Oishii, a vertical-farm startup sells the elegantly named Omakase Berry: a strawberry that fetches $12 for a carton of six. Last week, it revealed $134 million in fresh funding as it seeks to enhance its robotics and broaden distribution. The unexpected deal sparked our interest—and appetite—prompting us to assemble this list of other posh produce like otherworldly grapefruit, the Bugatti of grapes—and, yes, that well-capitalized berry. #The FoodTech Lab 

A High-Tech Strawberry—and Our Other Favorite Fancy Fruit

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Oishii, a vertical-farm startup sells the elegantly named Omakase Berry: a strawberry that fetches $12 for a carton of six. Last week, it revealed $134 million in fresh funding as it seeks to enhance its robotics and broaden distribution. The unexpected deal sparked our interest—and appetite—prompting us to assemble this list of other posh produce like otherworldly grapefruit, the Bugatti of grapes—and, yes, that well-capitalized berry. #The FoodTech Lab  A High-Tech Strawberry—and Our Other Favorite Fancy Fruit Events Join us at future in-person and virtual events.  Directory Search, find and engage with others who are serious about tech and business. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/a-high-tech-strawberry-and-our-other-favorite-fancy-fruit?utm_campaign=article_email&utm_content=article-12421&utm_medium=email&utm_source=sg&rc=gzsl71

Jerome Cody

So, Japanese strawberry varietals: I'm in deep. Too deep. ❤️
There are CHARTS with MULTIPLE AXES. This naturally speaks to me. Behold:

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So, Japanese strawberry varietals: I'm in deep. Too deep. ❤️ There are CHARTS with MULTIPLE AXES. This naturally speaks to me. Behold:   #Food Porn   #Data is beautiful

Laura Gao

Minneola Tangelo ❤️ This juicy fruit is a cross between a tangerine and a grapefruit. Grown widely in California, it’s an exceptionally balanced, bittersweet citrus. If you pick one up, you’ll feel that the fruit is noticeably heavy with juice.

Mine - Bronx Seedless Grapes

“Consider these grapes the Bugatti of all fruit. Bronx seedless grapes are grown in one place—Escalon, Calif.—on one farm—Lagier Ranches—and they’re in season for a mere blink: only three to four weeks. That’s it. A hybrid of seedless Thompson and Concord grapes, they are pinkish-green, almost translucent, with virtually no seeds. Going for $5.99 a pound,[…]. They have the supple texture of a Concord grape but a far headier perfume. Bronx grapes are so precious that the Slow Food Foundation, an Italian nonprofit that seeks to protect biodiversity worldwide, has included them in its catalog of endangered foods.”

Mine - Bronx Seedless Grapes  “Consider these grapes the Bugatti of all fruit. Bronx seedless grapes are grown in one place—Escalon, Calif.—on one farm—Lagier Ranches—and they’re in season for a mere blink: only three to four weeks. That’s it. A hybrid of seedless Thompson and Concord grapes, they are pinkish-green, almost translucent, with virtually no seeds. Going for $5.99 a pound,[…]. They have the supple texture of a Concord grape but a far headier perfume. Bronx grapes are so precious that the Slow Food Foundation, an Italian nonprofit that seeks to protect biodiversity worldwide, has included them in its catalog of endangered foods.”

Nate

I really started drooling while reading this.  Which one is your favorite?

Jerome Cody

A group of likeminded people in Food Porn are talking about this.