Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados, has conducted the first successful trials of an innovative and natural method of ensuring food safety within the supply chain. Current industry practice is to manually deep clean avocado ripening rooms to maintain high levels of food safety and eliminate residue from naturally occurring fruit mould. Westfalia’s new method uses a probiotic uniquely distributed within a water mist circulated throughout ripening room, delivering … [Read more...] about Westfalia Fruit trials exclusive technology targeting food safety and sustainability
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Westfalia Fruit: helping the climate and Colombian biodiversity with a unique reforestation project
Westfalia Fruit, a leading multinational supplier of avocados and a range of fresh vegetables and fruit, is leading a unique effort in Colombia to care for a nationally protected area on its land in the Sonsón municipality, northwest of the capital Bogotá. Westfalia has several orchards and an avocado packhouse in the area, and one of its orchards, La Loma, is within the Distrito Regional de Manejo Páramo de Vida Maitamá. A landscape called páramo that unites diverse climatic and ecosystem … [Read more...] about Westfalia Fruit: helping the climate and Colombian biodiversity with a unique reforestation project
Westfalia Fruit celebrates 75 years of leading global avocado markets and ‘Doing Good’
Westfalia Fruit, the leading global avocado supplier, celebrates its 75th anniversary this year. Founded by the legendary philanthropist and geologist Dr Hans Merensky in 1949, Westfalia continues to stay true to its purpose of Doing Good. Ahead of his time, 75 years ago, Dr Merensky had the foresight to establish the Hans Merensky Trust to ensure that his pioneering spirit and support of local communities would be protected for future generations. From its roots in South Africa, Westfalia … [Read more...] about Westfalia Fruit celebrates 75 years of leading global avocado markets and ‘Doing Good’
