Mission Produce establishes Southern African avocado operations

Mission Produce says its partnership with two South Africa-based companies will create the "most powerful trading platform for avocados produced in Africa".

January 21 , 2020

Calavo Growers to acquire fresh-cut fruit company

Calavo Growers' subsidiary is to acquire Simply Fresh Fruit, a privately held processor and supplier of a broad line of fresh-cut fruit.

January 21 , 2020

China announces major phase-out of single-use plastics

Under China's far-reaching plans, markets selling fresh fruits and vegetables will have until 2025 to phase out the bags, and plastic shipping packages would also be phased out.

January 21 , 2020

Blueberries in Charts: Opportunities and challenges for the U.S. in China

The Chinese market looks set to soon open for U.S. blueberries. There are opportunities for exporters, but none of them as quite as straight forward as many would hope.

January 21 , 2020

German grocers agree to promote living wages for workers

Enabling traceability and attending to human rights, the agreement by top German grocers responds to consumer demands for transparency and living wages.

January 21 , 2020

Bayer close to settling on thousands of Roundup cases - report

The news comes after a surge in claims to almost double the number disclosed by the company in September, according to the court-appointed mediator in the litigation.

January 21 , 2020

Australia: High-tech map shows fruit, macadamia farms hit by bushfires

Amid devastating bushfire activity across Australia, scientists have released a map that shows avocado, mango, olive, banana, macadamia and citrus orchards that have been impacted.

January 21 , 2020

South Africa: Rains delay table grape harvests in key region

But fortunately, the potential impact of the rain is limited to only the table grapes that were ready for harvest at the time.

January 20 , 2020

Grocery sector was a star of U.S. holiday period retail sales

Grocery sales were up 2.9% in November and December year-over-year, while most others were below 2% growth or experienced declines.

January 20 , 2020

U.S. avocado, blueberry industries see potential in Chinese market

Lifting barriers on various U.S. imports, the deal signed last Thursday opens processes for blueberries, nectarines and avocados to gain access to China. Representatives from the blueberry and avocado industries gave us insight.

January 20 , 2020