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Ecoark Holdings, Inc. Identifies High Growth Market Opportunity With New Approach to Reduce Food Waste
Ecoark Holdings, Inc. Identifies High Growth Market Opportunity With New Approach to Reduce Food Waste.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nEcoark Holdings, Inc. Identifies High Growth Market Opportunity With New Approach to Reduce Food Waste\n\nEcoark Holdings, Inc. Identifies High Growth Market Opportunity With New Approach to Reduce Food Waste\n\n\nIntelleflex, an Ecoark Holdings, Inc. Portfolio Company, Delivers ZEST Fresh(TM), a New Approach to Reduce the 33% Post-Harvest Fresh Produce Food Loss Between Farm, Retailer and Consumer\n\nROGERS, AR--(Marketwired - July 07, 2016) - Ecoark Holdings, Inc. (Ecoark) (OTCQB: EARK), a provider of a growing suite of proprietary technologies and services that drive sustainability and facilitate sustainable growth for a wide range of clients, today commented on the recently released 2016 Global Food Policy Report: Toward a more sustainable food system. The USDA has estimated the amount of food loss in the U.S. to be $161B.\"As the recent Global Food Policy Report reflects, there is strong public and private motivation to modernize our food system by significantly increasing efficiency through reduction in food loss and waste. Ecoark has embraced this goal through our Intelleflex subsidiary, offering ZEST Fresh™, a breakthrough approach for quality management of post-harvest fresh food that substantially reduces food loss and waste. With ZEST Fresh™, growers, distributors and retailers improve quality consistency, profitability and sustainability while reducing waste,\" stated Randy May, Chairman and CEO of Ecoark Holdings, Inc. Quality consistency was recently recognized as a primary contributor to food loss in a recent Chainlink Research article, \"Why Quality Consistency Matters.\" Ann Grackin, author and Chainlink Research CEO stated, \"Recent studies have shown that even with a modern food supply chain defined by best practices, quality consistency remains a primary contributor to food loss. The industry will need to adopt data monitoring at the product-item-level to determine and mitigate the issues in progress. We believe that ZEST Fresh™ is the best example of a modern solution that addresses quality consistency shortcomings by combining cloud, mobile and cost effective item-level monitoring technology with real-time analytics.\"Reducing food loss remains a significant goal for grocery retailers, restaurants, and food service companies, as they look to improve profitability for their investors and ...