ProHass opens modern avocado post-harvest laboratory with university

Peru has opened a post-harvest laboratory for Hass avocado to bolster its knowledge of the specific fruit as well as the various production areas throughout the country.

October 07 , 2021

Broom Frio Holding: Customized logistics solutions

Broom Frio Holding is a company dedicated to providing services related to the activity of cold storage, packing and warehousing for fruit. It has plants in Ovalle (Chile), Morropé (Peru) and Ridderkerk (Holland).

September 30 , 2021

Expanding the global supply window for Hass-like fruit

September 20 , 2021

Driscoll's transitions Santa Maria cooling facility to solar

Driscoll’s is in the early stages of pursuing clean and alternative energy sources for its owned and operated coolers across North America, the press release stated.

August 12 , 2021

Dole enters partnership to make vegan leather from pineapple waste

Dole Sunshine has announced its new partnership with vegan textiles brand Ananas Anam, which developed the Piñatex alternative leather product over many years of R&D.

August 10 , 2021

OZblu launches 'ground-breaking' recycled paper cups for blueberries

International blueberry producer and exporter United Exports has launched recycled paper cups for its OZblu brand blueberries on the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean.

August 05 , 2021

Cargo Produce launches its platform to digitize and connect the international produce supply chain

August 03 , 2021

New technology uses light to detect when produce is ripe

A Turkish researcher has developed technology that uses data from a visible light sensor,, rather than a camera, to identify the ripeness of produce.

July 28 , 2021

Costa Rica completes ePhyto trial period with U.S.

Costa Rica has successfully completed its electronic phytosanitary certificate trial process with the U.S., allowing the digital system to be used for agricultural trade as of July.

July 27 , 2021

Compostable packaging may outperform plastic for fresh produce shelf-life, studies find

Compostable packaging is as effective as conventional plastic and may even outperform it for shelf-life of fresh produce, two peer-reviewed studies have revealed.

July 21 , 2021