Titan Farms partners with Verdant Technologies to extend freshness

South Carolina-based Titan Farms is partnering with Verdant Technologies.

The partnership will bring the post-harvest solution HarvestHold Fresh to the peach industry, according to a news release.

With more than 6,000 acres, Titan Farms is the country's second-largest vertically integrated peach operation, the company said in the release. Titan Farms plans to use HarvestHold Fresh to extend the quality, freshness and flavor of its peaches from harvest to consumption, according to the release.

“We are committed to innovation and providing the highest quality products to our customers,” Chalmers Carr, owner, president and CEO of Titan Farms, said in the release. “I am thrilled to work with Verdant Technologies to bring their HarvestHold Fresh solution to Titan Farms. This partnership will enable us to increase the shelf life and freshness of our peaches to customers while reducing waste throughout the supply chain.”

Titan Farms has worked with Verdant Technologies over the last two years, conducting large-scale trials to demonstrate the benefits of HarvestHold Fresh on peaches. Through that collaborative research, the company saw significant results in less fruit pressure drop in storage and transit between the control and treated groups, regardless of variety, the release said.

“Working together with Titan Farms, we’re helping set the bar for freshness and simplicity,” Gordon Robertson, CEO of Verdant Technologies, said in the release. “Titan Farms is an industry leader and we are honored to partner with them to help deliver high-quality peaches. This collaboration will have lasting effects on reducing shrink at retail and providing consumers with an improved peach eating experience. We are proud to be part of this effort and look forward to seeing the positive impacts this partnership will have throughout the industry.”

HarvestHold Fresh provides benefits to the entire produce value chain by significantly reducing waste, increasing grower and retail efficiency and helping ensure a fresher product for the end consumer, the release said.