Carbon Negative Fruit Production: It's A Real Thing & It's Spectacular

Meet Loren Foss, VP of Strategy at CMI Orchards, who reveals how this Washington state fruit company became the world's first carbon negative fruit producer. Discover their revolutionary 8-acre worm farms and regenerative cattle ranch that sequester enough carbon to offset 60,000 cars annually. Plus learn about exciting new fruit varieties like their upcoming new apple variety. 🕒 TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - CMI Orchards: 15% of Washington's apples, pears, and cherries 1:30 - Favorite varieties 2:17 - Gem pears: solving the pear confusion problem 4:19 - Revolutionary regenerative agriculture and carbon sequestration 5:45 - World's largest worm farms: 8 acres of carbon capture 7:10 - Marketing carbon negative fruit to consumers 8:21 - Brand leadership through specialty varieties 9:54 - AI technology in fruit sorting and quality control 10:38 - Japan-originated variety for color breaks Thanks to Simbe for making our SpartanNash Conference coverage possible! #CMIOrchards #CarbonNegativeFruit #RegenerativeAgriculture #WormFarms #SustainableFarming #WashingtonFruit #SugarBeeApple #SklyarRayCherry #FruitTechnology #OrganicFruit This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy