Loaded With Love, Pink Lady For Valentine’s Day

January 9, 2018 Domex Superfresh Growers®

Loaded with love, Pink Lady® apples are the ideal apple for February Valentine’s Day promotion. The bright pink hue along with a sweet tart flavor creates the ideal merchandising opportunity.

Chile Blueberry Sector Ships Highest Weekly Volume Of Fruit In Industry’s History

Chile’s blueberry exporters have achieved the highest weekly export figure in the history of the sector in the country, having shipped some 11,575 tonnes of fruit during week 51. With 45% of the 2017-18 campaign now completed, a total of around 46,000 tonnes of Chilean blueberries have been exported over the season as a whole, during which time producers and exporters have benefited from favourable climatic conditions.

NYAA Named Business Of The Year By NY State Agricultural Society

New York Apple Association (NYAA) has been named Business of the Year (2018) by the New York State Agricultural Society (NYSAS). The award is presented annually in recognition of quality, leadership and innovation in production agriculture and agribusiness in New York state. NYAA received the award at a ceremony held Thursday, January 4 in Syracuse.

AgroFresh Accelerates Retail Growth Strategy

January 9, 2018 AgroFresh

AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. announced that it has invested $10 million for a 15% ownership stake in and entered into a commercial agreement with Food Freshness Technology Holdings Limited (FFT), providers of the award-winning It’s Fresh! ethylene removal filters. The proprietary active ingredient of It’s Fresh! has been found to be 100 times more powerful than any other ethylene-absorbing substances, providing a powerful tool to preserve food freshness.

Advancing Aquaculture To Meet Growing Demand

Half the seafood that U.S. consumers eat comes from aquaculture—the raising and harvesting of freshwater and marine species in controlled conditions. Over 90 percent of that seafood is imported, creating a U.S. trade deficit of more than $14 billion.