October 13th, 2011 
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Have a new produce item to introduce? New recipe, usage tips or would like to know more about your customer on a limited marketing budget? If you had a way of reaching 10 million people to give them that product message would you utilize it? That ‘IT’ is technology in various forms from social media […]
Posted in Featured, Fresh Fruit Portal, Imports, Technology 
Tags: Fresh Fruit Portal, Smartphone App, Southern Hemisphere 
No Comments » September 14th, 2011 admin As international trade in fruits and vegetables expands, consumers are benefiting from a wider variety of produce to choose from and year-round-supply due to increased trade between the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Among all the agricultural sectors, fruit and vegetable trade has expanded at a higher rate than other agricultural commodities, according to USDA statistics […]
Posted in Featured, Fresh Fruit Portal, Imports, Summer Fruit Tags: Chile, Fresh Fruit Portal, Southern Hemisphere No Comments » July 28th, 2011 admin 
Christopher Columbus put South America on the fruit export map in the 1400’s with the introduction of pineapples to Spain, while in the 19th century the continent’s first avocadoes were introduced in the U.S. Fast forward to 2011 and South America continues to play an important role in supplying the world, particularly the U.S., with […]
Posted in Featured, Food Safety, Fresh Fruit Portal, Imports, Summer Fruit Tags: Chile, Food Safety, Fresh Fruit Portal, Pesticides, Southern Hemisphere, USDA No Comments » June 11th, 2011 jgaglio 
As I have been conducting pre-season planning for summer import citrus, I noted in The Packer the trending growth of this category.
Posted in Featured, Imports, Summer Fruit Tags: Chile, Minneolas, Navels, Peru, Promotions, Southern Hemisphere No Comments »
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