About this episode
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