U.S.: "Solid momentum" in retail fruit and veg sales going into fall - PMA

Joe Watson of the PMA says that it is important to think about why some relatively small categories such as oranges and mushrooms have "punched well above their weight" over a 26-week period since the pandemic began.

September 17 , 2020

Fresh Del Monte Produce receives Green and Environmental Stewardship award

Fresh Del Monte Produce has been honored first place in the Green and Environmental Stewardship category at PR Daily’s 2020 Corporate Social Responsibility Awards.

September 17 , 2020

U.K.: 'Revolutionary' Softripe avocado ripening facility unveiled

Bespoke cooling systems supplies JD Cooling has just completed its work on a project which it says has revolutionized avocado ripening, Lynn News reports. 

September 17 , 2020

Washington apple forecast cut following adverse weather events

In early August, the first estimate for the Washington apple crop predicted a crop volume of 134 million boxes (40 lb.), on par with the previous season of 133 million boxes.

September 16 , 2020

Wildfires make dangerous air for farmworkers

"To be out in the fields, it's like you can't breathe," Hernan Hernandez, executive director of the California Farmworker Foundation, told NPR.

September 16 , 2020

APHIS implements new restrictions on Mexican fresh fig imports

The U.S. is increasing the irradiation dosage requirement for fresh fig fruit consignments from areas where Mediterranean black fig fly is present in Mexico.

September 16 , 2020

Kiwifruit disease spreads through Italy, will likely impact production

A mystery kiwifruit vine disease has been spreading through Italy and is expected to result in national production declines.

September 16 , 2020

FDA issues first Produce Safety Rule injunction to food manufacturer for repeated violations

Fortune Food Product, Inc., an Illinois-based processor of sprouts and soy products, has agreed to stop production until it, among other things, undertakes remedial action and complies with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

September 15 , 2020

La Niña climate pattern has developed and likely to persist through winter - NOAA

La Nina is a natural ocean-atmospheric phenomenon marked by cooler-than-average sea surface temperatures across the central and eastern Pacific Ocean near the equator.

September 15 , 2020

Chambers announces huge raspberry varietal trial with nine countries

The large trial, which will last until at least December 2021 and is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK, will be run from Chambers’ Homefield Farm in North Kent and will provide an opportunity for propagators to see how their plants deliver.

September 15 , 2020