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.
Orlando, Fla.-based vertical farming company Kalera will open a facility in Honolulu, Hawaii in 2021.
A recent report on controlled-environment agriculture shows that greenhouse and vertical and indoor farm growers are overwhelmingly optimistic about 2021.
The Reusable Packaging Association begins 2021 with new executive committee members and additions to its board of directors.
StePac Ltd., Tefen, Israel, is seeing interest for its standing pouches for retail display grow.
With all eyes on the new administration’s priorities, and likely investments into combatting COVID-19 and the climate crisis, what science and technology trends that affect fresh produce will come to the forefront?
With the deadline to submit public comments looming, there is much to be commended in the Food and Drug Administration’s 199-page proposed Food Traceability rule (FSMA 204).
Denver-based ROXBOX Containers has launched a line of 100% off-grid solar infrastructure containers with Australian partners, Black Stump Technologies.
Robotic kiosks that provide automated and contactless dispensing of groceries for consumers are being sustainably refrigerated by Carrier Transicold NaturaLINE units, according to a news release.
Sonny Perdue, former U.S. Agriculture Secretary and governor of Georgia, will join vertical farming company Kalera’s board of directors.
Hazel Technologies, Inc. announces the launch of the first-ever virtual Cherry Quality Summit.
Greenhouses, vertical farms and hybrid systems continue to attract investment at a much greater scale than in previous decades.
Irvine, Calif.-based Western Growers has a goal of automating 50% of harvest within 10 years, and is spearheading a Global Harvest Automation Initiative make it happen across the fresh produce industry.
Unfold, a firm handling seed genetics, crop growing and agronomic expertise for vertical farming, welcomes Minos Athanassiadis as a company advisor and breaks ground on R&D vertical farm facility in Davis, Calif.
Interko unveils its pioneering Containerised Ripening Room following five years of research and development in partnership with multi-national tropical fruit importer-marketer Fyffes.
One of the many education events that took place at Canadian Produce Marketing Association’s 2021 Fresh Week was the webinar Emerging Technologies: The Roaring 20s.
Part 2 of Aidan Mouat, CEO and co-founder of Hazel Technologies Inc., on finalizing a $70 million Series C financing round.
Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Apeel acquired ImpactVision, enabling the company to quantify fresh produce quality from the inside-out, which can optimize global food supply chains.
ZAG Technical Services, Inc. has launched a new supply chain risk assessment and management program aimed at providing agribusinesses with visibility into the cybersecurity risks that can affect their business.
So. Much. News. Newark, N.J.-based indoor vertical greens grower and agtech company AeroFarms is bursting with positive changes, which reflect what’s happening overall in controlled environment agriculture.
Aidan Mouat, CEO and co-founder of Hazel Technologies Inc., on finalizing a $70 million Series C financing round, which will bring the company’s cumulative total raised to over $87 million.
The Produce Marketing Association and the International Federation for Produce Standards have gone to bat for PLU stickers as environmental groups and some legislation target them for elimination.
Gulftech International™ and Verdant Technologies™ announce a definitive agreement in which Gulftech will acquire Verdant.
Morehead, Ky.-based AppHarvest Inc. started building two new high-tech indoor farms: A berry farm in Somerset, Ky., and a leafy greens farm Morehead, Ky.
Netherlands-based PerfoTec has found an improved approach to modified atmosphere packaging technology, according to the company.
Irvington, N.Y.-based BrightFarms is forming BrightLabs, an innovation and research lab at its Ohio growing facility, as well as launching a new lettuce product.
Newark, N.J.-based AeroFarms, a Certified B Corporation and indoor vertical greens grower, has started building AeroFarms AgX Ltd., its wholly owned subsidiary, in Abu Dhabi of the United Arab Emirates.
IFCO, the biggest global operator of reusable plastic containers for fresh food packaging, has begun a long-term initiative to add track and trace technology to its RPCs.
Rockingham, Va.-based Shenandoah Growers Inc. hired Tessa Pocock as chief science officer following the transition of Robert Hoffman to chief science officer emiritus.
AgroFresh Solutions, Inc. announced an exclusive global licensing agreement with Know Hub Chile to test and potentially commercialize patent-pending technology for superficial scald control in apples and pears.