B.C. companies are custom-manufacturing equipment to reduce agricultural food waste.
Rodolfo Piedrabuena would like to the think the opportunity to tackle the global food waste problem is ripe for the picking.
Earlier this year, Trendi embarked on a new initiative, commissioning the construction of a prototype mobile lab that can be dropped off at farms to clean, process and freeze-dry fruits and vegetables that might otherwise go to waste. There, the mobile lab can process the produce on site rather than shipping those food products to Trendi’s own facilities — a trip that would require both additional time and the use of refrigeration to keep the produce safe for human consumption.
Ultimately, the company spent around 2,500 hours assembling the mobile lab, installing about $40,000 in raw materials and $15,000 in electrical components. This came about after ReFeed founder Stuart Lilley began envisioning a system where excess food at farms went back to people first, then to livestock and that whatever remained could still avoid the fate of a landfill or composting facility.
Last year, ReFeed recovered 2.7 million kilograms of produce this way, while what remains is going into ReFeed’s vertical worm farm. The castings are then used for products such as organic fertilizer that consumers might use for home gardening.
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