Colin Lyford, General Manager of Status Produce, Speaks on the Company's Uniqueness in the Tomato Industry and Sustainability Efforts
In a report in Business Review Australia, Colin Lyford, General Manager of Status Produce, discusses being New Zealand's top tomato producer.

SAN DIEGO, CA, February 26, 2011 /24-7PressRelease/ -- In a report in Business Review Australia, Colin Lyford, General Manager of Status Produce, discusses being New Zealand's top tomato producer.

Auckland-based Status Produce is New Zealand's leading tomato producer. Status Produce grows its tomatoes in more than 20 hectares of environmentally controlled glasshouses in and around Auckland, growing approximately 10 million kilograms of produce each year. The company also strives to be pesticide-free, as tomatoes are picked, packed, distributed and delivered throughout New Zealand within 24 hours of picking and 36 hours for some of its export markets.

Status Produce continues to focus on the end customer and their needs incorporating a state-of-the-art produce grading line. "Our grading line allows us to photograph every tomato going down the line to recognise the size and shape of the eight tons of tomatoes processed each hour," Colin Lyford, General Manager of Status Produce, says. "Depending on our clients' needs, they are graded by weight colour and shape, and go down one of the 19 different lanes to meet that specific specification."

Read the article here, http://www.businessreviewaustralia.com/company-reports/status-produce.

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