Nature Fresh Farms partners with Four Growers to harvest greenhouse tomatoes by robot

Four Growers/GR-100 Tomato Harvester

Nature Fresh Farms, one of North America's largest greenhouse growers, in Leamington, Ontario, began working with Four Growers on robotic tomato harvesting. The system pairs a FANUC LR Mate arm with Four Growers' AI, which judges ripeness and plans the picking path.

• Nature Fresh says the robots could let it cover twice the acreage with its current staff
• The grower faced labour shortages during a large expansion
• Pepper and cucumber harvesting are planned next