Study Examines How To Keep Sweet Cherries Fresh
October 28, 2014 A new Canadian study says cherry producers need to understand intricacies of the production-harvest-marketing continuum in order to successfully move sweet cherries from growers to end consumers. For example, the Canadian sweet cherry industry has had to modify logistics strategies — from shorter truck or air shipping to long-distance containerized shipping — to accommodate burgeoning export markets.
Keeping cherries fresh and consumer-ready during long ocean crossings challenges producers to find new ways to retain fruit quality for weeks. Peter Toivonen, of the Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s Pacific Agri-Food Research Centre, says cooling sweet cherries is an important practice to ensure delivery of good quality at the marketplace.
Results of Toivonen’s experiments were published in HortTechnology. For more on his research, click here,/a>.
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