Infrastructure modernization required to handle increased trade between the US and Mexico
In order to efficiently handle the growing volumes of produce traded between Mexico and the US, commercial traffic infrastructure and land Ports of Entry (POE’s) will need to be modernized.

Sainsbury’s launches £2 fruit and veg boxes
Sainsbury’s is introducing a £2 fruit and vegetable box to help combat food waste. The ‘Taste Me, Don’t Waste Me’ boxes will appear in fresh produce aisles from this week in over 200

French Apple & Pear Association asks Carrefour to stop unfair imports
As French apple growers are faced with an unprecedented increase in costs and a very difficult economic situation, they asked large-scale distributors in January to promote French apples and raise

First Taiwan-grown blueberries hit the market
The first batch of commercially grown blueberries in Taiwan went on sale last week at the 7-Eleven convenience store chain. The Taiwan Blueberry Team was founded in 2016 and collaborated with Li

BASF updates its Roman range with more resistors to complete the cycle
BASF, which operates in the vegetable market under its brand Nunhems, held a new edition of its Lettuce and Spinach Demo Field from the 31st January to the 17th February at its experimental farm

Carrefour sells 800t of Spanish kiwifruit under its Círculo de Calidad brand name
Carrefour has included kiwi from Spain in its Carrefour Círculo de Calidad brand. The company plans to sell, from this month when the season starts until June, more than 800 tonnes of this fruit

Cambodia's Kampot province grows to supply 50% of banana exports
Cambodia's Kampot province has grown in just five years to supply 50% of they country's banana supplies. With about 2 000 tons of bananas exported to mostly China, the province rapidly grew