Carbon Negative Fruit Production: It's A Real Thing & It's Spectacular

Meet Loren Foss, VP of Strategy at CMI Orchards, who reveals how this Washington state fruit company became the world's first carbon negative fruit producer. Discover their revolutionary 8-acre worm farms and regenerative cattle ranch that sequester enough carbon to offset 60,000 cars annually. Plus learn about exciting new fruit varieties like their upcoming new apple variety.🕒 TIMESTAMPS:0:00 - CMI Orchards: 15% of Washington's apples, pears, and cherries1:30 - Favorite varieties2:17 - Gem pears: solving the pear confusion problem4:19 - Revolutionary regenerative agriculture and carbon sequestration5:45 - World's largest worm farms: 8 acres of carbon capture7:10 - Marketing carbon negative fruit to consumers8:21 - Brand leadership through specialty varieties9:54 - AI technology in fruit sorting and quality control10:38 - Japan-originated variety for color breaksThanks to Simbe for making our SpartanNash Conference coverage possible!#CMIOrchards #CarbonNegativeFruit #RegenerativeAgriculture #WormFarms #SustainableFarming #WashingtonFruit #SugarBeeApple #SklyarRayCherry #FruitTechnology #OrganicFruitThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy