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The California-based company has developed a plant-derived coating that is sprayed onto freshly harvested produce to reduce water loss and prevent oxygen from getting in. This increases the shelf life by up to triple, helping to cut down on food waste.

Clementines will be the first fruit to arrive this month at the New York port, with more easy peelers and some Navel oranges will follow with the first conventional vessel arriving in Philadelphia.

It appears to be the Portland area’s biggest workplace outbreak thus far, excluding the healthcare sector.

The Covid-19 pandemic has led to volumes of Peruvian asparagus in the U.S. sharply falling, resulting in a big spike in prices.

Nielsen says the retail environment that consumers face and the disposable money they have in their pockets to spend will be vastly different from the world they knew pre-lockdown. 

Numerous E. coli outbreaks late last year that sickened nearly 200 people who ate California-grown romaine lettuce were likely due to cattle operations near the fields, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said.

Afrupro says that in the tumultuous ocean of global agriculture, it is a "beacon guiding you and your produce to the safety of legitimate profit margins".

With airlines increasing their freight charges by as much as 166% to Rs 250 (US$3.30) per kilo, trade has taken a hit, exporters said.

The Argentine Government has canceled all commercial flights until Sept. 1, which could cause problems for the early fruit harvested in August.

PRESS RELEASE CHICAGO, IL – ​Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-funded technology company delivering new technology solutions for fresh produce to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and fight food waste, announces a partnership with Rio Rico, Arizona-based Grower Alliance, one of  largest importers of melons from Mexico into the United States. The partnership will focus on use of the […]