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Peel Potential: Banana Peels make Excellent Water Purifying ...

Finally, the peel gets acknowledged instead of being tossed aside! Gustavo Castro and his colleagues from Instituto de Biociencias de Botucatu, Brazil, have developed a water purification system based on banana peels, with no other comple [...]

Posted On : Sep, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

5 Foods That Have More Potassium Than A Banana

By now, you’ve probably heard that we’re likely losing the banana as we know it. Jezebel had the story recently, but it’s been making the rounds for years. And while you may have written it off as being an urban legend, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2011 | Comments : 0

USDA Expands Export Opportunities for American Cherry Produc...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that after 10 years of negotiations, U.S. cherries can now be exported to Western Australia, making cherries the first U.S. fresh fruit to gain access to that market. The market opening p [...]

Posted On : Sep, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Small shelf life hurts mango exports from Pakistan

Pakistani mango is one of the best in taste, but fetches lowest prices in the export market because the quality of fruit deteriorates before it reaches retail counters. “While there is a great international demand for Pakistani m [...]

Posted On : Aug, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Mango exporters meet Japan quality standards

Mango is being processed in a vapour heat treatment plant provided by Japan years ago in 1981. Owing to non-utilisation earlier, the plant had stopped working but fruit traders in collaboration with state-run Trade Development Authority s [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Fruit ripener poses no danger: Experts

A chemical that ripens fruits and vegetables does no harm to human health, experts said following recent reports about a ripener used in several provinces. "There is no problem with using ethephon to ripen fruits. This plant growt [...]

Posted On : Jul, 20 2011 | Comments : 0

New Report Shows Pesticides Found Throughout Produce — USDA ...

The USDA recently released their annual report on the presence of pesticide residue in food commodities, and the study produced a harvest of mixed results, so to speak. The report was quick to point out that the overwhelming majority (99. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Apple growers accuse Biosecurity Australia of 'surrendering'...

Australia will allow New Zealand apples into the country under minimal restrictions. Biosecurity Australia has released revised protocols to allow the apple imports after losing a World Trade Organisation case last year. Chairman of Ap [...]

Posted On : May, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Weekly Market Report - Dry Fruits

Dry Fruits: Wholesale dry fruits prices surged in the national capital during the past week largely on the back of fresh buying by stockists and retailers, buoyed by rising domestic demand due to the "Navratras" festival. Furth [...]

Posted On : Apr, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Vegetable, fruit rates likely to surge on POL price hike

In the wake of latest increase in prices of diesel and petroleum related products announced by the government, prices of all kinds of vegetables and fruits are likely to witness hike ranging from 25 to 30 percent. The unjustified up [...]

Posted On : Apr, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Greener Auto Plastics are Possible With Bananas, Pineapples

First, researchers from the University of Warwick developed a race car made from potatoes, carrots and chocolate. Now Brazilian scientists have found a way to turn fibers from pineapples, bananas, coconut shells and other plants into pla [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Seedless cherimoyas poised to be the 'next banana'

If you haven’t tasted a cherimoya before, you might soon get acquainted with the fruit because, according to scientists, it’s poised to become the “next banana.” It’s the fruit that Mark Twain once call [...]

Posted On : Mar, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Turkey's Antalya a rising star in fresh produce exports

The Mediterranean province of Antalya, Turkey’s leading tourism destination, has been climbing in the agriculture rankings for years and is now one of the sector’s shining stars. In 2010, the city broke the $1 billion mark in [...]

Posted On : Mar, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

The Dekopon arrives in California

I still remember the first time I tasted the legendary fruit the Dekopon. Think of a huge mandarin, easy to peel and seedless, with firm flesh that melts in the mouth, an intense sweetness balanced by refreshing acidity, and a complex, l [...]