SUN BASKET
130 biggest produce-growing valley in the country . We have fantastic relationships with many farmers here , particularly the organic operators , since 99 % of the vegetables we buy are organic certified ,” says Thompson .
“ These relationships with big farms and smaller scale operations all across the country mean that , when we can , we buy as locally as possible .” All of Sun Basket ’ s meal kits delivered to the East Coast , for example , utilize organic corn grown by the company ’ s supplier close to its New Jersey facility when it is in season . Thompson notes that , “ We do as much as possible to reduce the time between a vegetable coming out of the ground and coming out of the customer ’ s meal kit when they go to make dinner that night .”
Dealing with temperature is a uniquely difficult proposition . Sun Basket ’ s cold chain is an essential element of ensuring that produce not only reaches the manufacturing plant in the best possible condition , but also that the resulting meal kits arrive in the customers ’ hands as fresh as they can possibly be . Thompson explains that , using individual temperature gauges on each pallet of produce
FEBRUARY 2021