Opinion
California's water supplies "in trouble as climate change worsens natural dry spells"
A closer look at California’s water resources shows the challenge ahead and how climate change is putting the state’s water supply and agriculture at risk.
December 24 , 2021
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
Harvard study on produce and mortality: Five servings a day is key, but we need to quantify the benefits
Jim Prevor's Perishable Pundit interviews Harvard's Professor Walter Willett about a recent "big picture” study, involving more than 100,000 people, and offers some important conclusions.
July 09 , 2021
Summer Citrus from South Africa - a production and marketing update
Suhanra Conradie, CEO of Summer Citrus from South Africa, provides an update on how the export season to the U.S. market has been progressing this year.
August 24 , 2020
Resilient farming in avocado and citrus orchards
A California grower describes his way of farming which involves a set of practices that boosts yields in good years but also helps keep the trees healthy during drought or other stressful conditions.
May 29 , 2020
Opinion: Opportunities abound for international produce in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
John Giles Promar International gives an overview of the Saudi Arabian port city, a "melting pot" of international produce that imports from all around the world.
November 27 , 2019
Opinion: Chile and Peru - Similar but different?
The two horticultural industries share a number of features in common, but the background to the development of their export sectors has been very different.
September 09 , 2019
Opinion: Foretelling the Mexican mango season wind down
"This time of year we are besieged with industry 'expert' misconceptions, misinformation and inaccurate interpretations of the facts," saysNissa Pierson of Crespo Organic Mangoes.
August 06 , 2019
The Biocontrol Brief: Augmentative biocontrol, an efficient pest management solution
In part three of our educational series on biological control and integrated pest management, Thomas Grandperrin of UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture takes a look at augmentative biocontrol.
February 06 , 2019
The Biocontrol Brief: Discovering the classical biological control approach
In the second of our educational series on biological pest control, Thomas Grandperrin takes a look at the history and practice of classical biocontrol.
January 16 , 2019
