enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Vegetable box scheme - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable_box_scheme

    A vegetable box. A vegetable box scheme is an operation that delivers fresh fruit and vegetables, often locally grown and organic, either directly to the customer or to a local collection point. Typically the produce is sold as an ongoing weekly subscription and the offering may vary week to week depending on what is in season.

  3. Bag-in-box - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bag-in-box

    The company filling the bag with its product generally removes the tap, fills the bag (with wine, juice or other liquid) and replaces the tap and then the bag is placed in the box. The bags are available as singles for semi-automatic machines or as web bags, where the bags have perforations between each one.

  4. Riverford - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riverford

    Singh-Watson aimed to find an effective way of distributing his produce. His idea was the weekly vegetable box scheme, the box being delivered directly to customers' doors with locally grown produce. [3] Riverford chooses varieties for flavour rather than appearance and delivers earthy vegetables, which improves storage and taste. [4]

  5. Market garden - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_garden

    A market garden is the relatively small-scale production of fruits, vegetables and flowers as cash crops, frequently sold directly to consumers and restaurants. The diversity of crops grown on a small area of land, typically from under 0.40 hectares (4,000 m 2 ; 1 acre ) to some hectares (a few acres), or sometimes in greenhouses ...

  6. Debbie Meyer Green Bags - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debbie_Meyer_Green_Bags

    Independent laboratory results (Nova Biologicals, Inc - Conroe, Texas) and television commercials for the product claim it will keep fruits and vegetables fresh longer, (some items for up to 21 days) by absorbing ethylene gas. [1] [2] The bags' ethylene absorption is intended to slow the ripening process and preserve the produces' shelf life.

  7. Sectional center facility - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sectional_center_facility

    A sectional center facility (SCF) is a processing and distribution center (P&DC) of the United States Postal Service (USPS) that serves a designated geographical area defined by one or more three-digit ZIP Code prefixes.

  8. Centralized mail delivery - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centralized_mail_delivery

    Centralized mail delivery is a unique form of mail delivery system where a letter carrier provides delivery and collection services to a number of residences from a centrally located installation – whether in a single-family subdivision or multi-family structure. Business customers also receive delivery services from a convenient central ...

  9. Produce traceability - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Produce_traceability

    Produce traceability makes it possible to track produce from its point of origin to a retail location where it is purchased by consumers.. Produce traceability is an important link in protecting public health since it allows health agencies to more quickly and accurately identify the source of contaminated fruit or vegetables believed to be the cause of an outbreak of foodborne illness, remove ...