Abstract
Abstract Reducing energy consumption in the supply of fresh produce provides economic advantages by reducing costs, ensuring access to green-aware markets and customers and alleviating the future impact of carbon trading systems on profitability. While any process change should be fully investigated with a systems-thinking approach, such as a life cycle analysis, this work focuses on the post-harvest section of horticultural supply chains (i.e. from producer gate to retailer door). Most typical post-harvest supply chains feature operations of cooling, handling, storage and transportation. This paper provides a review of: (a) the drivers for energy efficiency, (b) energy consumption practices and means of increasing energy efficiency in contemporary supply chains and (c) current developments and ideas being suggested as possible energy use reduction strategies in future fresh produce supply chains.
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