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USDA announces four new National Organic Standards Board members
The USDA has announced the appointment of four new members to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), who will all serve five-year terms, through January 2027.
February 07 , 2022
Agronometrics in Charts: Indian mangoes soon to be back on the American platter
This week we evaluate the advent of the Indian mango season and studies its implications for the US market, looking at historical price and volume data.
February 04 , 2022
Global container flows struggle to pick up speed, data shows
Delays at U.S. major ports have been particularly severe, but knock-on effects have also been felt around the world.
February 04 , 2022
Avocados From Mexico reveals Big Game teaser
The new teaser - featuring comedian Andy Richter - kicks off AFM’s new creative platform, “Addvocados”- inspired by Americans' love for avocados.
February 04 , 2022
LatAm banana producers and exporters hold first meeting with Rainforest Alliance CEO
The Banana Cluster said that the banana sector has been "one of the biggest victims in recent years", and that the meeting with the Rainforest Alliance CEO "can be a start on the road to success".
February 04 , 2022
Canadian truck drivers block border crossing and protest at capital over vaccine rule
What started as a convoy of truckers protesting Covid-19 mandates has snowballed into a blockade in the Canadian capital and the obstruction of a US-Canadian border crossing.
February 03 , 2022
Chilean avocado irrigation projects yield impressive water efficiency
The impressive results of recent studies have profound implications for the ongoing sustainable cultivation of avocados in Chile and other water-stressed regions.
February 03 , 2022
LGS Specialty Sales announces "strong" transition into Moroccan W. Murcotts season
LGS has been supplying Mandarins from Morocco to the U.S. for over 15 years between the months of January and April, and from the Southern Hemisphere in the summer until fall.
February 02 , 2022
FDA updates Dole packaged salad Listeria outbreak investigation
The CDC investigated this outbreak in 2019 and 2020 but was unable to gather enough data to identify the source in the past. CDC reopened the investigation in November 2021 after reports of new illnesses.
February 02 , 2022
Calavo names new Chairman
Calavo Growers has named its recent Interim CEO, Steven Hollister, as Chairman of the Board of Directors effective immediately.
February 02 , 2022
