With the farmers in Barmer all set to produce thousands of kilos of potatoes for french fries and plant-based meat manufactured in Udaipur making its way to the US and Europe, the desert state of Rajasthan shall soon script a new growth .
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI/PNN): A unique FinTech and AgriTech startup company, Growpital has put Rajasthan's small TaraTara Math Village of Barmer on national front by bagging a unique farming project. Growpital has bagged in the potato production contract,giving employment opportunities to farmer of this village, across 25 acres of land from McCain Foods India. Barmer district lies in the Thar dessert on the border with Pakistan. Dry weather and lack of ground water since centuries had left no choice for the region but to cultivate limited crops such as bajra, chana and cumin etc. In recent years, due to innovations in agriculture science and farmers hardwork, Barmer has started shaping lush fields of vegetables or orchards of fruits. McCain Foods' potato production project is one another such step for the village farmers to bring the paradigm shift in the state. Rituraj Sharma, Agripreneur and Founder of Growpital and Zetta Farms said, "Growpital is working tow
Potato processor Simplot Australia has refused to budge on its second price offer to Tasmanian farmers for their potato crop this season. Farmers met on Wednesday night to discuss the impasse with the company.
Industrial Journalist TR Cutler Predicts Essential Food Manufacturing to Double in 2021
Industrial journalist, TR Cutler recently discussed essential food manufacturing trends in the December issue of Manufacturing Outlook e-zine. Read the article here.
According to Cutler, food manufacturing, production, processing, and logistics are booming. Online consumer demand for food delivery during COVID has driven a dramatic increase in the food sector, but the sheer velocity of new and expanding food plants in the past several months portends huge growth in 2021 and beyond.
The size, geography, and scope of these projects indicate where 2021 food manufacturing is headed starting with Goya Foods which announced an $80 million expansion of its manufacturing and distribution facility in Brookshire, Texas.