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

峡谷葡萄园酒庄是第五代家庭农场，拥有有机葡萄园、酒庄、餐厅、苹果酒和零售店。Ravines的目标是重新推出他们家族1904年的罐头标签，推出一个新的蜜饯系列，以水果和蔬菜为主要原料。**农业企业的一个关键挑战是食物浪费，这发生在生产、加工和零售阶段。在**加拿大，大约9%的食物浪费发生在田野上，另外11%发生在零售店，这是因为产品的视觉质量不完美而被认为是次品。这导致了所有相关人员的收入损失，包括果农和菜农。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机会。**这项与尼亚加拉学院、加拿大食品和葡萄酒研究所创新中心合作的研究项目将涉及产品构思、**产品和工艺开发、食品安全评估、共包装识别、产品扩大、包装、保质期**分析以及监管/标签声明。该项目的结果将有助于安大略省**水果和蔬菜行业的盈利和可持续发展，并提供全年收入，有助于确保Ravine的后代生存能力。**参考**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-**Waste-in-Canada-November-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