Transplanted Bees Help Blueberry Fields Flourish

July 11, 2024 USDA/Tellus

Pollinating bees are in decline, and those that remain may not be up to the task of pollinating all the crops needed to feed the nation. To help keep food on the table, researchers are looking to native wild bees to take up the slack, especially for blueberries and other fruit crops.

Jersey Fresh Shore Promotion to Feature Free Blueberries

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture will highlight National Blueberry Day on Monday, July 8, with special visits to the shore towns of Wildwood, Atlantic City and Seaside Heights where NJDA marketing staff will be on hand to distribute free Jersey Fresh blueberries to beachgoers.

USHBC Launches New Retail Shopper Activations to Boost Blueberry Sales 

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council (USHBC) has launched an innovative shopper marketing and consumer campaign to drive incremental sales increases and volume of fresh and frozen blueberries at retail. The latest consumer activation will launch this month, just in time for summer, with holiday themes like Mother’s Day and Memorial Day barbecues – all targeted at increasing the consumption of blueberries by occasional blueberry users and winning new consumers.

Change at the Helm of New York’s Trade Office of Peru

May 2, 2024 PromPeru

PromPeru (the Trade Office of Peru in New York) announces a change in its director position. Bernardo Muñoz, Director of the office for over five years will be transitioning to lead the Trade Office of Peru in Shanghai. The New York office welcomes Diana Pita as its new Trade Commissioner.

GrubMarket Expands Further into South Africa Through the Acquisition of Global Produce

April 29, 2024 GrubMarket

As a part of GrubMarket’s portfolio, Global Produce will utilize GrubMarket’s innovative, AI-powered WholesaleWare software suite, the company’s software-as-a-service platform that provides food industry wholesalers and distributors with seamless financial management, powerful sales support, online ordering, precise inventory management, lot traceability, grower accounting, and automated routing and logistics; GrubAssist, GrubMarket’s groundbreaking enterprise AI assistant that empowers food supply chain businesses with deep insights & intelligent analysis; and Orders IO, GrubMarket’s custom branded, mobile eCommerce solution.