Month: March 2018

March is Equal Exchange Banana Month. Every year, Equal Exchange dedicates this month to raising awareness about the fair trade banana supply chain. All month long, Equal Exchange invites retailers and consumers to join in an educational campaign to explore how this alternative trade model is creating a seat at the table for small scale farmers around the world. …

Raising awareness for living a healthier lifestyle, the Half Your Plate hockey game is back for another year! On April 24th, 2018, the produce industry will gather for a bit of friendly competition and exercise at Vancouver’s Britannia Rink. …

The U.S. government wasn’t purely motivated by foreign policy concerns when it lifted a ban on lemon imports from Argentina, a federal judge ruled late Tuesday. …

New GLOBALG.A.P. Add-ons are ready to unlock new trends and new markets: Meeting US import requirements, aligning with sustainability requirements of leading consumer brand manufactures and biosecurity for Panama disease TR4 in bananas. How this “all-in-one” approach works more efficiently will be discussed in November at the GLOBALG.A.P. SUMMIT 2018 in Lima, Peru. …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominees to fill two producer and two importer seats for members and two producer and two importer seats for alternates on the Hass Avocado Board to succeed members whose terms expire on October 31, 2018. …