Apples – PrimePro Case Study

Apples – PrimePro Case Study

Test Date: January 2009Tested materials: PrimePro® and high density polyethylene carton linersTested produce: Golden delicious applesCompany: Crane & CraneTesting Method:Two boxes of apples were packed in PrimePro® carton liners on October 27, 2008. Two additional...

Mushroom supplies tight in busy time of year

Mushroom supplies tight in busy time of year Mushroom suppliers are in the midst of their busiest time of the year. Demand is high and supplies are barely keeping up, resulting in a rather active market. Growers say this is a typical pattern every year as the fall...

OVERVIEW GLOBAL BLUEBERRY MARKET

The harvest is slowly moving northwards. In the US, California is closing the season to make way for the north western states. In Europe, there is an overlap between the south and the north. Due to good weather in the north, the harvest has started early, while in the...

US (NY): 475,000 sq.ft. hydroponic greenhouse nears groundbreaking

Construction should begin this spring on a large hydroponic greenhouse at Eastman Business Park where organic leafy greens will be grown year-round. Clearwater Organic Farms’ ground-breaking is tentatively set for April, nearly a year later than originally...

Canadian exporters comment on CPTPP agreement

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) announced that an agreement was reached on the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The deal was reached yesterday, January 23. Eleven countries are set to sign as the US withdrew from TPP a...

Fresh microgreens aren’t just pretty, they’re healthy too

“Fresh microgreens aren’t just pretty, they’re healthy too” “We instinctively know that eating micro-leaves has to be good for us”, says Yael Mandel of 2BFresh. This Israeli company, which is a subsidiary of Teshuva Agricultural Projects Ltd. (TAP),...

Spain: Technology to extend strawberry shelf life by 40%

Grufesa, a Moguer-based producer and marketer of berries, and the company AMC Chemical are behind the project “Development of a new integral technology based on different bioefectors to extend the shelf life of strawberries” (IDI-20160667), funded by the...
Arizona’s warm winter speeding up crop production

Arizona’s warm winter speeding up crop production

Spring has arrived early in Arizona. Either that, or perhaps winter never happened. This is what growers have observed in recent weeks as unseasonably warm temperatures persist over the state. As a result, many crops are in high production as sunshine and warm...