedly valued at US$40 million, were found in a shipment of 35 metric tons (MT) of avocados.
December 12 , 2018

First Australian avocados land in Japan

A new protocol signed in May allows the export of Australian Hass avocados grown in Queensland fruit fly-free areas to Japan.
December 11 , 2018

U.S.: Western Growers, United Fresh pleased with Farm Bill compromise

Both produce associations have welcomed the compromise on the US$867 billion legislation recently approved by the Senate, although Western Growers expressed disappointment over certain aspects.
December 11 , 2018

Aussie substrate tech gears up for UK-bound exports

Marshall Machinery's tech removes a manual, laborious and often wasteful process from the increasingly prevalent practice of substrate fruit and veg production.
December 11 , 2018

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