CapTemp USA, Windham, N.H., developed an automated temperature recording system for The CPF Group, an organization comprised of pear and apple producers throughout Portugal, to continuously monitor and report ambient temperature and relative humidity of fruit storage units as well as fruit pulp temperatures while in cold storage.

Compac, New Zealand, launched the Sizer Simulator, a unique simulation tool that enables fruit and vegetable packhouses to prepare for incoming fresh produce batches.

Consumers' love affair with piling fruits and vegetables on their plates continues to gain momentum, according to research from Culinary Visions, Chicago.

Full Harvest, a San Francisco-based marketplace for excess produce, closed an $8.5 million Series A round of financing led by Spark Capital, San Francisco.