"Cost and availability of labor, and now concerns about pathogen transmission will be the big issues in 2021"

Submitted by Elsewhere on 2020-Dec-24 Thu 11:15

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2020-Dec-24 Thu 11:15

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It’s been a complicated year for many businesses in the fruit and vegetable sector. One of the big trends that became even more obvious during this pandemic was automation. We spoke Daniel Ghadiri (CTO & president) and Nick Maglio (marketing director) of ProEx Food, LLC about the challenges and chances…

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