The Southeast Produce Council announced an exceptional lineup of speakers for the upcoming Southern Exposure: Produce Means Family conference. Taking place March 6-8 at the Orlando World Center Marriott in Florida, this year’s event will focus on SEPC Chair Kristin Yerecic Scott’s platform celebrating the significance of family meals and the importance of coming together. The conference aims to bring together members of the produce community —wholesalers, retailers, growers and more — who support and uplift one another as a family.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Inspection and Grading performs thousands of inspections annually of imported and domestic produce at warehouses, cold storages and distribution centers to ensure that the produce is meeting USDA produce quality standards. What’s more, NJDA’s Fruit and Vegetable Inspection Program provides a consistent supply of high quality produce for distribution to consumers.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture attends many shows throughout the year for various reasons, but the New York Produce Show is one that stands out year after year. In fact, the NJDA has exhibited at the New York Produce Show every year it has existed.

Consistency.

It is fair to say that more than three decades of offering retailers and consumers a quality line of product on a regular basis has paid off nicely for Southern Specialties.

Now officials at the Pompano Beach, FL-based company, which offers more than 250 SKUs, are ready, willing and able to focus on the future by remembering how they got here.

Maurice Auerbach Inc., the leading distributor of garlic and specialty produce in the Northeast, procures its wide range of products from various corners of the globe. Based in Secaucus, NJ, the company, operating under its AuerPak brand, focuses on garlic, shallots and an array of other specialty offerings, which include tropical and Asian produce, along with organic garlic, asparagus, ginger and tofu.

The company’s key products will be featured at the upcoming New York Produce Show.

Founded in 1934 as a modest produce stand in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, Bushwick Potato Commission has grown into a major supplier of fresh potatoes and vegetables along the entire Eastern Seaboard.

Now in its fourth generation of family leadership, the company recently celebrated its 90-year legacy grounded in a commitment to quality, community support and sustainable practices.