California
Fresno County, California, United States
Cold room and loading dock
Planned a new cold room and loading dock for a stone-fruit grower, and coordinated refrigeration and electrical contractors.
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Where we have built
A selection of the farms and communities we have worked for, from village collection points to commercial packhouses, including remote areas that had nowhere to keep their harvest.
United States 8 projects
Alaska
Matanuska-Susitna Valley, Alaska, United States
Short-season growers' storage
Planned insulated storage for short-season vegetable growers, so a brief summer harvest could last through the long winter.
Washington
Yakima Valley, Washington, United States
Apple packhouse handling procedures
Wrote cleaning, handling and cooling procedures for a family-run apple packhouse and trained its seasonal crew.
West Virginia
Appalachia, West Virginia, United States
Mountain growers' aggregation hub
Set up a small aggregation hub with cold storage so hill-country growers could sell together to regional buyers.
New York
Hudson Valley, New York, United States
Growers' aggregation hub
Set up a small aggregation hub with cold storage so a group of growers could sell together to regional buyers.
California
Central Valley, California, United States
Emergency cold storage for food banks
When COVID-19 closed restaurants and markets, we set up temporary cold storage so surplus farm produce could reach food banks and community kitchens instead of going to waste.
New York
Hudson Valley, New York, United States
Safer produce collection point
Redesigned a growers\x27 collection point during COVID-19, with separate entry and exit, distancing marks and safer handling routines, so farms could keep selling.
California
Sacramento Valley, California, United States
Our first cold-room plan
Where it all began: a cold-room plan and layout for a small group of vegetable growers, the first project the company ever delivered.
Mexico 2 projects
Mexico
Michoacán, Mexico
Avocado cooling shed and collection point
Planned a cooling shed and collection point for avocado growers in hill communities a long way from the nearest packhouse.
Mexico
Chiapas, Mexico
Highland coffee and fruit collection centre
Built a covered collection centre with sorting and drying areas for smallholder growers in the highlands.
Asia 5 projects
Vietnam
Lam Dong, Vietnam
Highland vegetable cooling and transport links
Coordinated cooling at source and introductions to regional buyers and a refrigerated carrier for highland vegetable growers.
India
Himachal Pradesh, India
Hill orchard cold store
Planned a cold store for apple growers in mountain valleys where snow cuts the roads for part of the year.
India
Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Pack-and-cool station for grape growers
Coordinated the design and installation of a pack-and-cool station for a group of grape growers, with operator training before handover.
Nepal
Kavre, Nepal
Roadside cold store for vegetable growers
Planned a small cold store beside the road to the capital, so growers could cool vegetables before the long journey.
Bangladesh
Rajshahi, Bangladesh
Village produce collection centre
Planned a collection centre for mango growers, with sorting tables, crate washing and clear dispatch routes.
Europe 4 projects
Portugal
Azores, Portugal
Island growers' solar cold store
Designed a solar-assisted cold store for fruit and vegetable growers on a remote island, where produce used to wait days for the ferry.
Spain
Murcia, Spain
Solar-assisted citrus cold room
Planned a solar-assisted cold room for a citrus cooperative, comparing grid and rooftop solar supply, and coordinated the refrigeration and electrical contractors.
Romania
Maramureș, Romania
Mountain village fruit store
Planned a cold store for a village fruit cooperative that was hours from the nearest collection point.
Greece
Peloponnese, Greece
Olive and vegetable cooperative store
Reviewed storage and handling for a rural cooperative and coordinated the build of a cool, clean store and sorting line.
Africa 4 projects
Cape Verde
Santiago Island, Cape Verde
Island produce store and packing shed
Planned a solar-powered store and packing shed so island farmers could keep vegetables fresh between harvest and the inter-island boat.
Ethiopia
Oromia, Ethiopia
Horticulture packhouse planning
Planned the layout, power supply and cooling for a vegetable packhouse in the Rift Valley, with a phased budget the owners could build against.
Kenya
Kisumu County, Kenya
Tomato cold room and collection point
Planned a small solar-assisted cold room and a covered collection point for a cooperative of tomato growers, and trained the cooperative's crew to run it.
Kenya
Taita Hills, Kenya
Hill-village collection points
Set up collection points for mango and vegetable growers in hill villages, with shaded sorting areas and a clear route to market.
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