AgroFresh Launches FreshCloud Storage Insights

September 24, 2018 AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.

Produce growers and packers now have increased visibility to monitor produce in storage thanks to AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.'s FreshCloud™ Storage Insights powered by AdvanStore™ technology.

Pace International’s ecoFOG Receives Sustainability Recognition

September 24, 2018 Pace International

Recognizing its significant contribution to global food waste reduction efforts, Pace International’s ecoFOG® technology has been honored with “Sumika Sustainable Solutions”, status by the company’s parent, Sumitomo Chemical Company (SCC). The award was presented by SCC’s President, Mr. Masakazu Tokura at a September 5, 2018 ceremony in New York.

80 Acres Farms To Open First Fully-Automated Indoor Farm In The United States

September 24, 2018 80 Acres Farms

80 Acres Farms, a fast-growing Cincinnati-based firm in the indoor vertical farming industry, announced it is building in Hamilton the first fully-automated indoor farm in the U.S.

Certain Greenbelt Microgreens Brand Microgreens Recalled Due To Listeria Monocytogenes

The food recall warning issued on August 22, 2018 has been updated to include additional product information. This additional information was identified during the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's (CFIA) food safety investigation.

Cornell Professor Miguel Gómez Reveals How Omni-Channel Retailing Creates Challenges And Opportunities For The Produce Supply Chain. Exclusive Presentation At The Amsterdam Produce Summit This November

September 24, 2018 Jim Prevor's Perishable Pundit

This year The Amsterdam Produce Summit is calling for a new generation of visionaries — thought- and practice-leaders both — who are able to look beyond the short term and, instead, position themselves, their organizations and their businesses for success in the brave new world of an omni-channel future. One of the presenters at the Summit, on November 13, will bring the substantial research resources of Cornell University to Amsterdam. We asked Pundit Investigator and Special Projects Editor Mira Slott to get us a “sneak preview” of professor Miguel Gómez’s presentation.