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Actually there's a cool startup my friend runs called Stella. There are warehouses the size of Shea Stadium filled with apples and totally sealed off in control
by calvinmorrison 2y ago
Actually there's a cool startup my friend runs called Stella. There are warehouses the size of Shea Stadium filled with apples and totally sealed off in controlled air environments. Low oxygen etc .
His team builds IoT hardware sensors to detect "ripening" chemicals and report them back to the producers to reduce waste. The trick is to get the apples to market at just the right time
- azubinski 2y agoCA (controlled atmosphere) is relatively old multidisciplinary science, practice and huge businesses today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_atmosphere https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_atmosphere And, yes, thanks to CA fruits and vegetables are really fresh at shelves, because a CA is about controlling of natural processes of ripening. Till CA adoption USA imported about 90% apples out of season. Now less than 5% only. It's one of the greatest invention and applied science over the past 100 years.
- calvinmorrison 2y agoExactly! Cold supply is very cool
- tome 2y agoWow, this is very interesting! Thanks for sharing. I've never heard of controlled atmosphere before but it makes sense. I always wondered how so much produce could always ben in a fresh state.