Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery 150: Product development and scale-up using fruit and vegetable seconds

Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery是一个第五代家庭农场，拥有一个有机葡萄园、一个酿酒厂、一个餐厅、一个苹果汁厂和零售店。Ravines的目标是重新推出他们家族1904年的罐头标签，推出以水果和蔬菜为主要成分的新系列蜜饯。**农业企业面临的一个关键挑战是食品浪费，这发生在生产、加工和零售阶段。在加拿大，大约9%的食物浪费发生在球场上，另外11%发生在零售店，原因是由于视觉质量不完美而被认为是次品。这导致所有相关人员的收入损失，包括**水果和蔬菜种植者。Ravine将食物浪费视为一个机会，并希望为农民和零售商**提供一个利用水果和蔬菜的场所。**该研究项目与尼亚加拉学院、加拿大食品与葡萄酒研究所创新中心合作，将涉及产品创意；**产品和工艺开发；食品安全评价；曾识别;产品推广;包装;保质期* *分析;以及监管/标签声明。该项目的成果将有助于安大略省**水果和蔬菜部门的盈利能力和可持续性，并提供全年收入，这将有助于确保峡谷子孙后代的生存能力。**参考文献**1。加拿大食物浪费，价值链管理中心。http://vcm-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Food- * *浪费- -加拿大- 11月- 2010. - pdf

Ravine Vineyard Estate Winery is a fifth-generation family farm and is home to an organic vineyard, a winery, a restaurant, a**cidery and retail store. Ravines goal is to relaunch their family's 1904 canning label with a new line of preserves that uses fruit**and vegetable seconds as their main ingredient.**A key challenge in agri-business is that of food waste, which occurs at the stages of production, processing and retailing. In**Canada, approximately 9% of food waste occurs on the field, and another 11% occurs at retail stores, due to products that are**considered seconds because of their imperfect visual qualities. This results in a loss of income for everyone involved, including**fruit and vegetable farmers. Ravine sees food waste as an opportunity and would like to provide a place for farmers and retailers**to capitalize on fruit and vegetable seconds.**This research project with Niagara College, Canadian Food & Wine Institute Innovation Centre, will involve product ideation;**product and process development; food safety assessments; co-packing identification; product scale-up; packaging; shelf-life**analysis; and regulatory/labeling claims. The results of this project will contribute to the profitability and sustainability of Ontarios**fruit and vegetable sector, and provide year-round revenues that will help to ensure the viability of Ravine for generations to come.**References**1. Food Waste in Canada, Value Chain Management Centre. http://vcm-international.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Food-**Waste-in-Canada-November-2010.pdf