US retailer Safeway is making healthy greens more accessible to smaller communities by welcoming produce from vertical farming company Plenty to 17 more stores across Northern California — bringing the […]
mer 17/03/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
The European Union and the United States have reached an agreement to adjust the European Union's World Trade Organisation (WTO) agricultural quotas, following the UK's withdrawal from the EU.
mar 16/03/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
A recent Hass Avocado Board (HAB) study shows that avocados purchases grew substantially between 2016 and 2019, driven largely by a growing segment of “super” avocado shoppers.
mar 16/03/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
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With many of the sector’s events going virtual this year due to the pandemic, marketers have had to be creative to keep their communications global and effective
mer 03/03/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
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In an official deliberation, the US International Trade Commission has determined that fresh, chilled, or frozen blueberries are not being imported into the United States in such increased quantities as constitute a substantial cause of serious injury, or threat of serious injury, to the domestic industry. As a result, the investigation will end, and the Commission will not recommend a remedy to the President.
mer 24/02/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
US fruit imports were rather flat in 2020, with the exception being for fresh citrus and frozen fruit, according to new USDA data.
jeu 18/02/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
The Organic Vegetable Production Conference is a producer-initiated conference which is built around farmer-to-farmer skill sharing and attracts experienced growers from across the US (Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa, and […]
lun 01/02/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
On January 1, 2021, a new US-UK equivalence agreement ensures that organic products certified to either USDA or UK standards may be labelled and sold as organic in both countries. The agreement provides continuity for US-UK exports covered by the US-EU equivalence agreement, following Brexit.
lun 11/01/2021
This image taken by the Landsat satellite shows an agricultural region in Idaho on August 14, 2000, captured in the visible spectrum The US Department of Agriculture and NASA have […]
lun 04/01/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
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The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) has called on countries in South Asia to work together to reduce costs, soil pollution and water stress by forming joint plans […]
lun 21/12/2020 by Richard Wilkinson
California Avocado Commission
IRVINE, Calif. (Dec. 14, 2020) – The California Department of Food and Agriculture seated newly elected California Avocado Commission board members at the Commission’s November 19, 2020 board meeting. The […]
mar 15/12/2020 by Richard Wilkiinson
