Ua loaʻa iaʻu i nā mahina ʻelua i hala ma Palm Springs, Calif., no United FreshTech a me Chicago no United Fresh Marketplace. He ʻokoʻa nā hōʻike ʻelua e like me ka pō a me ke ao, akā maikaʻi loa nā mea ʻelua ma ko lākou ʻano ponoʻī.
Ma FreshTech, ua hiki iaʻu ke noho i loko o nā kau hoʻonaʻauao maikaʻi loa, me nā mea haʻiʻōlelo kaulana e hōʻike ana i ka noiʻi hou a me ka ʻike e pili ana i nā kumuhana kūpono e like me E. coli O157:H7 a me nā mea hoʻopihapiha hou. Ua waiho ʻia ka ʻāpana expo o ka hōʻike, me nā ʻāpana nui o nā lako hana e lawe ana i ka papahele. Ua loaʻa iaʻu ka manawa e kamaʻilio me ka nui o kā mākou poʻe heluhelu, a he kakaikahi wale nō i kū ma ka hale ʻo Fresh Cut e kākau inoa no kahi manawa e lanakila ai i kahi iPod.
ʻO ka Hale Mākeke Hou i ka wā mua, he mea nui loa, me ʻelua pae o Chicago's McCormick Place i hoʻolaʻa ʻia i ka FMI hui, All Things Organic, Fancy Foods a me Fresh Marketplace. Aia nā poʻe mai nā wahi a pau o ka ʻoihana meaʻai i ka hōʻike, mai nā chef a i nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūʻai. Aia ka hauʻoli i ka lewa, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka hōʻike organik. ʻOi aku ma mua o 650 mau mea hōʻikeʻike kūlohelohe i komo, ʻo ka hapa nui o lākou nā hui liʻiliʻi e komo wale ana i ka ʻoihana. Hōʻike ʻia nā mea a pau mai ka meaʻai pēpē a hiki i nā lole - me kekahi mau mea hana hou e hōʻike ana i nā huahana organik hou.
Ua hana maikaʻi ʻo United Fresh Produce Association i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i nā hōʻike ʻelua, i mālama ʻia ma lalo o hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope o ka hui ʻana o United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association a me International Fresh-cut Produce Association. He liʻiliʻi ka manawa o nā limahana ma United ma ka home ma waena o nā hōʻikeʻike ʻelua, a ke manaʻo nei au ua loaʻa iā lākou kahi hoʻomaha nui ma hope o Fresh Marketplace.
E mālama pū ʻia nā hōʻike 2008 ma Las Vegas. He manawa kūpono kēia no nā ʻāpana āpau o ka ʻoihana e hui pū ma lalo o hoʻokahi hale. Ma kekahi ʻaoʻao o ka papahele hōʻikeʻike ka ʻāpana FreshTech, me nā mea hana a me nā huahana palekana meaʻai, a ma kekahi ʻaoʻao e loaʻa nā mea kūʻai aku. Inā he hōʻike ʻia nā hōʻikeʻike o kēia makahiki, pono e lilo nā hōʻike Las Vegas i manawa kūpono no nā mea hana, nā mea kūʻai aku a me nā mea hoʻolako like.
Aia ʻo Fresh Cut ma Las Vegas i ka makahiki 2008, a ke manaʻolana nei au ua hoʻolālā ʻoe e hele i ka hōʻike. Makemake au e ʻike i kou manaʻo no ka hōʻike, a inā ʻoe e hele ana ma Las Vegas. E ʻoluʻolu e waiho mai iaʻu i nā manaʻo e pili ana i nā hōʻike 2007 a i ʻole 2008. Hiki ke loaʻa iaʻu ma news@freshcut.com.
Ma kēia pukana o Fresh Cut, e ʻike ʻoe i nā hōʻike e pili ana i kekahi o nā kumuhana mai nā kau hoʻonaʻauao ʻo FreshTech a me Fresh Marketplace. E ʻike ʻoe i kahi moʻolelo hiʻohiʻona ma ka B&P Packing, kahi kaʻina hana Kaleponi i hakakā i ke kūlanakauhale ma luna o nā kuleana ʻōpala no nā makahiki ʻelua. Ke ulu nei nā kūlanakauhale i ka ʻāina mahiʻai a kokoke i nā keʻena hana, nui ka ukana ma ka ʻōnaehana hili, no laila he pilikia kēia ma kekahi kūlanakauhale e ulu ana.