Steve Barnard, Founder and CEO of Mission Produce: We now import more to Chile than we export

Since its founding in the early 1980s, Steve Barnard has transformed the organization into one of the world’s biggest and most recognizable avocado companies that has been a pioneering force, launching a variety of new products and ventures over recent years.

August 23 , 2021

Number of container ships anchored off Southern California close to 2021 record

Thirty-seven container ships were waiting near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in recent days, according to the Maritime Exchange of California, the highest number since February, when 40 were anchored.

August 19 , 2021

Agronometrics in Charts: U.S. summer lemon prices the highest in years

Lemon prices have remained high throughout 2021, even outpacing prices of the last three years, with prices for organic fruit performing particularly strong this summer.

August 17 , 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

Planasa shareholders acquire the Dutch raspberry breeding group Advanced Berry Breeding

Advanced Berry Breeding group is a well-renowned company dedicated to the breeding and commercialization of its own raspberry varieties

July 28 , 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

Soft citrus drives growth in global citrus exports in 2020-21

Global exports are estimated at 11 million metric tons (MT) with oranges representing over 40 percent and soft citrus nearly 30 percent, according to a USDA report.

July 23 , 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

South Africa's ZZ2 to build one of world's biggest avocado packhouses

The 11,200 meters squared facility will be used to pack avocados and tomatoes and is set to have the first avocados packed and shipped in February of next year.

July 20 , 2021