Harvard study on produce and mortality: Five servings a day is key, but we need to quantify the benefits

Jim Prevor's Perishable Pundit interviews Harvard's Professor Walter Willett about a recent "big picture” study, involving more than 100,000 people, and offers some important conclusions.

July 09 , 2021

Italy sets record for world's heaviest cherry - for the second time this year

The new largest and heaviest cherry weighs 33.05g (1.16 oz), beating the previous record mark of 26.45g achieved by another Italian farmer, in Ferrara in February this year.

July 08 , 2021

Agronometrics in Charts: How much more volume can the U.S. avocado market absorb?

As avocado imports increase, their prices have remained fairly stable which can only be explained by consumption trends and demand in the North American market.

July 06 , 2021

British strawberries to be produced nine months a year with vertical farming

Direct Produce Supplies (DPS) is stacking up 1,000 metric tons (MT) of strawberries and will be supplying leading supermarket Tesco using the method, which should guarantee supplies whatever the weather during the British summer.

July 05 , 2021

GESEX and PURA FRUIT form alliance and become one of largest table grape exporters in Peru

Through the formation of a new exporter, both companies seek to strategically consolidate table grape production from Latin America in the Southern Hemisphere and position themselves among the leading companies in the industry worldwide.

July 05 , 2021

Suriname's state-owned FAI sues Hein Deprez for $45M - report

The state-owned Suriname Food and Agricultural Industries (FAI) has filed a claim for millions in damages from Flemish fruit trader Hein Deprez and his companies over alleged illegal acts in the management of banana plantations.

July 02 , 2021

Naturipe announces 'abundant production' of Muscadine Vine Drop grapes

Native to the Southeast, the original Muscadine is a unique grape that is crisp, sweet, tart and packed with nutrients, Naturipe says.

July 02 , 2021

Mexican avocado producers are arming themselves to fend off cartels - report

Fed up with being besieged by criminal organizations, avocado and blackberry producers in Michoacán formed their own armed group that is successfully keeping cartel members out of four municipalities.

July 01 , 2021

Frutura planning further acquisitions as it aims to "build something uniquely different"

The CEO of Frutura, a newly formed organization that last week announced the purchase of two major fresh produce companies, has revealed details about how the company came to be and its future plans.

June 30 , 2021

Peru’s fruit sector races to new heights

A new and in-depth USDA report uses charts to show how Peru’s fruit exports have grown quickly during the last decade, rising from just $540 million in 2010 to $3.8 billion in 2020, with the country ranking in the world’s top 10 fruit exporting countries since 2017.

June 29 , 2021