Southern Exposure shines light on ‘Unseen Heroes’
Southern Exposure shines light on ‘Unseen Heroes’
The Southeast Produce Council delivered once again as its Southern Exposure show received rave reviews. Record numbers poured onto the expo floor at the Tampa Convention Center, which ran a little longer than previous years. At the keynote address, prior to the opening of the expo, Hall of Fame National Football League quarterback Kurt Warner discussed his journey from stocking grocery store shelves to winning the Super Bowl.
Top photo: Mike Roberts cuts the ribbon to open the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure, joined by David Sherrod, Kristin Yerecic Scott, Sloan Lott, Gary Baker and Tim Graas.
Amanda Knauff, Chris Downs and Michele Williams of Taylor Farms.
Jessica Peri and Mindy Vanvleck of Peri & Sons Farms.
John Alderman, Mason Hamilton, Robert Sloate and John Holford of Duda Farm Fresh Foods.
Dave Santucci, Christopher Angst and Kirk Wilson of Giorgio Fresh.
Corey Torczon, Mark Paxinos, Frank Biondo, Basile Kanaris and Andreas Economou of Tastyfrutti.
Lance Smith and Tara Smith Vighetti of Smith’s Farm Sales.
Oscar Garcia, Stephanie Bazan, Alfonso Delgado and Ryan Fukuda of Avocados From Mexico.
Rebecca Waxman and Amanda Keefer of Healthy Family Project.
Luis Gonzalez, Damon Francis, Ronnie Cohen, William Kopke, Doug Rossi, Tyler Wolowicz and Diana Lam of William H Kopke Jr. Inc.
RC Jones, Anthony Gallino and Ryan Baird of Bobalu.
Sarah Peevey and Autumn Campbell of Matthews Ridgeview Farms.
Sonal Sanghvi, Alex Jackson, Abby McPherson and Sara Rueda of Freida’s.
Sabrina Wilson and Manuel Michel of the Colombia Avocado Board.
Pedro Balderrama and Juan Carlos Barrionuevo of SunFed Produce.
Scott Maher and Tom Murray of Roche Bros.
Sloan Lott of Bland Farms.
John and Luke Shuman of Shuman Farms.
Chris Olsen and Karl Lipscomb of Gold Coast Packing.
Hana Mohsin of Misionero.
Earl McMenamin, Howard Nager, Juan Pablo Andino and Matt Tanner of Pacific Trellis Fruit/Dulcinea Farms.
Kari Soldaat, Madison Soldaat, Tom Curtis and John Woodall of Riveridge Produce Marketing.
Seth Grant, Brian Rose and Kirby Johnson of Flavor 1st.
Zachary Bjorkquist and Angela Rowland of Bolthouse Farms.
Suzanne Dannunzio, Mitch Blanco, Laura Tambone and Lisa Russell of Sunripe Certified Brands.
Matthew Williams of EarthFresh.
Jessie Capote, Luis Del Hoya and Adrian Capote of JC Tropicals.
Gregg Grizzaffe, Heather Grizzaffe and William Nangle of Pexco Produce Sales.
Ben Hilliard, Cliff Riner and Blake Dasher of G&R Farms.
Helen Aquino of Village Farms.
Mike Hacker and Mark Sharp of Fowler Farms.
Drew Caneza, Jon Buchwald, Richard Ryan and Mike Smith of Spice World.
Nick Sapp, Kyle Braddy, Britt Richardson, April Braddy and Sean McFadden of Parker Farms.
Theresa Nolan of The James and Theresa Nolan Foundation.
Blakely Atkinson of the South Carolina Peach Council.
Bill Douberly and Mark Browning of Browning & Sons.
JD Poole and Bryan Biederman of Scotlynn Sweet Pac Growers.
Juliemar Rosado, Mark Arney and Megan McKenna of the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
Tom Salisbury and Jeff Olsen of The Chuck Olsen Co.
Meg Buchsbaum and Michael Wilber of the National Mango Board.
Amar Gopalan and Kat Hultstrand of Wonderful Sales.
Bonnie Lundblad and Sarah Gartside of Sunny Valley International.
Michael Harwood of New York Apples Sales.
Andrea White, Michele Youngquist, Lindsey Lance and Tyann Schlimmer of Bay Baby Produce.
Aaron Miller and Gino Dibuduo of Booth Ranches LLC.
Sean Siri, Dana Mulroy and Camille Crawford of Freshline Produce LLC.
Kevin Stanger of Wada Farms with Tim Graas and Sabrina Gordon of Associated Wholesale Grocers.
Crystal Berry of Fresh Innovations.
Bailey Leger, Greg Leger and Jordan Carter of Leger & Son.
Jonathan Trock and Brian Pollack of Freshouse A.D.S.
Sean Steller of Phillips Mushroom Farms.
