A new project is now underway to help growers meet the new minimum maturity standards that were set by the Australian melon industry last year.
Led by Delytics Ltd in partnership with Melons Australia and Rudge Produce Systems, the Melon quality improvement program VM23002 project is funded by Hort Innovation using the melon research and development levy and funds from the Australian Government. This new three-year project will build on the previous Quality Improvements in the Melon Supply Chain project, which developed minimum maturity standards for rock melons, watermelon and honeydew. One of the key objectives for this new project is to develop tools and processes that will help growers and other key members of the Australian melon supply chain consistently meet the new standards, which will improve the quality of melons available to consumers at wholesale and retail. This will lead to increased consumption and demand.