Mastronardi Produce to promote new ‘Y.E.L.O’ cocktail tomatoes at Southern Exposure
“Mastronardi Produce/SUNSET” will definitely be exhibiting at the 2014 Southern Exposure conference and expo,” said Daniela Ferro, communications coordinator for the company headquartered in Kingsville, ON. “We’ll be at booth number 907. “As always, we will have a good representation at the show from our sales team.”
Mastronardi Produce is a leading grower, shipper and marketer of high-quality greenhouse produce. The company provides its customers with year-round supplies from its numerous greenhouse locations in North America and Mexico.
Duda Farm Fresh Foods a strong supporter of the Southeast Produce Council
“We are looking forward to another annual Southern Exposure conference and expo, and we have a full lineup of team members who will have a presence at the show,” said Nichole Towell, director of marketing for Duda Farm Fresh Foods Inc., headquartered in Oviedo, FL. “Duda Farm Fresh Foods has been a member and supporter of the Southeast Produce Council since its inception, and we have been exhibiting at the show for over eight years.”
Plenty of high-quality red potatoes for St. Patrick’s Day
Ted Kreis, marketing director for the Northern Plains Potato Growers Association in Grand Forks, ND, said that his members are enjoying strong business this winter, and there will be plenty of high-quality Red River Valley red potatoes on the market for St. Patrick’s Day.
Southeast Produce Council still in growth mode, setting the bar for regional industry organizations
The Southeast Produce Council has grown steadily — and remarkably — since its founding in 1999 and has never been stronger than heading into its biggest annual event, the Southern Exposure trade show at the Caribe Royale Resort & Conference Center in Orlando, FL, Feb 27 to March 2.
Awe Sum Organics granted a Green Business Certification Award
Awe Sum Organics, already passionate is about its produce, has taken its love of the planet beyond organic fruit and deeper into its operations.
Weis Markets announces new CEO
Weis Markets today announced its board of directors has approved Jonathan Weis as company president and chief executive officer. Weis will also retain his role as company vice chairman. Previously, he had been serving as the company’s interim CEO.
Agriculture front and center at combined New Jersey conventions
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Agricultural interests across the Garden State gathered the first week in February for the 2014 New Jersey Agricultural Convention & Trade Show and the New Jersey State Agricultural Convention.
This was the third year that the annual State Agricultural Convention co-located with the annual conventions of the Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey and the New Jersey Blueberry Association.
Storing green beans is not the objective for JMB Distributing
RIO RICO, AZ — “We don’t want a lot of warehousing space. I wish I needed none,” said Harry Sbragia, president of JMB Distributing Inc. “I like to get the price right and get it the hell out and to the trade. I like to get the green beans off the plant and to the housewife before rigor mortis sets in.”
Sbragia deems himself the largest green bean importer in the Nogales deal. “We specialize in green beans. We built our reputation on green beans. It’s a small, specialized deal. We have worked with the same grower for 18 years. He is doing something right. Apparently we are too.”
Grape exports are key for Fresh Farms
RIO RICO, AZ — As Jerry Havel prepared to leave for the early February Fruit Logistica trade show in Berlin, it was appropriate to discuss Fresh Farms’ export program. Havel is the director of sales and marketing for Fresh Farms, which is located in Rio Rico. In the enormous Berlin produce show, Fresh Farms was to participate in the Mexico pavilion. Havel’s primary goal at the show was to build export sales to Europe. But he also planned to peruse new packaging and other such trade developments.
Lisa Inc.’s Lichter recalls naval service
RIO RICO, AZ — The World War II vessel USS New Jersey is the most decorated battleship in the history of the United States Navy. In the last 20 years, many thousands of tourists in Camden, NJ, have walked on the deck of the ship-turned-museum and admired the nine enormous guns, grouped in fearsome threes on the broad decks.
John Lichter, the sales manager of Lisa Inc., here, not only served four years in the U.S. Navy aboard the New Jersey, but also was aboard when all nine of these 16-inch cannons were fired simultaneously. “They did it once. It was the last time,” he said.