Hydrotaste

Sammanfattning: This project involves a collaboration with the company Greeny Grow AB, which works with hydroponic cultivation of salad and microgreens. Today there are major problems with the trade of fruits and vegetables, where the problems involve large amounts of unnecessary flows of transformed resources such as soil and unnecessary space for cultivation. This problem can be easily avoided with Greeny Grow's hydroponic cultivation. Hydroponic cultivation is a concept where cultivation occurs with only nutrient enriched water and without soil. Greeny Grow is currently facing a challenge regarding the packaging of hydroponically cultivated salad and microgreens. The company currently has a packaging for the hydroponically cultivated vegetables that is relatively cumbersome, not suitable and costs much. In this project, the focus is on Greeny Grow's salad and the project group has developed a well suitable, easy to use, and sustainable packaging for the company's hydroponically cultivated salat. The road to the result has involved a lot of analysis and research regarding what consumers and retailers think about the hydroponic cultivation concept and packaging for salat. The project group has also been in contact with companies that work with paper- and plastic packaging to get a clearer picture of different packaging and their properties. The result that has been developed is a sustainable and easy to use packaging that is adapted for Greeny Grow's hydroponically cultivated salad. The packaging is developed in such a way that when the salad is finished producing, it is placed in a plug tray and then transported to the customer. Given that the roots are still left on the salad, a small plastic bag is placed around the roots to maintain moisture and avoid dripping. When the salad reaches the store, the plug tray is placed on the shelf, and the consumer chooses their own salad to place in a paper bag for safe transport home. This type of packaging creates a greater feeling of hydroponic cultivation, given that the roots are still present and the consumer gets a clearer picture of how the salad has a longer sustainability.