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US: Bayer CropScience and Medel BioTechnology announce collaborations
Bayer CropScience and Mendel Biotechnology have announced a new multi-year collaboration to jointly identify herbicides with novel modes of action. Increasing evidence of herbicide-resistant ...
Malawi: Eco Products looking for partners
Eco Products Limited (based in Malawi) is an experienced company involved in growing, processing and selling dry spices for local and export markets.
Eco Products wants to diversify ...
US (CA): Monsanto growing seed research facilities
Monsanto is embarking on a $31 million expansion of its Woodland vegetable seed research and development headquarters, a project that some see as a sign of Yolo County’s emergence ...
US: Crunch Pak rolls out flavorz line for Back to School
Crunch Pak, the fresh sliced apple specialist, is rolling out its innovative new Flavorz line nationwide in time for back to school.
Flavorz are sliced apples infused with natural flavoring ...
Netherlands: Frankort & Koning widens cooperation
After the successful winter campaign 2011/2012, Frankort & Koning will increase its “cross docking activities” this coming season. The company established several ...
Chile: ASOEX confirms treaty with APEFEL
On Monday 3 September, the Union of Exporters of Chilean Fruit, ASOEX signed an agreement with the Union of Producers of Fresh Produce of Morocco (APEFEL).
Chairman of ASOEX, Ronald ...
Packaging strategies for fresh-cut melon
In the last few years, the consumption of fresh-cut products has grown rapidly as a result of the consumer trend. Several studies have been conducted to find techniques for preventing ...
Zespri China release kiwifruit family video game
A mobile branded-content gaming app for Zespri has been released based on Zynga findings that young urban Chinese women are the new hardcore gamers.
The free Zespri-branded mobile gaming ...
Russia: WorldFood Moscow announces sponsor
WorldFood Moscow is proud to announce that the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association is this year’s Fruit and Vegetable Sponsor. The Chilean Fresh Fruit Association (CFFA) is the promotional ...
Cost of drought and bad weather on Italian agriculture increases to 3 billion
The stormy weather accompanied by torrential rains and hail that sporadically hit the crops drives up the cost of the damage to agriculture to almost 3 billion Euro, after a crazy summer, ...
US: Great Promise shown with first US commercial harvest of Autumncrisp
The first US commercial harvest of Sun World International’s Autumncrisp brand grape has arrived – and with it great promise for the late season green seedless grape category both ...
Global prune orchards face sustainability threat
After several years of unsustainable pricing brought on by large cultivations in South America, prune growers in France, California, Chile, and Argentina question their willingness ...
UK: Farming leaders pay tribute to Jim Paice
Farming leaders have paid tribute to Jim Paice after his shock departure as Farming Minister.
Mr Paice, who has been replaced by Liberal Democrat MP David Heath, was widely seen as ...
Indian Summer too late to save 2012 British Pea crop
The washout summer of 2012 means that British pea growers’ herculean efforts have yielded only 55% of the expected harvest. Like many crops around the globe, British peas have not ...
Sirane Southern Africa opens for business
International packaging design, development and manufacturing company Sirane has expanded its presence with the opening of a new operation in South Africa.
Sirane Southern Africa will ...
US Presidential candidates respond to United Fresh on produce priorities
With the presidential election just two months away, United Fresh Produce Association has released exclusive policy statements from the campaigns of President Obama and Governor Romney ...
Cured Meat Is In, But Is it Safe?
Prosciutto, lardo, bresaola, capicola, guanciale and soppressata. The opposite of fast food, and literally slow to make, these meats are examples of charcuterie, or what are most commonly ...
USDA Offers Refresher Course in Packing a Safe School Lunch
The kids may be the ones back in school this week, but the U.S. Department of Agriculture has a test for parents. The topic? How to prepare a safe school lunch.
In an article published ...
