If you think that
planting and harvesting your produce is the hardest part, well you’re
mistaken. Packaging and
transporting is far more difficult and considered the most crucial stage of
your business.
Increase your
sales by keeping your fruits and vegetables green and fresh. Packaging plays a vital role in maintaining the freshness of
your produce. There are different
ways on how you can package your goods and maintain its original state for a
few days. A produce undergoes different stages as well, which cand determine
the type of packaging that will suit the environment. Here are different types of packaging materials for
different types of stages:
1. Sealed Cartons/Corrugated Boxes – This
type of packaging is used primarily when transporting your harvest. It provides better resistance to
damages when manually handling the produce during transportation to
markets. It also protects the
fruits from scratching each other and damaging the skin to keep it looking
fresh in the market.
2. Vacuum Packaging – This is usually the
standard packaging when fruits and vegetables are already displayed in
supermarkets and grocery stores.
This will lengthen the shelf life of the goods by reducing the level of
both oxygen and nitrogen in the package.
Some films would require micro holes to avoid anaerobiosis.
3. Nets – This type of packaging is used
for root crops and other vegetables.
These crops would normally require more holes because if humidity is too
high or oxygen level is too low, such crops will sprout.
4. Wooden Trays/Crates – Commonly used for
potatoes and tomatoes. These
crates have good ventilation and are relatively resistant to different weather
conditions. It is also widely used
in transporting larger sized produce like watermelons.
You can use
carton sealers and dependable taping machines to ensure quality of
packaging and handling of your harvest.
Packaging is not only to ensure longer lifespan and safe
transportation of your produce. It
impacts your marketing and your sales.
Great Harvest + Right
Packaging = Increased Sales
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