Earthfresh Farms Inc.
$75,000.00 CAD
≈ 12 months of average Canadian pay
- Department
- National Research Council Canada
- Recipient country
- Canada
- Fiscal year
- 2024-2025
- Agreement period
- January 1, 2025 – August 15, 2025
- Reference
- nrc-cnrc:172-2024-2025-Q4-1027271
Published purpose
Potatoes are Canada's fifth-largest agricultural crop, contributing $1.7 billion in farm receipts in 2022 and $3.4 billion in exports between 2002-2023. Greening, caused by the production of solanine, reduces potato quality and shelf-life, leading to waste and revenue loss. Current solutions, like light-blocking packaging and modified atmosphere packaging, are costly or require strict conditions. A proof-of-principle project explored a novel anti-greening technology with promising results. Phase one of this feasibility study aims to refine application methods based on this data.
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