Colombia Avocado Board publishes new handling guide
The Colombia Avocado Board (CAB), the promotional arm of the Colombian avocado industry in the US, has published its first ever Colombian avocado handling guide. Authored by industry expert John

FreshPlaza Global Focus on Cooling/ Logistics
In June FreshPlaza will be focussing on the cooling and logistics sectors. Are you involved in either of these sectors? If so we would love to hear from you. You can send us some information or we

Tight yellow onion supply may leave promotional door open for Vidalia onions
Vidalia onions are starting the transition from shipping fresh onions to moving into storage onions. “We finished harvesting last week and it’s about a week transition because you’re still

Dani del Toro with the Andalusian new potato
As usual, Asociafruit, with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Sustainable Development of the Regional Government of Andalusia, has launched a series of

New Marlene® apple promotion: The Aroma Wheel
A tool that highlights the variety of aromas and flavours of Marlene® apples together with five international chefs who embody the values of their origin, sustainability and quality. It is the

Korean partnership powers Australian smart farm
Australia’s Griffith University has partnered with the Korean Technology Promotion Agency (KOAT) and Earthfix on a new high-tech smart farm located in Luscombe, Queensland. According to a report

Health and sustainability drive Greenyard partnerships
Greenyard has signed a five-year partnership with fruit and vegetable culinary reference We’re Smart, as both companies look to accelerate the active promotion of sustainable and healthy eating

Re-Marketing, how to build value for fruit and vegetables
Redeveloping value, starting with quality and not quantity and promotions. This is the path indicated to the supply chain yesterday during the eighth edition ofThink Fresh,in the setting of the

The first Shandong Liaocheng Green Vegetable Expo has started
On the morning of April 26, the first Shandong Liaocheng (Shenxian County) Green Vegetable Expo was opened grandly. With a theme of "Green, Technology, Health and Sharing", the expo has

"It is expected that in July this year, the snack tomato market will experience explosive growth"
"After several years of small-scale planting, snack tomatoes began to develop on a large scale in 2019. By this year, its planting area in China had exceeded 1,333 hectares." Ganan Agricultural

Darlene Avila and Stephanie Soto join CTGC
Darlene Avila and Stephanie Soto have joined the California Table Grape Commission’s marketing team. Avila has been appointed digital marketing manager. She will focus on developing and

Chile with new export record for cherries
Compared to the previous year, 415,315 t were exported. This is an increase of 17 %. The most important target markets include China, the USA and South Korea. The targets for promotional

Bananas: Lidl Germany takes a stand on Latin American criticism
We had reported in our newsmail of 29 March that the interest group of Latin American banana producers had criticised a price promotion by Lidl Germany for Rainforest Alliance-certified bananas.

LatAm Taskforce hits back at Lidl banana promotion
The Latin American Banana Sustainability Taskforce, a consortium of banana producers and exporters of Latin America, has criticised German discount group Lidl for selling a kilo of Rainforest

The Latin American Task Force against Lidl promotion
The Latin American Task Force recognises and respects the right and freedom of all actors in the value chain to decide their prices and advertise temporary promotions in line with their business

Interfresa signs a collaboration agreement for the integration of the SDGs
Interfresa, the interprofessional organisation representing the strawberry and red fruit sector in Andalusia, has signed a collaboration agreement with the International Association for