Paul Bachelier, with the Daily Fresh logo in the background.

NOGALES, AZ — After 18 years at Omega Produce Co.

“Plain Jane” brand tomatoes, Bell peppers and cucumbers, which are grown in Mexico by Melones Internacional SA de CV and distributed and marketed by Apache Produce Co. Inc. in Nogales, AZ, are all greenhouse grown. This year, Melones has expanded its greenhouse operations in Culiacan in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, and is in process of building additional greenhouses in the state of Nayarit, according to Alejandro Canelos, a principal in Melones and an officer in Apache.

Top Katz Brokers LLC, headquartered in the New York City terminal market, has an office and warehouse in Nogales, AZ, and has been involved in the Nogales deal for the last 13 years, according to Paul Manfre, general manager.

Marco Serrano, Jerry Havel and Alan Voll of Fresh Farms.

NOGALES, AZ — “We just celebrated our fifth anniversary,” said Jerry Havel, director of sales an

Javier Espinosa, Culiacan production manager for Andrew & Williamson Fresh Produce, in a golden grape tomato field in full bloom under a protective structure.

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