The “Big Cold Room” on the Farm: A New Helper to Keep Fruit Fresh
When you walk into the Farm across Americas, you will see fresh blueberries, avocados and mangoes still with morning dew on them. They do not go straight to trucks like old days. Instead, they are sent into a few big, bright walk-in cold room. Many visitors to the farm ask: What is the secret of these “big cool rooms” that can keep fruit fresh for so long? Today, we will talk about the walk-in cold storage made for fruit, and how it works as a hidden guard for good fruit quality on farms.
Old Storage Problems: Fruit Goes Bad in 2 Days in Hot Weather
Most people only know to put fruit in home fridges to keep it fresh. But small home fridges can never hold tons of fruit from a big farm. In old normal storage rooms, freshly picked fruit breathes fast. In places like California in North America, or tropical farms in Central and South America where temperature often hits over 30℃, blueberries will turn soft in 2 days, and avocados will go bad in 3 days. A lot of fruit can not even reach buyers in North America or Europe before it rots. This is the big problem that made many farms earn little even when they have a good harvest. The walk-in cold storage on Water Farm is made just to fix this issue.
Big Space You Can Walk Into: Key Good Points for Farm Storage
Different from small fridges, the biggest feature of walk-in cold room is its large space that people can walk right in. Its size can be as small as 10 cubic meters, or as big as over 100 cubic meters. It can easily hold boxes and baskets of fruit in big amounts. Workers can push their carts right inside, no need to bend over again and again to move fruit like they do with small fridges. This saves a lot of time for the farm. For different fruit from different parts of Americas, this cold storage can set the right temperature and wetness easily. For cherries picked in Washington, North America, you can keep it at 0-2℃, with 90%-95% wetness, to slow down the fruit’s growth. For late harvest mangoes from Mexico, you can set it at -0.5-0.5℃, to keep the sweet and soft taste. Even for soft berries from Central and South America that do not like cold, you can change the settings to keep them safe. It works for almost all kinds of fruit grown on Farm.
Sell at Better Time for More Money: Cold Storage Works as a Price Stabilizer
On Farms across Americas, the walk-in cold storage does more than just keep fruit fresh longer. In the old days, farms had to sell all their fruit in 48 hours after picking. If a storm comes and stops the ship from moving, or the market price drops when too much fruit comes out at the same time, farmers can only watch their fruit go bad. Now, the walk-in cold storage works like a “buffer pool”. Fresh fruit is cooled down right after picking, so cherries can stay good for 15 days instead of 2 days, and South American cherries can be stored for 3 more months. Farms can choose to sell their fruit later, when the market price is higher, and earn 30% more per pound. More importantly, with this good fresh-keeping ability, farms can send their fruit to far away markets, from local big shops in North America, to buyers across the Pacific and Atlantic. Even people thousands of miles away can get fresh fruit from Farm that tastes just picked.
Low Cost, High Return: A Must-Have for Big Fruit Farms
Many people ask: Is it hard to build a walk-in cold storage on the farm? The fact is, today’s fruit-focused walk-in cold room uses easy-to-set wall parts. It fits the power rules in North America, Central America and South America. You can set it up fast, and change its size later when your farm grows. Its low-noise machine will not disturb the fruit trees around. The power cost is less than 1 cent per pound of fruit, but it cuts the fruit loss from 30% down to 5%. For big farms across Americas, a right-sized walk-in cold storage is no longer an expensive extra thing. It is a necessary tool to build a good fruit brand, and make steady money for long term.
Keep the Fresh Taste From Trees: A Key Link Between Farms and Global Buyers
When you stand in front of the walk-in cold storage on Water Farm, it is no longer just a few normal cool rooms. It is a stop that carries fresh fruit from trees in Americas to dinner tables all over the world. It is a helper that lets farmers no longer worry about bad weather or sudden price drops. If you run a fruit farm in Americas, and still lose money because fruit goes bad too fast, this right-sized walk-in cold storage is the best choice for you to keep all the fresh taste, and turn your good harvest into real money.
