Parker Farms has been in the vegetable business for nearly 50 years, and has experienced rising input prices before, but Sales Manager/Partner Jimmy Carter said the current inflationary pressure is unprecedented and will definitely impact East Coast vegetable production this spring and summer.

“No one has seen this level of price increases before,” he said. “Every input is seeing significant increases. We are in unchartered territory.”

Flavor 1st Growers & Packers grows and packs more than 30 different varieties of produce, all of which are tracked from field-to-fork using state-of-the-art distribution programs, labeling and procedures.

As Flavor 1st enters the second quarter of 2022, its planning plantings, local programs for summer deals and getting ground ready on its summer farms as it looks forward to a successful summer after a promising 2021.

Smith’s Farm has been growing broccoli at its flagship location in Presque Isle, ME, since the mid 1980s, providing its prized Stag Brand product to retail clients along the Eastern Seaboard.

Nickey Gregory Co., operating on the Atlanta State Farmer’s Market, had its best quarter in the history of the company in Q1 2022 in terms of both sales and cases sold.

Shuman Farms, located in Reidsville, GA, is a year-round grower, packer, and shipper of premium sweet onions from Vidalia, Peru, and Texas.

Being situated in Tattnall County, the company is in the heart of the Vidalia onion growing region, where the sandy soil and unique climate, including mild, short winters, contribute to the Vidalia onion’s mild, sweet flavor.

Nickey Gregory Co. took a big step recently by consolidating and operating out of two warehouses instead of four, with one of those warehouses being among the Atlanta Market’s largest buildings.