The new apple board members are Steve Balderston, Bryan Bixby, Jeff Colombini and Barry Winkel who fill the vacancies left by four retiring members. Balderston is from Colora Orchards Maryland, Bixby and Winkel are both from Michigan and Colombini is a California grower of apples, cherries, wine grapes and walnuts.
They take up their posts on the board alongside its 20 existing trustee members.
The Dutch organic company is introducing Fairtrade certification for its Kenyan avocados, as it looks to help growers build economic and ecological resilience
UK government postpones start of physical checks on EU food imports for sixth time to avoid “serious disruption” at the border, according to report
The facility has 24 ripening cells on two levels and two packaging lines with a capacity of 45 trays per minute
Peter Shakespeare of Certis Belchim UK explains that growers must think carefully about how to integrate biorational controls in their IPM programmes as synthetic products continue to be banned
The union says Morrisons’ logistics workers in Cheshire and Wakefield could strike over pensions, leaving store shelves empty
Tim O’Malley, group managing director of UK grower-importer Nationwide Produce, highlights the current weather challenges facing the fresh produce industry
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