Jenna Sullivan and Madison Zender of So Good So You.
Kelly Hale and Sabrina Pokomandy of Highline Mushrooms.
Susan Noritake, Riley Slayton and Bailey Slayton of Country Sweet Produce.
Casey Jarrard, Milt Fuehrer and Ron Butcher of BelleHarvest/Michigan Fresh.
Austin Reese, Derek Peterson and Tavann Young of Wilcox Fresh.
Brian Gadwah, Courtney Law, Dave Rooke, Adriana Garza, Larry Goens, Justin Coffey, Adam Lazo and Nancy Johnston of Wonderful Citrus.
Mark Mitura, Amber Bill and Jimmy Mcquiston of Wholly Guacamole.
Lindsey Anderson, Ursula Deitch and Jennifer Atkins of the Virginia Department of Agriculture.
Dewey Scott, Jeff Thomas and Brenda Oglesby of Scott Farms.
Randle Wright, Dalia Gonzalez, Lonnie Gillespie and Cindy Askins of Farm Fresh Direct of America.
Kevin Brooks and Ray Connelly of Procurant.
Mason Smith of Natalie’s Orchid Island Juice Co.
Michael Fernandez of John Greene Logistics.
Michelle Ward, Rob Jackson, Leona Neill, Jim Dimenna, Harold Paivarinta, Kyle Moynahan, Mike Reed and Mark Wehby of Red Sun Farms.
Charlie Eagle of Southern Specialties.
Alma Avilez of Cottle Strawberry Nursery Inc.
Sheryl Beecroft and Jennifer Campbell of Gourmet Garden.
Eric McClam of City Roots Farm.
Ray Wowryk and Srini Shellikeri of Nature Fresh Farms.
Eddie Caram of New Limeco.
Rick Feighery and Ken White of Procacci Bros.
Max Mastronardi, Brian DiCarlo, David Pereira and Dino DiLauda of Westmoreland Sales/Topline Farm.
Paul Murracas, Carolyn Bristowe, Tiffany Sabelli and Jamie Moracci of Pure Flavor.
Patrick Mills, Stanley Trout, Ross Johnson and Mark Daniels of the Idaho Potato Commission.
Jesse Lopez, Brian Hawes, Joe Angelo, Mark Munger and Jeff Hutter of Ocean Mist Farms.
Karen Brux and Allison Myers of the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.
The Mastronardi Produce team: Peppe Bonfiglio, Crissa Kudroch, Agnes Boutros, Dan Natelborg, Paul Mastronardi, Conor Chilvers, Melissa Werstein and Wes Emerson.
Neil Milburn, Ernst Van Eeghen, Angelic Meza and Bob Licker of Church Brothers.
Liam Slavin, Bridgette Weber and Alan Asbury of Bard Valley Natural Delights.
Jonathan Gregory, Kimberly Gregory, Nickey Gregory, Scott Chapman, Andrew Scott and Blair Greenhill of Nickey Gregory Co. Inc.
Dan’l Mackey Almy and Megan Zweig of DMA Solutions.
Levon Ganajian, Kristyn Lawson, Jackie Nakashian and Dominic Defrancesco of Trinity Fruit Co.
Phil McElroy, Evan Dobratz, Abby Prior, Matt DiNitto, Lance Thompson and Bill Bertrand of Bright Farms.
Kathleen Triou, Rachel Schoffstall, Lela Reichart, Kathy Sponheim, Bob Meek and Dave Masser of Fresh Solutions Network.
Kevin Hall, Maryann George and James Towell of Florida Specialties.
Ana Paco and Adrian Paco of The Salad Farm.
Sarah Lucas, Mike Preacher and Keegan Morford of Superfresh Growers.
Jon Kiley and Vinnie Lopes of Envy Apples.
Loren Foss, Danelle Huber, Shawn Loudon, Rochelle Bohm, Bob Mast and Joel Hewitt of CMI Orchards.
Jordan Vande Guchte, Tyler Hodges and Randall Vande Guchte of Superior Sales Inc. with Ryan Dietz of Heartland Produce Co., Tom Ryan of IMOK Global and Dakota Vande Guchte of Superior Sales.
Manuela Arismendy, Natalia Silva and Phil Quintana of Vega Produce.
Terry Cook, Alejandro Guerrero, Bruce Letchworth, Albert Perez and Robert Cabili of Continental Fresh.
Josh Hillman and Aiden Mould of Cibo Vita Inc.
Charles Chance, Shawn Hall and Steve Sexton of C&S Family Farms.
Whitney Lett and Nikia Jones of Fresh From Florida.
Zachary Bjorkquist, Tim Galey, Amanda Saenz and Jonathan Airada of Bolthouse Farms.
Drew Callaghan and Dave Verdrager of RPE LLC.
Alejandra Diaz, Silvana Descomps, Priscilla Diaz and Brian Lapin of Catania Worldwide.
