Ecuador's Nobis Fruit Company launches blueberry exports to Hong Kong

The company also anticipates an increase in export volume to strategic markets such as the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Turkey, Spain, and the Netherlands during the 2024-2025 period.

October 25 , 2024

From the field to the consumer: the path to enhance the producer's value

Using international examples, Marketing Management professor Bracey Wilson highlighted how other industries are working to highlight the work of producers.

October 25 , 2024

Pineapple market forecast to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 6.6% in 2024

The growth is attributed to increasing awareness of the health benefits associated with pineapple consumption, rising disposable incomes, a rise in government support, and shifting consumer preferences towards healthy and natural food options.

October 25 , 2024

Westfalia celebrates first Hass avocado shipment to India

Leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh fruit, Westfalia Fruit, just announced the arrival of its first-ever container of South African Hass avocados in India.

October 24 , 2024

Zespri's last vessel of kiwifruit for the 2024 season departs to Japan

Zespri CEO, Jason Te Brake, says there has been significant effort from the industry this season to deliver a record crop of more than 190 million trays (684,000 tons) to more than 50 markets around the world

October 24 , 2024

Agronometrics in Charts: Korea's new blueberry source

Guest article by Diego Castagnasso, a fresh produce and blueberry industry expert.

October 24 , 2024

Kenyan government restricts avocado exports and regulates mango shipments

The constraint will be effectively enforced starting October 25, and the organization plans to closely monitor avocado maturity patterns and conduct a comprehensive review of these restrictions in December 2024. 

October 24 , 2024

Fruittrade 2024 highlights the importance of Chile's fruit industry in the country's rural sector

The longest-running event dedicated to the Chilean fruit industry, the Fruittrade Conference, kicked off on Wednesday, with panels on fruit diversity, consumption trends, markets, and sustainability. 

October 24 , 2024

Chiquita’s appeal rejected by federal court

The original jury decision asserted that Chiquita "knowingly provided substantial assistance to the AUC in the form of cash payments or other means of support, to a degree sufficient to create a foreseeable risk of harm." 

October 24 , 2024

Flavonoid-rich fruit may ward off dementia, study says

New research suggests that certain individual fruits, such as apples, pears, oranges, grapefruit, blueberries, peaches, apricots, and plums, may provide some protective benefits against dementia when consumed in both midlife and late life.

October 24 , 2024