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HMI has exhibited at fresh-cut shows for a quarter century

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Reyco’s UV-C decontamination drum

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Key Technology on the show floor

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Final Thoughts

The Global Conference on Produce Sustainability will wrap up soon, and following evening reception the attendees will head back to their respective places of business.This United Fresh offered so many great opportunities to learn new things about the industry - whether through the educational sessions, general sessions or conference. I hope you'll take what you learned back and use it to innovate your business.The mood at this show was upbeat - it appears that people are starting to come out of the economic funk that has been going around, and that's a good sign for buyers and processors.I'd like to thank the sponsors of the Fresh Cut blog and Twitter feed - Key Technology, Northern Star Engineered Products, Jarvis, Reyco, Heinzen Manufacturing International and FTNON USA. I had the chance to meet with them all to see their new products, and I hope you did……  » Read more

Transportation Sustainability

The last breakout session of the Global Conference for Produce Sustainability featured speakers from three produce shippers - Sysco, CH Robinson and OK Produce. Each approach sustainability a little differently, but the end result is eliminating greenhouse gas emissions and reducing costs.Brady Matoian from OK Produce had an interesting story to tell. He's the CEO of the company now, but he's third generation and before he came on the business was conservative and risk-averse. But Brady, who calls himself a hippie, wanted to clean up and green the company. In 2002, a solar roof was installed that generates 238 kWp and will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1,800 tons over 30 years. The company had never recycled, either, but with Brady's leadership has reduced the amount of garbage sent to landfills by 94 percent. He's also upgraded vehicles. The sales fleet is made up of……  » Read more