AgroFresh, a large player in the post-harvest segment, has been in the business of helping prevent food waste since the 1990s. According to CEO Clint Lewis, the Philadelphia-based company has been really focusing on innovation in recent years, rolling out new solutions, applications and digital technologies to help keep produce moving during the pandemic, allowing fruits and vegetables like bananas and avocados to remain available to consumers year-round.
Company products include a new line of plant-based, edible coatings called VitaFresh Botanicals, which act like a second skin for produce. “If you have avocados going from Peru to Europe, VitaFresh Botanicals really provides an extra barrier to protect and save moisture,” Lewis says.
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Then there is FreshCloud, a cloud-based platform that provides real-time, actionable insights to farmers and others along the supply chain. They can use it to understand harvest timing, for instance, and track the quality of fruit and produce that’s being stored. FreshCloud Quality Inspection was recently adopted by Starr Ranch Growers, a leading Washington produce grower, packer and shipper.
Source: forbes.com
