Over the past few years, so-called ugly fruit and vegetables have been gaining a host of admirers.
Now, Wal-Mart has officially joined the bandwagon. Starting this week, America's largest grocer says it is piloting sales of weather-dented apples at a discount in 300 of its stores in Florida. If this were one of those Hollywood movies where the mousy girl gets a dramatic makeover, this would probably be the scene where she gets asked to the prom (minus the sexist subtext).
Cecelia Packing is ready to ring in the New Year with their highly anticipated Sky Valley Heirloom Navel Oranges season! The limited offering of this premium citrus will begin shipping next week, and is expected to last into March.
According to the Labour Paper, Shanghai has officially entered the winter period as temperatures suddenly drop, yet the market for winter fruits is flourishing. The winter cherries exported from the Southern Hemisphere have just entered the market and their price is on the same level as last year.
The majority of apple growers will remember 2017 as catastrophic and horrible. In some growing areas of Germany, yields fell by more than 50 percent compared to the previous year's yields. Due to the scarce supply of goods, the prices generally go in the direction of 1 euro per kg. That is double last year’s average price. The question is therefore not only how long the available quantities will be sufficient, but whether the customers will not switch to overseas goods.
Recent rain and cooler weather in the Mexico growing regions have slowed down the production of blackberries. The weather has also affected the supply of strawberries, which suppliers say is contributing to a slowdown of blackberry shipments in recent weeks.
Although bad weather has resulted in lower grape harvests in Europe and Turkey, the good harvests in China and India have compensated for these losses. On a global scale, production remains stable at 22.7 million tonnes. Because demand continues to rise globally, export volumes of countries including India, Peru and Turkey also rise. The import will mostly rise because Russia lifted the boycott on Turkish products.
