Patent ID: 7878396

Claim:
A system for tracking produce delivered to a consumer, the system comprising: a field box; a plurality of containers for holding the produce, the containers fitting within the field box for shipment and the containers being within which the consumer will eventually obtain the produce; a pre-printed master label affixed to the field box, the pre-printed master label having a master label barcode and the pre-printed master label having a plurality of sub-labels, each sub label having a sub-label identifier, the sub-label identifier being related to the master label bar-code, the master label barcode having a sequence of digital values, the sequence of digital values uniquely distinguishing the pre-printed master label; a server; a scanner; software running on the scanner for capturing a value of the master label barcode and a produce origin; software running on the scanner for transferring the value of the master label barcode and the produce origin to the server; and software running on the server for receiving the value of the master label barcode and the produce origin and software running on the server for storing the value of the master label barcode and the produce origin in a barcode tracking database.