Labor availability and rising costs are increasing the focus on automation in fresh produce packing operations, but attention is gradually extending beyond the performance of an individual packaging machine. Growers and packers are looking at labor requirements, product loss, weighing accuracy and how efficiently the entire line operates. “Finding and keeping good employees is a […]
Chipotle Mexican Grill has released “From Ground to Sound,” an original song recorded inside Abbey Road Studios’ Studio Two using instruments made entirely from vegetables. The composition was first featured in the final frames of Chipotle’s 100 Creators ads that premiered in August and will be used across selected Chipotle campaigns. Every note, beat, and […]
Moroccan fruit and vegetable packer and exporter AGCO is bouncing back after a tough season on both ends of its operations, sourcing and marketing. Barely out of a period of flooding in northern Morocco at the beginning of its season, the company, which specializes in the Gulf market, was hit by the war in the […]
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Syria’s mushroom sector is expanding beyond household cultivation, but high cultivation costs, marketing constraints, and the short shelf life of fresh mushrooms are limiting growth. White mushroom cultivation requires growing rooms equipped with cooling and systems controlling temperature, humidity, and ventilation. Growers often use prepared compost inoculated with mushroom spawn. Incubation takes place at 22 […]
The Giumarra Companies today announced it has signed a Marketeer Distributor Participation Agreement (the “Agreement”) with DiMuto, the Singapore-based agri-food technology company behind DiMutoClear and DiMutoPay. Under the Agreement, growers and suppliers within the Giumarra network will be able to digitize their trade documentation on the DiMuto platform and access working capital financing backed by […]
British Columbia’s 2026 cranberry harvest started earlier than in previous years, with growers reporting higher yields following pollination conditions in spring and a temperate summer across the province’s growing regions. Brian DeWit of Riverside Cranberry Farm in Langley expects his farm to harvest its largest crop to date. “We’ll probably have our largest crop to […]
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Leafy vegetable prices have surged at supermarkets across Japan following prolonged nationwide rainfall, with shoppers at a Shizuoka store expressing frustration on October 1, 2026. At the Tagoju Nishinakahara store in Shizuoka’s Suruga Ward, mizuna is priced at 376 yen including tax, while lettuce and cabbage each cost 322 yen per head. A quarter head […]