Tag: melons

Super Starr International, Mexico’s premier papaya and melon grower, shipper and processor, has begun the transition to Winter Honeydew Melon season with availability beginning early January 2023.

After the successful launch of Solara, North America’s first commercial greenhouse grown melon in May 2022, Pure Flavor is set to unveil Alonna Canary Melons at the upcoming IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show in Orlando, October 27-29.

Things are heating up; unfortunately, we aren't referring to the demand for fresh produce. From Dallas, TX, to Coachella, CA, temperatures reached record highs over the weekend.

With an emphasis on driving innovation in new product development, leading greenhouse company Pure Flavor has launched the fresh produce industry’s first greenhouse grown melons, which will be branded under the Solara name.

Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc., one of the world’s leading vertically integrated producers, distributors and marketers of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, is currently harvesting a variety of melons including cantaloupe, honeydew, specialty Harper and Tara melons and watermelon just in time for prime melon season.

Fyffes has concluded its first community needs assessment in the surrounding communities of its melon farms in Choluteca, Honduras.

Current price losers include categories of berries, wet vegetables and lettuce. Blackberries led the decline, -22 percent, as Mexico continues to offer reliable supply.

Predictably, industry prices fell further. The downward trend will likely continue this week as demand remains low. We have a bit more time before the Thanksgiving pull typically impacts demand.

Prices have descended as production transitions South. Markets are expected to fall further the week before Halloween as new areas of production increase supply volume.

Hazel Technologies Inc., a USDA-funded technology company delivering new solutions for fresh produce to extend shelf-life, increase sales, and fight food waste, announces a completed melon export campaign with Dan Andrews Farms, grower of premium melons since 2007.