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Five of the top-ten fresh fruit items by dollar sales saw growth in the four weeks through April 25, with one category even experiencing a massive 97 percent uptick.

Kenyan agricultural firm Kakuzi will soon resume exports of avocados to supermarkets in Europe which stopped buying its produce in October last year when the firm was accused of serious human rights abuse.

Rötzer speaks about how he established the company, his vision for the future of the European market, and what Chile and Peru must do to remain competitive.

PMA and United Fresh have indicated that the next priority will be to create the organization’s new structure focused on best serving the industry’s needs and goals.

After having trialed Prevented Ocean Plastic last year, BerryWorld UK will now be packing its British berries, own-label and BerryWorld brand, using this sustainable packaging this year.

Kroger has announced the Go Fresh & Local Supplier Accelerator, a new partnership program inviting U.S. growers and producers to apply for the opportunity to work with the retailer.

Fifty table grape varieties were exported from 133 companies last season according to information reported by the Association of Producers and Exporters of Table Grapes of Peru (Provid).

The USDA has announced that it recently purchased over $12 million of fresh table grapes from seven California suppliers for distribution to the child nutrition and other related domestic food assistance programs.

While the grower-marketer typically begins domestic cherry season in mid-May, Oppy now offers cherries from the beginning of May through to the end of August, harvesting in California, Oregon and British Columbia.

Leading French potato producer Parmentine has equipped its new line in Samazan with two optical sorters from TOMRA Food - one the TOMRA 5A, the other the Sentinel II. SA Parmentine processes 180,000 tons of potatoes per year, selling three-quarters of these in France and the remainder in other European nations. By operating an integrated […]