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Demand for high-quality health foods is expected to help boost the otherwise stagnant consumption rate of fresh fruit and vegetables in the US, a market with a widening trade deficit […]
Thu 26/05/2016 by Julie Butler
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New Zealand’s deciduous fruit exports should reach a total of 351,000 tons for 2015/16, up from 333,218 tons in 2014/2015, according to updated forecasts in a recent USDA Gain report. […]
Mon 23/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The California table grape season is underway once more, making high quality grapes in three colours and a wide array of varieties (seeded and seedless) available to consumers around the […]
Mon 09/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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“I love 5 to 10 servings a day” is the tagline for a campaign now running province-wide in Quebec, Canada, to remind consumers about the importance of eating more fruit and […]
Tue 03/05/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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The world’s second largest citrus exporter and number two exporter in the Southern Hemisphere is further diversifying its markets. The Citrus Growers’ Association represents 100% of the sector’s growers in South […]
Tue 26/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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As of May 9, fresh Andean blackberries and raspberries can be imported from Ecuador into the continental United States under what is known as a systems approach. Designed to protect […]
Wed 20/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Asparagus is a product grown and consumed all over the world. The main consumer countries are the US, Germany and Spain, with consumption in China now rapidly intensifying. Asparagus production […]
Fri 15/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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China and Spain this week signed a phytosanitary protocol opening the Chinese market to imports of Spanish plums, peaches, nectarines and saturn (flat) peaches. The first Spanish exports, probably by […]
Thu 14/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Food City, the first Russian agricultural cluster, located at the edge of Moscow (ring road), has been operating for a year now. It covers an area of 91 ha, and […]
Wed 13/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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Nearly a third of France’s fruit and vegetable imports (from Europe and other countries), and a quarter of its exports, move through Saint Charles International. France imports nearly €4.9 billion […]
Tue 12/04/2016 by Pierre Escodo
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While the melon season is still a long way off in the Northern Hemisphere, in other parts of the world it is already in full swing due to more favourable […]
Thu 07/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
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A fresh wind is blowing through Veronamercato, the fruit and vegetable wholesale market of the city of Verona. Since summer 2015 this organisation has been headed by a new chairman, […]
Thu 07/04/2016 by Richard Wilkinson
