The Top Seven

These are FreshFruitPortal.com's top seven stories of the week.

May 04 , 2024

Chiquita’s former Colombia Ops Chief: “People’s lives were at stake”

In his statement, Chiquita’s former Head of Colombia Operations Charles Keiser said the payments resulted from extortion and that the company had no other choice in the matter.

May 03 , 2024

Company in the process of developing fungus-resistant banana

A North Carolina biotechnology firm is exploring a gene editing program called molecular farming that can make cavendish bananas resistant to the fungus.

May 03 , 2024

Westfalia Fruit celebrates arrival of Kenyan avocados to India

According to the World Avocado Organization, avocado imports to India between 2019-2020 and 2022-2023 have seen a 450% growth.

May 02 , 2024

Peru: "We will continue to be the second largest avocado exporter in the world"

Peruvian avocado growers say they will remain the second largest exporters of Hass avocado in the world in 2024.

May 02 , 2024

Jalisco avocado closing season

Despite harsh weather conditions this year, Jalisco will end the season with around 120,000 tons of avocados exported. 

May 01 , 2024

U.S. Department of Labor finalizes Farmworker Protection Rule 

The rule is supposed to protect temporary agricultural workers under the H-2A program in the country, by promoting employer accountability, enhancing safety measures and preventing labor exploitation. 

April 30 , 2024

Urbanization and Gen Zers drive new market trends in China

Tonnies Feng, executive director of Ipsos China shared four macroeconomic trends in China that impact society, markets, and people, and proposed strategies to increase market share in the country.

April 30 , 2024

Zespri’s Tim Clarkson discusses crisis management and learning from difficult seasons

This year, Zespri projects total production of 180 million trays of kiwifruit from its 15,000 hectares planted in New Zealand and elsewhere.

April 29 , 2024

Cherry industry sees price hikes, growing trade and world summit

The cherry industry has seen some interesting moves during April. From early harvests and increased prices to the Cherry Summit gathering the sector's main players in Santiago, Chile.

April 28 , 2024