What Succession Looks Like in the Salinas Valley — And Why It Matters to Investors

by Post Harvest Technologies | Jul 30, 2026 | Blog, Post-Harvest

Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group There is a capital problem in the Salinas Valley. Most people who talk about it frame it as a modernization problem — aging facilities, outdated equipment, infrastructure that wasn’t built for today’s volume or...

Why Shared Infrastructure Doesn’t Have to Mean Shared Customers

by Post Harvest Technologies | Jun 25, 2026 | Blog, Post-Harvest

JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 Every time I sit down with a Salinas Valley operator to talk about GIAC, the same concern comes up within the first few minutes. It doesn’t matter whether I’m talking to a...

The Difference Between a Cold Box and a First-Mile Platform

by Post Harvest Technologies | Jun 18, 2026 | Blog, Post-Harvest

JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 There is a question I get asked more than any other when I’m talking to growers, shippers, or investors who are new to what we’re building at GIAC. It usually comes after...

What Institutional Investors Get Wrong About Cold-Chain Infrastructure Most LPs categorize first-mile post-harvest assets as cold storage.

by Post Harvest Technologies | Jun 11, 2026 | Blog, Post-Harvest

JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 When I describe PHT Growth Fund to investors who are new to agricultural infrastructure, the conversation usually runs into the same wall early on. I’ll mention cold chain, or...

Why the Salinas Valley Is the Right Place to Start a First-Mile Infrastructure Platform

by Post Harvest Technologies | Jun 5, 2026 | Blog, Post-Harvest

JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026  ·  Most infrastructure investors start with a thesis. PHT started with a place. When we decided to build a first-mile cold-chain platform, we didn’t begin with a...

What FSMA Actually Changed for Growers — And Why Most Facilities Haven’t Caught Up

by Post Harvest Technologies | May 28, 2026 | Blog, Post-Harvest

Institutional investors keep miscategorizing first-mile infrastructure as cold storage. Jim White explains why the two assets share vocabulary and little else....