Published: Oct 09, 2015

“The impending global population explosion will require a doubling of food production within the next few decades,” says Marcus Meadows-Smith with BioConsortia.

Published: Oct 09, 2015

That the organic sector is growing, is no news. The high demand in countries like Sweden and other Scandinavian countries is widely known. Importers of organic, tropical fruit and exotics see demand increase in those segments as well...

Published: Oct 09, 2015

“Limes are the most interesting products of Mexico for us,” states the wholesales trader Roberto Argentieri from the company Salvatore Ferrauto in Munich. The fruit wholesaler is situated on the Munich market and has imported the limes from Mexico for sev

Published: Oct 09, 2015

A few weeks ago FreshPlaza published an article on how the good South African citrus export season was affecting supply of high quality oranges for the domestic market.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Sugar prices surged higher Monday as traders eyed a disrupted harvest in Brazil and lower production in India.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing food safety recommendations for those who may be impacted due to Hurricane Joaquin.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Orchardists and packing house managers continue to find themselves challenged in the turbulent arena of food safety.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The Food and Safety Department has decided to take penal action against the nine wholesale and retailer fruit sellers for using calcium carbide to ripen fruits.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The association VegOrganic will present its new independently checked seal of approval for plant-based food products in organic quality at the food product fair ANUGA.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The requirements for the fruit trade are constantly rising, and with that also the many tasks for the employees in the industry. Merchandise knowledge, logistics, marketing, internal organisation, food legislation, quality management, as well as trade and

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The association VegOrganic will present its new independently checked seal of approval for plant-based food products in organic quality at the food product fair ANUGA.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

An analysis by the NITI Aayog on this year's onion crisis shows traders could have milked Rs 8,000 crore from consumers in August and September by manipulating prices.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Tomatoes sold for NIS 12-12.50 a kilo on the wholesale market today, only 8% less than at the end of last week.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The supply of Spanish cucumbers is increasing at the moment and the price level of the Dutch cucumber is collapsing as a result. "The contract season ends in this period.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The past weeks, the mushroom market has done better than last year. "Only this week, sales of white mushrooms are lagging behind a bit, and the chestnut mushrooms and oyster mushrooms are scarce...

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Canadian food packaging company, CKF Inc. is pleased to announce that the newly developed Earthcycle ™ top sealable pint used by Red Sun Farms for its organic grape tomatoes has been chosen as one of 20 finalists out of 71 entries for the PMA Impact Award

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Over 163,000 tons were commercialised during the past campaign, and exports showed a 14% increase with respect to the previous year. Average prices dropped by 13%.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The expansion of the citrus industry in Western Australia has become significant, with grower Harvey Citrus receiving a $500,000 Nurture Fund Grant from Coles to plant 9000 new lime, lemon and mandarin trees, increasing lime production by 800 percent.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

Exports from Australia’s fresh produce growers are making news this week, however one exporter says prices have been improving for ‘at least a year’ already.

Published: Oct 08, 2015

The lemon season in Anyue county, Sichuan province, runs from September to July the following year. Nearly 90% of all lemons produced in China come from Anyue.