First launched in Brisbane’s Post Office Square in June, more Smart Banana vending machines have since been placed at the Royal Brisbane Hospital and the Roma Street Transit Centre. MacKays Produce Solutions marketing spokesman Mike Evans said he had helped design the concept alongside North Queensland (Tully) banana farmers DanielContinue Reading
A researcher at the National Institute for Forestry, Agriculture and Livestock (INIFAP) Mirafuentes Felipe Hernandez, adding that the new hybrid is already assessed in Yucatan, Campeche, Tabasco and Michoacán. He explained that to create a new genotivo seven selfings required from parents to achieve homogenization “and once so, itContinue Reading
Peruvian exports of fruit totaled US$ 702 million between January and August 2013, a 15.2 percent increase over the same period last year, according to Exporters Association (Adex). According to figures from Business Intelligence System Adex Data Trade, the amount recorded was due to a rise in demand from the NetherlandsContinue Reading
Paul Gonzalez, a banana leader, deems it necessary that the price of bananas increases, after taking into account several factors, mainly about production. Gonzalez said that he had met with other banana leaders several days ago and that they had discussed various points to ask for an increase inContinue Reading
The United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization finalized an agreement Friday to collaborate with the world’s largest body of small food producers, La Via Campesina. “The agreement marks a milestone in the relationship between FAO and civil society organizations, as La Via Campesina is the movement that brings together theContinue Reading
A European study analyzes the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of mortality. As previous research has already suggested, this study concludes that fruit and vegetable consumption reduces all-cause mortality, and especially cardiovascular disease mortality. The benefits of fruit and vegetable consumption are not a new discovery.Continue Reading
The Port makes its mark drawing thousands to its community wide Banana Festival, A Celebration of a Diverse Working Port on September 28th. Port President, Commissioner Jason Hodge noted, “We are most pleased so many people came to the Port to celebrate our community’s gateway to the world. WeContinue Reading
Source: Business World Online Small banana farmers will earn more if they shift from aerial to manual or ground spraying, according to a study commissioned by environmental group Interface Development Interventions, Inc. (IDIS). The unpublished study, “Financial Assessment of Shifting from Aerial to Ground Spray in Banana Plantations inContinue Reading
Source: GMA News Fruit grower and canner Del Monte Pacific Limited is going full blast into fresh pineapple exports, expanding its core business of selling processed products under the Del Monte brand, company officials said Monday. “What we are promoting is fresh pineapple… It’s better than the processed pineapple,”Continue Reading
Source: Science Daily Parasitic wasps switch off the immune systems of fruit flies by draining calcium from the flies’ blood cells, a finding that offers new insight into how pathogens break through a host’s defenses. “We believe that we have discovered an important component of cellular immunity, one thatContinue Reading
Source: LA Times On the night of May 13 a documentary called “The Fruit Hunters” premiered at the Laemmle Monica 4. The fascinating (and taste-tempting) film was directed by Yung Chang and features actor Bill Pullman, who has been cultivating a vertical orchard at his home in the Hollywood Hills for nearly 20 years.Continue Reading
Source: Manila Bulletin Now that the rains are just around the corner, prepare your fruit tree planting materials. In doing so, don’t just get any available seedling. Fruit trees take several years before they bear fruit so it is important that what you plant are the varieties with superiorContinue Reading
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