Smartphone ripeness app to simplify produce purchases

A Mexican project to benefit diabetics has given rise to a smartphone app to measure fruit ripeness.

March 10 , 2014

Argentine pome fruit set for slight shortfall

Marcelo Loyarte and Betina Ernst give their takes on this year's Argentine apple and pear season.

March 10 , 2014

Argentina stays firm in pomegranate development

Marcelo Scarafia discusses Argentina's punt at new pomegranate markets like Brazil and the U.S.

March 10 , 2014

France: €2M worth of cocaine found in Dominican banana shipment

Cocaine was hidden in the walls of banana boxes in a recent drug bust outside of Paris.

March 07 , 2014

Opinion: provisional attachment to ensure fruit exporter payment

Jan van de Ven discusses a tool exporters can use in the Netherlands to protect European payment rights.

March 07 , 2014

Spanish cooperatives sign University of Florida blueberry deal

The University of Florida will act with the full force of the law if Spanish blueberry growers don't comply with IP laws for its varieties.

March 07 , 2014

Revenue spike for Capespan Group in 2013

South African multinational Capespan Group raised its fruit volumes for the first time in six years in 2013.

March 07 , 2014

NZ: improved conditions for Coromandel kiwifruit

New Zealand's Coromandel Peninsula is showing signs of recovery for its kiwifruit industry.

March 07 , 2014

China on the cards for Belgian biological control company

Belgium's Biobest hopes to bring its "flying doctor" bumblebees and other organic products to Chinese growers.

March 06 , 2014

2014 could be biggest campaign yet for South African avocados

Mark Baker looks back on the 2013 South African avocado season and efforts made for market access in the U.S. and Japan.

March 06 , 2014