Amazon Fresh India inaugurated its newest collection center, at Asale Taluka, Wai, District Satara, in Maharashtra in December 2021. Equipped with the Ecozen’s latest cold room solution, the Ecofrost 2MT, this new collection center has been set up to collect and distribute produce of local farmers, especially the exotic fruits (e.g. strawberries) and vegetables (e.g. broccoli) for which this belt is known.
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The new collection center will enhance the market access of local fruit and vegetable farmers, by bringing them onto the Amazon buying platform. The Ecofrost solar cold room in turn will allow Amazon Fresh to pre-cool and store the produce at the optimum temperature and relative humidity levels, effectively increasing its shelf life and reducing waste. To start with, Amazon Fresh will use this collection centre to deliver to its Pune and Mumbai hubs. However, powered by Ecofrost, it is looking to expand deliveries to Gujarat and then as far as Delhi as well.
Since Ecofrost uses clean energy as its primary power source (can also be connected to a generator and power grid) and has over 30+ hours of battery-less back-up using proprietary thermal storage technology, it was a perfect choice for a cold room set-up for Amazon Fresh India under its sustainability initiative.
Present at the event was Mr. Nitin Kale, Deputy Director, Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB), Mr. Rajesh Prasad, Head of Trade, Amazon Fresh, Mr. Ravindra Dolare, President Ecozen Solutions, Mr.Prashant Zende, Taluka Agriculture Officer, Wai, and many farmers.
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Amazon Fresh India inaugurated the latest fruit and vegetable collection center at Aasale Taluka, Wai, Dist. Satara, in Maharashtra. This collection center is set up to collect and distribute produce of the local fruit and vegetable farmers and is equipped with Ecozen’s latest solar cold room, the 2 metric tons Ecofrost.
The new collection center will enhance the market access of local fruit and vegetable farmers, by bringing them onto the Amazon buying platform. The Ecofrost solar cold room in turn will allow Amazon Fresh to pre-cool and store the produce at the optimum temperature and relative humidity levels, effectively increasing its shelf life and reducing waste.
Since Ecofrost uses clean energy as its primary power source (can also be connected to a generator and power grid) and has over 30+ hours of battery-less back-up using proprietary thermal storage technology, it was a perfect choice for a cold room set-up for Amazon Fresh India under its sustainability initiative.
Present at the event was Mr. Nitin Kale, Deputy Director, Maharashtra State Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB), Mr. Rajesh Prasad, Head of Trade, Amazon Fresh, Mr. Ravindra Dolare, President Ecozen Solutions, Mr.Prashant Zende, Taluka Agriculture Officer, Wai, and many farmers.