Freshplaza.com Global Fruit and Vegetable Industry News Network

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Freshplaza.com is the daily pulse of the global fruit and vegetable trade. Since launching in 2005 from a small editorial office in the Dutch produce hub of Barendrecht, the platform has grown into a seven-language network that reaches 320,000 verified subscribers in more than 90 countries. Every weekday at 06:00 CET a concise newsletter drops into inboxes from Fresno to Shenzhen, summarizing overnight price swings, varietal trials, container shortages and phytosanitary rule changes that can reroute millions of cartons before lunch. The homepage refreshes up to 20 times per day with short, industry-coded articles: a 120-word flash on Egyptian strawberry acreage shifting to raspberries, a 250-word interview with a Peruvian mango exporter who switched to sea-freight to cut carbon, and a 400-word analysis of why Italian pear stocks are 18 % lower than the five-year average. Each story tags origin, destination, variety and Incoterms so traders can filter news that affects only their lanes. A proprietary price module graphs FOB quotes for 52 commodities think Mexican avocados, South African citrus or Dutch greenhouse lettuce updated by a network of 650 local spot reporters who email photos of auction clocks and wholesale whiteboards. Beyond breaking news, Freshplaza hosts weekly “Market Insight” webinars where retailers such as Tesco and Carrefour reveal upcoming varietal tenders, giving growers lead time to adjust acreage. The annual Global Berry Congress and Asia Fruit Congress, organized by the same parent group, feed exclusive speaker content back onto the site, keeping subscribers ahead of consumer trends like snack-size cucumbers or carbon-labeled apples. Sponsored posts are clearly marked “Partner Content” and never appear in the paid newsletter, preserving trust. An archive of 65,000 articles, searchable by commodity, country or season, acts as a living almanac used by banks to forecast collateral values and by breeders to time variety launches. Mobile apps offline the last 48 hours of stories for inspectors in cold-store zones with poor Wi-Fi, ensuring field officers can still verify pallet temperatures against the latest import protocol. From seed to shelf, Freshplaza remains the essential, ad-light tool that keeps the fresh produce supply chain transparent, profitable and moving 24 hours a day.