Apeel acquires imaging technology company ImpactVision

Apeel's new imaging technology enables suppliers to see inside and understand the interior quality of fresh produce by collecting quantifiable data on stage of ripeness, freshness, nutritional density, and other indicators of quality.

May 12 , 2021

Heaviest mango found in Colombia sets Guinness World Record

Colombian farmers, Germán Orlando Novoa Barrera and Reina Maria Marroquín managed to break a record after growing the mango in Guayatá, on the San Martín farm in the Boyacá area.

May 07 , 2021

Broccoli growers and retailers can safeguard quality and eliminate ice with SmartFresh

April 29 , 2021

U.S. strawberry harvest robot start-up raises $20M

Last year Tortuga launched a strawberry harvesting robot, which according to the company is a flexible platform and can be adapted to work on other crops like indoor-grown tomatoes or outdoor table grapes.

April 26 , 2021

Israel's Mehadrin to grow avocados in Morocco through new JV

The CEO of Mehadrin, a listed Israeli real estate and food growing company, says he expects Morocco could eventually represent a quarter of its total avocado production.

April 22 , 2021

"A new door of possibilities": Pioneering containerized ripening room unveiled

Interko has unveiled its pioneering Containerised Ripening Room following five years of research and development in partnership with Fyffes.

April 20 , 2021

Mexican researchers developing new varieties of lemon

Mexican researchers developed a new lemon variety with higher yields, traits and adaptability as part of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development plan to promote citrus production.

April 09 , 2021

AgroFresh's Harvista 1.3 SC solution provides dramatic benefits for U.S. blueberry growers

Leading AgTech company, AgroFresh, has announced that its pioneering near-harvest Harvista 1.3 SC solution is now available to U.S. blueberry growers, providing them with huge benefits and helping them to enjoy a more successful harvest season.

April 08 , 2021

Berries Pride introduces new sustainable blueberry packaging

After searching for an alternative to the plastic punnet, together with Bama Packaging, the company found the solution in using cardboard as the main material in order to "drastically" reduce the production and waste of new plastic.

April 06 , 2021

New platform reveals secrets of plants' performance to achieve better crop yields

Plantarray is a high-throughput, multi-sensor physiological phenotyping gravimetric-based platform that accelerates agriculture research and shortens new products time to market.