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U.K.: Port of Felixstowe handles one million TEU by rail
There are a total of 66 freight train movements at the Port of Felixstowe making it the U.K.’s busiest intermodal rail freight terminal.
December 14 , 2017
U.S.: Naturipe scoops innovation award at NYPS for snack product line
Naturipe Snacks combine "a little bit of protein and lots of fruit" into a portable package, which Jill Overdorf says is "just what the market needed."
December 13 , 2017
State of the Market - Week 49, 2017
The European table grape market had good sales rates in week 49 with good quality overall from Peru along with supplies from Brazil, South Africa and Namibia.
December 13 , 2017
Fewer consumer items among Fruit Logistica Innovation Award 2018 nominees
The list may reflect an industry shift, but the award will ultimately go to the innovation that most captures the public's attention during the event in Berlin in February.
December 13 , 2017
California: Thomas Fire means "long road back to rebuilding" for many avocado farms
More than a third of the state's avocado farmland is potentially at risk in what an industry leader has described as a "heart-wrenching" situation for many family farmers.
December 13 , 2017
Australia: BerryQuest conference set for Tasmania in early 2018
Launceston has been selected as the host city due to its close proximity to berry growing areas where strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and blackberries will all be in season.
December 13 , 2017
U.S.: Limoneira expects record revenue in FY2017
The positive expectations come despite a delayed lemon harvest from the group's desert operations in Arizona.
December 13 , 2017
Ethical Trading Initiative upholds Fyffes suspension
Following the ETI's board meeting, a British advocacy group has alleged 1,000 mostly female workers who previously worked at Fyffes subsidiary farms have been blacklisted because of union activity.
December 13 , 2017
Ecuador's budding table grape sector aims for 10-fold growth
While even representing only a fraction of South America's fourth-largest grape exporter Argentina, Ecuador's table grape industry has ambitions to find its market niche from April to July.
December 12 , 2017
U.K.: “Snowbergines” hit the shelves at Waitrose
Early varieties of aubergine were traditionally white-skinned, which coined the name 'eggplant' in the United States as they resembled goose eggs.
December 12 , 2017
