Comments on: Root to Fruit http://sites.tufts.edu/jumble/2012/04/30/root-to-fruit/ We find the best stuff about Tufts on the web and post it here Tue, 14 May 2013 22:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Carolyn Pace http://sites.tufts.edu/jumble/2012/04/30/root-to-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-20521 Carolyn Pace Tue, 08 May 2012 01:00:25 +0000 http://sites.tufts.edu/jumble/?p=3796#comment-20521 Thanks Mari! I just found out that I was featured on this website. Cool!
FoodEx looks like a perfect fit for the restaraunt business, and Idaho’s Bounty does good work, but neither addresses the produce handeling process. One of the main time sucks for a farmer is washing, packing, and storing the produce before sale. RTF will streamline that process and allow the farmers more time on growing.
Hope to run into you around TIE!

]]> By: Mari Pierce-Quinonez http://sites.tufts.edu/jumble/2012/04/30/root-to-fruit/comment-page-1/#comment-20441 Mari Pierce-Quinonez Wed, 02 May 2012 15:04:49 +0000 http://sites.tufts.edu/jumble/?p=3796#comment-20441 I work at TIE and we recently profiled a Tufts alumnus who is working for a very similar company here in Massachusetts, Organic Renaissance FoodEx. You can check out our interview here.
http://environment.tufts.edu/?pid=121#Maurin%20Wallace
Maybe there is a potential connection to be made between Carolyn and Maurin!

Also, it seems that there are already two companies near Boise that are doing this kind of work:
http://www.ngfn.org/resources/food-hubs/food-hubs#us-food-hubs-map

Good luck though Carolyn, glad to see food-related projects in Masschallenge!

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