Agricultural Refrigeration

Agricultural Refrigeration involves the use of cooling systems to maintain optimal storage conditions for perishable items such as fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meat, and other foodstuffs from the point of harvest through transportation, storage, and distribution.

The benefits of agricultural refrigeration include reducing food waste, improving food safety, maintaining nutritional quality, extending market reach, and enhancing economic returns for farmers and producers.

The following are just a few of the Agricultural refrigeration products we offer. Please contact us if you would like to find out more about how JVO can assist you with your Agricultural Refrigeration requirements.

Key aspects of agricultural refrigeration include:

1. Post-Harvest Cooling: Rapid cooling of produce immediately after harvest to remove field heat, which helps in slowing down the respiration rate of the produce and delaying spoilage.
2. Cold Storage: Use of refrigerated warehouses or cold rooms to store products at controlled temperatures and humidity levels to maintain freshness and prevent microbial growth.
3. Transportation: Refrigerated transportation (reefer trucks, containers, railcars, and ships) to move perishable goods from farms to processing facilities, markets, and retailers while maintaining the cold chain.
4. Controlled Atmosphere Storage: Adjusting the composition of gases in the storage environment (such as reducing oxygen and increasing carbon dioxide levels) to further slow down the ripening and deterioration of produce.
5. Processing and Packaging: Ensuring that food processing and packaging operations are conducted in temperature-controlled environments to prevent contamination and spoilage.
6. Retail and Distribution: Maintaining appropriate refrigeration in retail settings and during distribution to ensure that consumers receive fresh and safe products.