With little time remaining before the Organic Produce Summit begins on July 13, more than 1,400 confirmed attendees have registered, which will make the 2022 version the largest show ever in its history dating back to its inception in 2016.

Mother Earth will soon be headed to the Organic Produce Summit, with a trio of team members — Meghan Klotzbach, vice president of sales, marketing and operations; Tom Leo, sales and procurement manager; and Mark Kreiner, outside sales coordinator — at booth No. 219. “We will be displaying our current assortment with a key focus on exotic mushrooms,” Kreiner said.

As regenerative agriculture is reshaping the production of how food is grown, a panel of large-scale organic growers will discuss their involvement with this new method of growing and what it may mean for the future of organic fresh produce at the sixth annual Organic Produce Summit.

On the heels of a global pandemic, much has changed over the past two years in the world of grocery retailing, and with it the various dynamics of what may lie ahead for the fresh produce industry. To discuss the future of grocery retail and its impact on fresh produce, a pair of leaders from one of the nation’s most progressive grocery chains and the former co-CEO of the organization have been confirmed as panelists for a keynote presentation at Organic Produce Summit 2022, this July in Monterey, CA.

Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s oceans, the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of coastline around the globe. What if there was a platform to stop ocean plastic and at the same time help alleviate poverty through a global recycling ecosystem?

That is the ambitious goal of Plastic Bank and its founder David Katz, who will offer a keynote presentation at OPS 2022, Empowering the World to Stop Ocean Plastic.

Organics in an Era of Inflation and Changing Consumer Behavior will be the subject of the fourth educational session at the upcoming Organic Produce Summit 2022, featuring an exclusive sales analysis of organic fresh produce sales through the first half of 2022, and examining how consumer purchasing behavior is changing in a time of inflation.