Tyler Jones, Ken Paglione and Nik Dobrich of Mucci Farms.
Sean Barganski, Tyler Steele, Michael Blume and Lisa Fetterhoff of Keystone Fruit.
Dick Thomas, Glen Reynolds, Ivonne Alanis and Dave Allen of Potandon Produce.
David Armenta, Aaron Deherrera, Carson Vick and Buck Nopp of Rainier Fruit.
Andy Kimbrel, Cindy Grissom and Gary Zych of Crunch Pak.
Mitchell Pelletier and Dan McArdle of Good Foods.
Duncan Marriott and Martin Garcia of Kings River Packing LLC.
Sonia Klinger, Ray Mastronardi, Chris Badaoa, Jim Papaefthimiou and Mike Jones of Del Fresco Produce Ltd.
Susana Cano, Juan Cano, Sara Cano, Stacy Pompa, Victor Garcia, Juan Carlos Martirena and Fernando Aguirre Jr. of Grande Produce Ltd. Co.
Thomas Joyner, Robin Narron and David Bradley of Nash Produce.
Chris Park and Mathew Park of C&J Bros. with Bert Barnes, Ted Wanless and Jason Turek of Turek Farms/Cayuga Produce.
Jeff Mele, Ryan Easter, Rob Bret and Aason Winslow of Mountain View Fruit Sales.
Bill Purewal of Purefresh, Katherine Leblanc of Freshpoint Florida, Brenda Zamora of Purefresh, Jared Lane of Grapeco, Chris Carroll of Freshpoint Florida and Urbano Magana of Purefresh.
Brad Ryan, Larry Griffith, Darryl Bollack and Kristen Holden of Mariani Nut Co.
Maria Howarth and Ian Lemay of the California Table Grape Commission.
Shimon Efergan and Sam Roberts of MamaMia Produce LLC.
Charles Cade with Sarah, Chelsea, Skip, Kimberly and AJ Consalo of Consalo Family Farms.
Kasey Kelley, Jerry Moran and Joe Dugo of Naturipe Farms.
Vince Mier, Derrick Davis and Melissa Ramsey of Tanimura & Antle.
Bob McGowan of Affinity Sales with Christian Greene, Wayne Brown, Ross Whitley and Nicholas Greene of Makoto Dressing Inc.
Eric Eason, Carlos Duarte and Leighanne Neary of Calavo Growers Inc.
Deanna Gray, Jenny Perez, Susana Troop and Bruno Luis of Southern Specialties.
Doug Enders, Dan Welk, Luc Prevost and Sonia Enders of VegPro.
John Cunningham, Samantha Snyder and Anthony D'Amico of To-Jo Mushrooms Inc.
Megan Berenbach, Tim Beerup, Brooke Becker and Diana McClean of Mission Produce.
Charlotte Vick and Ken Sikes of Vick Family Farms.
Jennifer Sanchez, Mary Velasquez and Isabel Freeland of Coast Topical.
John Carter, Kimberly Mangum and Melina Leija of Limoneira.
Gary James, Chloe Rawl, Ashley Rawl, Cathy Robinson and Chad James of WP Rawl.
Tony Barreira, Karen Grewal, Edward Reynolds and Phil Dawson Jr. of Fresh Taste Produce USA.
Sergio Gonzalez and Bella Joiner of Always Fresh Farms.
Dan Crowley of Gem-Pack Berries/Well-Pict Berries and Adam Crowley of Trinity Services Group.
Sarah Quackenbush and Alivia Cunningham of North Bay Produce Inc.
Dale Roberts, Matt Bergholz and Mark McLaughlin of Melissa’s.
A. Schraer, Dave Medders and Brooke Fraser of Sun Pacific.
Rob Campbell, Kristina Lorusso, Randy Giumarra, Gary Caloroso, Alex Giumarra and Carlos Marquez of Giumarra Cos.
Matt Musgrave, Maclaren Oglesby, John Sbrocco, Mark Danza, Michele Petrie and Harold Sbrocco of Sbrocco International Inc.
John Alva of Goodness Gardens Inc.
Doug Cahoon (second from right) of Sam's Club with Lyndsie Schrader, Leanne Schrader, Josh Bailey and Allison Bailey of Premier Melon Co. Inc.
Tara Saldana, Brian Beatty and Chad Nichols of Fresh Gourmet Co. with Curt Rice of Concord Foods.
Renee Goodwin, Derek Sledge and Tyger Downen of Frey Farms.
Tim Nadeau (center) of Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets flanked by Christine Etcheverry-Root and Ginette Brock of Sunview Marketing International.
Joe Sferrazza of Terra Fresh Organics with Mary Mitchell and Rutul Joshi of FreshDirect.
Rich Marolda Jr. of Sweetvine LLC.
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