China's first fruit club established to manage IP varieties

A new organization, which has been set up in China by companies including Joy Wing Mau and Shennong Variety Management, aims to maximize the commercial development of controlled fruit varieties with a new business model.

October 19 , 2020

UK supermarket salad suppliers investigated over pesticides in rivers

The action follows revelations that a salad producer supplying retailers including Waitrose was washing pesticides into a protected chalk stream in Hampshire.

October 16 , 2020

Fyffes announces human rights action plan

The Ireland-based banana and tropical fruit multinational says its Human Rights Mitigation and Management Plan provides "a framework to manage, mitigate and help resolve identified human rights risks".

October 16 , 2020

Outbreak affects dozens of strawberry harvest workers in Oregon

Nearly 60 incoming seasonal contract strawberry harvest workers for Planasa Oregon Operations LLC on Short Road in Klamath Falls tested positive for COVID-19 before they started work about two weeks ago.

October 16 , 2020

Peru forecasts higher grape exports in 2020-21

The growth is largely driven by an increase in planted hectares which are now maturing and coming into production, as well as the greater proportion of seedless varieties with higher yields.

October 16 , 2020

La Dona Fruit's new Colombia packhouse to launch lime exports to U.S.

La Dona says the packhouse will cement its objective of becoming the largest lime exporter in Colombia, and serves as the launchpad for exports to expand to the USA and the Caribbean.

October 15 , 2020

Californians fear more wildfires as winds pick up

The National Weather Service is predicting strong, dry “Diablo” winds in Northern California, and temperatures over 90 degrees F in the southern part of the state.

October 15 , 2020

Botanicoir and LEAF: New perspectives on sustainability

This article explores the perspectives on sustainability taken by Botanicoir and LEAF (Linking Environment And Farming), who in contrast, use sustainability in all its complexities to underpin their organizational structure and inform policies, activities, and targets.

October 15 , 2020

Zespri on alert over mystery disease killing Italian kiwifruit

The disease, which growers call “moria” or “die-off”, begins in the roots of kiwifruit vines, which blacken and rot. The leaves then wither and drop, leaving fruit exposed to the sun, and the vines dry up and die within two years.

October 15 , 2020

Americold acquires Agro Merchants Group for $1.7B

Americold says the acquisition of the fourth-largest temperature-controlled warehouse company globally will expand its European footprint and as well as its fresh produce offering and market position.

October 14 , 2020