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.
The primary sector of tropical and sub-tropical countries is now booming and, alongside more traditional crops, the production of pomegranate and berry fruits is also strongly developing.
Robomart, the world’s first store-hailing platform today announces its official launch in West Hollywood, Calif.
The Kroger Co. and KNAPP announced their agreement to deploy, expand, and enhance the capabilities and capacity of the retailer’s existing Great Lakes Distribution Center in Delaware, Ohio.
Interroll’s powerful MultiControl, the world’s proven control solution for container conveying, can now also be used for automated pallet conveying.
Food Logistics has named Choptank Transport to its 2020 FL100+ Top Software and Technology Providers list.
Dole Food Co. is adding 500 Star Cool reefer units from Maersk Container for shipping fruit.
Hazel Technologies Inc., Chicago, has a new product, Hazel Root, that’s designed to protect the quality of potatoes in storage by preventing sprouting.
Orlando, Fla.-based vertical farming company Kalera said it will begin construction on a facility in the Columbus, Ohio area, set to open in 2021. The facility will generate about 65 jobs, according to a news release.
Nature Fresh Farms pledges to reduce freight transportation-related emissions by becoming a member of SmartWay.
Seattle-based RipeLocker, a company that specializes in extending the shelf life of perishables, recently completed a test in which organic blueberries were stored in one of its containers for eight weeks.
Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms won a BIG Innovation Award in the technology category, presented by Business Intelligence Group.
Mann Packing Co. Inc. has opened a 130,000-square-foot fresh-cut facility in Gonzales, Calif.
While political and economic reverberations of the pandemic will rattle the globe for decades to come, how successfully humanity comes out of this pandemic will affect not just health of populations and economies.
Calif.-based Flavor Wave has started operating in Doral, Fla. with Mac Edwards Produce Wholesale, according to Patrick Kelly, spokesman.
Oppy is set to conduct two independent trials exploring the viability of new technologies that aim to further advance strawberry production practices by offering solutions to persistent issues faced by the industry.
There’s a new leader in tech at vertical, indoor grower based in New York City, and they got him after Google had him.
Oxnard, Calif.-based Mission Produce is launching a podcast on Feb. 25.
The Packer’s Northeast editor, Amy Sowder, goes on a virtual tour with Marc Oshima, cofounder and chief marketing officer of Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms at one of their largest U.S. commercial indoor, vertical farms.
South Bend, Ind.-based Pure Green Farms is now producing and distributing four new leafy green varieties to select Kroger stores, according to a news release.
Peruvian produce marketer Camposol will use Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.'s VitaFresh Botanicals plant-based, edible coatings to extend shelf life for ripened avocados bound for export markets.
These social media posts from the produce industry tapped us on the shoulder and said, “Hey, look at me.”
Seeking to deliver functional foods, St. Louis, Mo.-based food tech company Benson Hill has announced the launch of its Ingredient and Fresh business segments.
New York-based Square Roots has announced its newest indoor farm in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Here’s what we saw this week from the fresh produce industry on these five major social media platforms.
Carbon Robotics, an autonomous robotics company, has unveiled its third-generation autonomous weed elimination robots.
Chicago-based Hazel Technologies Inc. announces a partnership with Caldwell, ID-based Symms Fruit Ranch, one of the nation’s longest-operating and largest growers of apples, peaches, cherries and other fresh produce.
RightHand Robotics, a leader in data-driven, autonomous robotic picking solutions for order fulfillment, is pleased to announce the opening of its RightPickTM Center Europe in Nürnberg,
OnePointOne and Sakata Seed America announced today a game-changing collaboration in the acceleration of vertical farming.
Hazel Technologies, Inc. has announced the launch of its upcoming virtual Grape Quality Summit.
BrightFarms, Irvington, N.Y., was named in Fast Company magazine’s list, World Changing Ideas.