How California avocado growers keep Persea mites from ruining the Super Bowl

Avocados are not only one of America’s favorite fruits. A tiny arthropod also loves them so much that it feeds on their leaves in 99% of California’s avocado orchards. Check out our guide on how to use biocontrol to limit the damage.

July 10 , 2019

SanLucar overhauls company structure, hands control back to founders

SanLucar is eliminating its CEO position in order to concentrate even more on its operations, which it says will set the course for the future.

July 09 , 2019

New organic fruit company launched by former Purity Organic team

Six years after selling Purity Organic, Greg Holzman and Steve Akagaki have rejoined forces to create TerraFresh Organics (TFO), a new organic fruit company that will focus on supplying organic citrus, mangos, stone fruit and grapes to North America.

July 09 , 2019

Grapes in Charts: California sees low prices after Mexican supply surge

Industry sources expect this year to be similar to last, with low grape prices running from week 38 through the end of the year, when they could drop even more.

July 09 , 2019

FDA names Cavi as papaya brand in Salmonella outbreak

The investigation indicates that Agroson’s LLC of Bronx, New York, is the exclusive distributor of the imported papayas that likely made consumers from this outbreak sick. 

July 08 , 2019

USDA releases PRA for potential Indonesian pineapple imports

If Indonesia's request for market access is approved, the U.S. would become the second North American country the nation exports fresh pineapple to, according to global sourcing platform Tridge.

July 08 , 2019

Mexican tomato tariffs: "Pattern of innuendo and deception" from FTE, says FPAA

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas says a recent letter by a Florida Tomato Exchange representative "follows a pattern of propaganda that is heavy on hyperbole and short on facts, evidence, and truth".

July 08 , 2019

Del Monte to open new fresh fruit packing facility in Kenya

The new facility will handle over 60MT annually of pineapples, avocados, mangos and passion fruit, said the corporation.

July 08 , 2019

USMCA passage reportedly unlikely before fall

With just a few weeks before August recess, it does not appear likely that the U.S. Congress will pass a new deal before then, The Monitor said.

July 08 , 2019

Study finds molecules in oranges, grapes, carrots act like cancer drugs

With this knowledge, the researchers say they aim to one day create ‘personalized food passports’ that act as ‘gastronomic medicine’ to reduce cancer risks.

July 08 , 2019