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STORAGE
Keeping
control
By Chris Koger
Contributing Editor
AFTER YEARS OF CONTRACTING
with other companies to store apples, a
New York apple grower and packer counts
efficiency and enhanced technology
as key benefits of adding controlled
atmosphere (CA) storage on-site.
Near Lake Ontario's southern shore,
VanDeWalle Fruit in Sodus, New York,
added 13 CA rooms in 2018 and 12
more in 2022, with a total space that
will hold about 25,000 bins of fruit. The
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 Storage Control Systems (SCS) of Sparta, Michigan, designed and built the
VanDeWalle Fruit storage rooms, which have a total capacity of about 25,000
bins. Photos courtesy of Storage Control Systems.
VANDEWALLE FRUIT ADDS HIGH-TECH STORAGE CAPABILITIES
first phase included a drive through,
and the second phase was built facing
the original 2018 storage rooms. The
drive through in the center is sealed
and refrigerated, allowing some non-CA
cold storage.
Storage Control Systems (SCS) of
Sparta, Michigan, designed and built
VanDeWalle's CA rooms.
East of Rochester, VanDeWalle Fruit
was established as a farm in 1983
and began packing in 1991. The farm
grows on 1,500 acres, 1,100 of which
are in product ion, said Marshal l
VanDeWalle, an owner and member
of the family operation. Most of the
apples are grown and packed for Hess
Brothers Fruit Co. in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, which directs VanDeWalle
Fruit when to open CA rooms containing
specific varieties.
Before, the company used several
storage locations, with the largest
about 15 miles away. " We had no
problem with the stored apples. It was
just time for us to get more vertically
integrated, " VanDeWalle said. " It's
about convenience. You have more control

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of July/August 2023

Table of Contents
Editor's Letter
Million-dollar motive
Defining sustainability
Handling with care
Keeping control
Product Focus section
Center for Produce Safety: The path to understanding pathogens
PMMI: Packaging the future
The Pulse
Upcoming events
Advertiser Index
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July/August 2023 - Table of Contents
July/August 2023 - Editor's Letter
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July/August 2023 - Million-dollar motive
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July/August 2023 - Defining sustainability
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July/August 2023 - Handling with care
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July/August 2023 - Keeping control
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July/August 2023 - Product Focus section
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July/August 2023 - Center for Produce Safety: The path to understanding pathogens
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July/August 2023 - PMMI: Packaging the future
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July/August 2023 - The Pulse
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