Provided is a hormesis inducing device for fruits and vegetables that includes: a control unit which determines the strength of stimulus according to biological information about the fruits and vegetables that are harvested or growing and which controls at least one from among a kind of light, a quantity of the light, an irradiation time of the light, a wavelength of the light, and a temperature based on the determined strength of the stimulus and a stimulus generation unit which applies light to the fruits and the vegetables based on the determined strength of the stimulus or adjusts and applies the temperature. Thereby, individually optimized hormesis inducing conditions can be provided for various kinds of vegetables and fruits.