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- Food Safety — We respect government figures, but believe millions more consumers experience the non-life threatening inconveniences of food borne illnesses every year … nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps and/or diarrhea ... and we believe we all need to work together to minimize these food safety issues.
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- Food Waste — The food industry generally doesn’t provide numbers, but a University of Arizona study estimated food waste as high as 50%. Whatever the percentage, we believe it’s too high. Learn more ...
- Shelf Life of Food — Whether it’s with our farmers, our retailers, or consumers, we believe longer shelf life of our food supply is a good thing.
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- Food Transportation Costs — A '98 study indicated produce travels over 1500 miles from the farm to the retail outlet. We’re sure the
numbers are much higher today, given expanded global sourcing. And, add the new diesel prices above $4.50/gallon, it’s quite likely that 10-20 cents of
each food dollar is attributable to transportation alone.
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- The Environment — We’re adding it all up … lots of food waste … methane produced from food waste in landfills traps 23 times as much heat in the atmosphere as the same amount of CO2. Food transportation … the food system accounts for 16% of total US energy consumption. We’ve got a problem.
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- Current Solutions — We don’t think there are many multi-approached solutions to these issues. And, we think many of the solutions are either too costly, change the sensory attributes of the food, aren’t consumer friendly, or are bad for the environment. That’s why we developed the Grovac technology.
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