Fresh Produce Technology
Technology drives growth and efficiency in the fresh produce industry by optimizing the entire supply chain. Robotics and autonomous harvesters help growers overcome labor shortages, while digital tools and IoT sensors enhance food safety through real-time traceability. AI-driven analytics extend shelf life and minimize waste by maintaining optimal environments for perishable goods. Explore how these innovations are transforming the fresh produce industry for a more sustainable future.
HMC Farms has recently upgraded its grape wash line at its Kingsburg, Calif., facility.
Optimism reigns for many growers in controlled-environment agriculture, a new survey says.
RLS Logistics, Newfield, N.J., has a new website highlighting the company’s full-spectrum supply chain management capabilities.
West Pak Avocado has made changes to facilities to ensure they have the latest technology, while taking precautions for worker safety during the pandemic.
Santa Barbara,Calif.-based Apeel Sciences has announced $250 million in new financing, and endorsements from Oprah Winfrey and Katy Perry. The financial boosts brings the company’s valuation to more than $1 billion.
D’Arrigo Bros. of California, Salinas, has implemented touch-screen shipping kiosks at its shipping facility to improve efficiencies
Israel-based technology company ClariFruit is helping growers better classify fruit quality before it is packed and distributed, and company president Elad Mardix said the savings could be huge.
Growers with New Zealand kiwifruit marketer Zespri International will be using a new product from Hazel Technologies to improve production.
The Packer and Farm Journal are presenting two free web seminars on technology and how it can solve problems from traceability to food waste and supply chain visibility.
The success of United Fresh 2020 LIVE! laid the groundwork for United Fresh to use that virtual platform as United Fresh LIVE! 365, touted as a year-round online marketplace and educational resource.
A Mexican table grape grower-shipper has reported successful results shipping to Asia when using shelf-life extending sachets from Hazel Technologies, Chicago.
June online grocery sales jumped 9% compared with May, according to a survey from Brick Meets Click/Mercatus.
Terphane has films that use a process that avoid chemical solvent coatings to provide antifogging of produce containers, allowing a heat-sealed package that shows the product clearly even when there’s condensation.
ProSeal America, Richmond, Va., has a new tray positioning system that eliminates the trial and error usually associated with establishing the spacing of trays in the sealing process.
The Packer’s Tom Karst visited July 28 with Ann Beaulieu, vice president and director of research & development and regulatory affairs at AgroFresh and Fernando Edagi, commercial technical manager for the company.
Chicago-based Hazel Technologies has partnered with New Zealand rural supplies cooperative Farmlands to provide Hazel Trex technology to kiwifruit growers.
The corporate headquarters of California Giant Berry Farms, Watsonville, Calif., has received Gold under the TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste certification program.
The United Fresh Produce Association has a web seminar to demonstrate its plans for United Fresh LIVE! 365.
Smurfit Kappa’s Colombia division has an alliance with the World Wildlife Fund Colombia to highlight forest conservation projects.
The burgeoning online delivery channel is leaving a considerable impact on packaging styles and materials, marketers say.
Berry company Sun Belle Inc. is acquiring CoolHouse Distribution Center LLC, in Laredo, Texas.
Germany’s Edeka Group is offering citrus and avocados treated by Apeel Science’s plant-derived technology in more than 11,000 Edeka and Netto stores throughout Germany.
Two events — the Global Cherry Summit and the Agricultural Water Summit — have been postponed until April in Chile because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tropical fruit shippers Seasons Farm Fresh and AMR Agro recently completed tests of Hazel Technologies products on their products during shipping and have reported successful results.
Triangle Package Machinery Co., Chicago, has hired Jeffrey Schuch as regional sales manager in the Southeast Region.
Produce industry associations are revisiting presentations from the 2020 Center for Produce Safety Virtual Research Symposium.
Dan Andrews Farms, a Bakersfield, Calif., melon grower, has completed a program testing Hazel Technologies’ shelf life extending product on exported honeydew melons.
Giro Pack Inc. has hired Joseph Clemens in sales as a territory account manager.
Duncan Family Farms, Goodyear, Ariz., has installed an irrigation treatment system that’s highly effective, controllable and transportable.
NiceLabel, Wauwatosa, Wis., a developer of label software and label management systems, has been named in SupplyChainBrain’s 100 Great Supply Chain Partners.