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Zest Labs Unveils Produce Advisory Board
Zest Labs Unveils Produce Advisory Board.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n \n Zest \n Labs, a subsidiary of Ecoark \n Holdings, Inc. (“Ecoark”) (OTCQX: EARK), today announced the launch \n of its Produce \n Advisory Board, which will enable the company to further align \n products and services with industry needs. The advisory board will \n reflect the produce grower community’s perspective and insight, which \n are invaluable to Zest Labs, helping it better prioritize and coordinate \n Zest Fresh products, roadmaps and directions. Its founding members \n include Craig Miller, president of Western \n Precooling Systems, and Gary Pasquinelli, president of Pasquinelli \n Produce Company.\n \n \n “We believe our Produce Advisory Board will provide great insight and \n perspective into the grower community,” said Peter Mehring, CEO of Zest \n Labs. “Their input will enable us to validate and refine our solutions \n to truly address the most pressing industry problems and take advantage \n of the opportunities available in the community, along with helping our \n main focus of tackling the nation’s growing food waste epidemic.”\n \n \n Craig Miller is president of Western Precooling Systems, the partner of \n choice for over 70 years for growers and shippers to get fresh, healthy \n produce from the field to their customers. The company is at the \n forefront of precooling processes and systems, leading the industry and \n supporting its customers in providing the best produce possible \n throughout the world. At over 100 sites throughout the West's primary \n growing regions, Western Precooling and its associated companies deliver \n the experience, services, equipment and peace of mind that growers and \n shippers need.\n \n \n As president of Pasquinelli Produce Company, Gary Pasquinelli is a \n second generation farmer of fresh vegetables and melons in Yuma, \n Arizona. Pasquinelli Produce has been a grower-shipper for more than 50 \n years, harvesting 9,000 acres of winter vegetables, including iceberg, \n red leaf, green leaf, butter and romaine lettuces, cauliflower, \n broccoli, celery, fennel and spinach. The company has grown vegetables \n for Dole Fresh Vegetables, Duda Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. and Steinbeck \n Country Marketing since 1993. It also grows winter vegetables for \n Ippolito and Growers Veg. Express. In addition, the company grows, \n ...