India: Fruit and veg the driving force behind Big Basket's online expansion

One of India's leading e-commerce grocers is on the verge of contract farming arrangements for organic produce, and has seen a consumer willingness to try new items and imports.

January 28 , 2016

Low earners show moderate take-up in USDA produce incentive pilot

“I imagine policy makers will roll this out nationally,” says one of the study's authors.

January 27 , 2016

U.S.: More people fall ill from imported cucumber salmonella outbreak

A multistate outbreak of Salmonella Poona that began in mid-2015 has affected more people than expected in recent months.

January 26 , 2016

U.K.: Tesco in hot water for delayed supplier payments

Tesco seriously breached a legally binding Groceries Supply Code of Practice by deliberately delaying payment to suppliers, an Ombudsman report has found.

January 26 , 2016

El Niño will affect 2016 avocado season, says Peruvian exec

"If we reach March and there is no major infrastructural impact, that’s it for El Niño," says Camposol's Jose Antonio Gomez.

January 26 , 2016

South African table grapes regain Thai market access

After an eight-year absence, Thailand is once again open to table grape exports from South Africa.

January 25 , 2016

Peru: Blueberries now a "nine-month business" for Camposol

In the first installment of a two-part feature, Camposol's Jose Antonio Gomez gives the wrap of the company's rapid transformation.

January 25 , 2016

U.S. Listeria outbreak linked to Dole packaged salads

After a result from an investigation that began in September, Dole has informed the CDC that its Springfield, Ohio processing facility has stopped all production.

January 22 , 2016

El Niño causes "unusually large" volume of small Brazilian papayas

HLB Specialties, North America's largest importer of Brazilian papayas, has been able to find the upside from El Niño.

January 22 , 2016

Slovenian supermarket refutes Israeli produce boycott claims

Media reports claim Israeli avocados, grapefruit and dates have been taken off the shelves at Slovenia's largest supermarket chain.

January 21 , 2016