date:Aug 05, 2013
egan using ozone ten years ago in a single storage room. Today, they use ozone throughout their storage operation.
Ozone kills airborne and surface microorganisms, shuts down the sporulation process, and consumes ethylene produced by ripening. Reducing ethylene greatly slows the ripening process which, in turn, extends shelf life.
Richard Thomason, plant engineer at Gebbers Farms in Brewster, began working with ozone in the 1990s for a fresh sliced apple venture. Ozone is one of the best s