avocados

Ultra-avocado shoppers make significant impact on category

MISSION VIEJO, CA – Understanding fresh avocado shoppers and their purchase behaviors help marketers and retailers create strategies that drive...

3 years ago 4 minute read

Colombia rises to sixth largest avocado exporter

Colombian avocado shipments totaled 96,903 tons valued at $205 million in 2021, reflecting an increase of 26 percent in volume...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Westfalia Fruit USA makes debut at Southern Exposure

Oxnard, Calif. – Westfalia Fruit USA BB #:300553, the market leader in growing, ripening, handling and distribution of quality avocados,...

3 years ago 3 minute read

ProduceIQ: War in Ukraine impacts fresh produce markets

Our prayers of support go out to the Ukrainian people as they defend against the unjust Russian invasion. If you’d...

3 years ago 6 minute read

Westfalia Fruit to use AgroFresh to cut food waste in avocados

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a global AgTech leader in produce freshness solutions devoted to...

3 years ago 4 minute read

APEAM security plan helps restore Mexican avocado exports to U.S.

URUAPAN, Michoacán, Feb. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The Association of Avocado Exporting Producers and Packers of Mexico (APEAM), announced that...

3 years ago 3 minute read

Tova Farms raises $1MM in seed funding for mysterious avocado deal

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 18. 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Tova Farms, a commercial agricultural firm specializing in avocado, came out of stealth...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Mexican avocado imports to U.S. resume

WASHINGTON, February 18, 2022 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced today...

3 years ago 2 minute read

IFPA gives Mexico avocado update

Statement by International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962: Mexico Avocado Update IFPA has shared the following update from Robert Guenther,...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Mexican government prioritizes security in avocado export talks

The Association of Avocado Exporting Producers and Packers of Mexico (APEAM) is actively working with the USDA-APHIS, Mexican Secretary of...

3 years ago 1 minute read

Calavo announces promotion, retirement in sales department

SANTA PAULA, Calif., February 15, 2022 — Calavo Growers, Inc. BB #:113203 a global leader in the avocado and value-added...

3 years ago 2 minute read

USDA, Mexican officials working to reopen avocado exports

USDA and Mexican agriculture officials have been working together in Washington, D.C., and Mexico to lift the suspension of Mexican...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Mexican president questions motivation behind avocado ban

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said in a press conference Monday that the U.S. suspension of avocado shipments from...

3 years ago 2 minute read

Avocado supply steady during peak Dominican Republic season

Miami, FL — Over the weekend, the U.S. government suspended avocado imports from Mexico “…until further notice,” but retailers, consumers...

3 years ago 4 minute read

The avocado moratorium and the hybrid regime

I apparently made a misstatement in yesterday’s column. I referred to Mexico as “a full-blown democracy.” It turns out that...

3 years ago 4 minute read

ProduceIQ: U.S. avocado suspension may undermine Super Bowl lift

Last weekend the U.S. government suspended the import of all Mexican avocados “until further notice” after a U.S. plant safety...

3 years ago 4 minute read

U.S. suspends Mexican avocado imports

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has paused inspections of avocados in Michoacán, Mexico, so shipments of the fruit...

3 years ago 4 minute read

The avocado suspension and the language of actions

We’ve all heard that actions speak louder than words. So it’s essential to understand the language of actions. In this...

3 years ago 3 minute read

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