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PMA CEO highlights rising technology, shifting consumer trends and produce safety
Cathy Burns' annual State of the Industry address drew together insights across a broad range of areas and kicked off the three-day event being held this week in Orlando, Florida.
October 18 , 2018
Dave Corsi, Joe Pezzini receive PMA leadership awards
PRESS RELEASE Orlando, Fla. – The importance of leadership and collaboration to the fresh produce and floral industry’s future were center stage when the Fresh Summit Convention & Expo’s first Forum for the Future got underway Oct. 18, as Joe Pezzini and Dave Corsi were honored with leadership awards. Pezzini, president and CEO of Ocean […]
October 18 , 2018
Whole Leaf is ready to grow with a new president
PRESS RELEASE The Star Group’s CEO, David Karwacki, is ready to pass the baton of start-up company Whole Leaf to a new President. Whole Leaf opened its state of the art, world class greenhouse in June 2017 and annually produces 11 million heads of pesticide free, living lettuce. With the addition of phase two in January, Whole Leaf […]
October 18 , 2018
Pink Lady gives good apples to good apples
PRESS RELEASE Pink Lady® apples, the number one fresh produce brand in the UK, is celebrating life’s ‘good apples’ by giving fans of the brand the chance to win a trip for two to the French town of Avignon, to discover the European Pink Lady® orchards for themselves. The competition enables fans to nominate someone […]
October 18 , 2018
UC Davis strikes major deal with GPG for strawberry variety sublicensing
The University of California has entered into a master agreement with U.K.-based Global Plant Genetics to sublicense new strawberry varieties in selected countries within Europe, the Mediterranean, and South America.
October 18 , 2018
Valvilla Produce: Socially responsible production from farm to table
Mexico-based company Valvilla Produce is aiming to become a global supplier of avocados under the model of "doing things right".
October 18 , 2018
Australian Govt backs RapidAIM tech trial to fight fruit flies
Real-time monitoring technology and automated traps are part of a new trial in Australia designed to tackle fruit flies.
October 17 , 2018
Ecuadorian banana industry slams Aldi for planned price cut
A letter signed by 32 associations says the German-based discount retailer's plans to cut banana pricing by US$1 per box is not feasible.
October 17 , 2018
Australia: Waste-cutting sweet potato flour helps farmer win rural women's award
It all started with bananas, but now Natural Evolution is using its patented technology to other crops to cut food waste and produce gluten-free flour.
October 17 , 2018
BC Tree Fruits Ambrosia apple harvest in full swing
PRESS RELEASE KELOWNA, BC – Ambrosia apple harvest is well underway in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley and BC Tree Fruits Cooperative (BCTF) is excited about the season to come for the homegrown premium variety. BCTF is estimating an Ambrosia crop of over 650,000 cartons for 2018, up over 20% from last year. Ambrosia apples were discovered as a […]
October 17 , 2018
