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PRESS RELEASE Leuven, Belgium – TOMRA has opened new regional headquarters in Johannesburg to strengthen its commitment to customers in South Africa, Kenya and Tanzania. This initiative is designed to enhance customer care through even better technical support, service, and training, and to ensure prompt availability of spare parts. The move will also improve operational efficiencies […]

A team of researchers in Chile announced next steps in its fungicide formula that it says will help the fruit industry and boost quality.

A bakery in Vietnam has begun selling pink break made with dragon fruit that had gone unsold due to the coronavirus outbreak in mid-February.

Stock in the retailer jumped 8.1% in recent days due to a flurry of purchases from concerns over coronavirus, the company prepares to bulk up supplies.

It is the first year to include twelve months' contribution from Dole Food Company, of which Total Produce acquired a 45% for US$300m in July 2018.

Carrefour's grocery bus will serve communities that don't have easy access to fresh food items by providing organic produce on the roadside.

Lemon and mandarin production is slightly down as the seasons kick off but Argentina's citrus industry remains optimistic, says Federcitrus.

Shipments to the region from Sept. 1 to March 4 were registered up by 10% at 367,000 metric tons (MT), while total exports are down by 5% at 1.1m MT.

The U.S. House of Representatives has introduced a resolution that seeks honor the blueberry industry by declaring July as “National Blueberry Month.” 

The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of organic farms and stakeholders are suing the USDA for allowing hydroponic operations to be certified organic. The lawsuit claims that hydroponic operations violate organic standards for failing to build heathy soils.