SEPC’s Southern Exposure had the industry feeling good
SEPC’s Southern Exposure had the industry feeling good
–Photos taken by Gordon M. Hochberg, John Groh, Craig Levitt, Adam Campbell and Kyle Eberth
ORLANDO, FL — It was a return to normalcy as the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure expo was bursting at the seams with smiling attendees and exhibitors. Following a rousing keynote address by Tim Tebow, the buzz on the show floor was immediate, palpable — and lasting — as it remained busy until closing.
Russell Brown of G. Cefalu with Dennis Carter of Food Pro.
Autumn Campbell of Matthew Ridgeview Farms.
Lance Temple and Scott Tallon of Sambazon Inc.
Brian Cook and Blair Butterworth of Pete’s (Hollandia Produce).
Suzy Dollack, Matt Dinitto, Josh Curland, Kunal Desai and Steven Shinkle of BrightFarms.
Kellen Copland, Hunter Wiers, Graham Wiers and Dean Wiers of Wiers Farms.
Thomas Joyner and Thomas Webb of Nash Produce.
Lisa Jenkins, Sean McFadden and Britt Richardson of Parker Farms.
Michael Hively of Generation Farms with David Bagley of Highland Ag Solutions.
John Ballard, Kristine Gatlin, Caroline Anderson and Jeff Haffty of Litehouse.
Mimi Parker, Trish James and Erin Waters of Shuman Farms.
Milt Fuehrer and Joe D’Ottavio of Belleharvest Sales.
Jim Papaefthimiou, Carl Mastronardi, Ray Mastronardi and Chris Badaoa of DelFresco Produce.
Bob McGowan of Affinity Sales with Alexandra Dolbec and Luc Prevost of Vegpro International.
Mark Danza, Maclaren Oglesby and Ross Good of Sbrocco International.
Bert Barnes and Jason Turek of Cayuga Produce/Turek Farms.
Joe Spano and Danny Elias of Mucci Farms.
Greg Sagan of Giorgio Fresh Co. with Sean McGee of Albertson’s.
Charlotte Vick of Vick Family Farms.
Tina Collins and Ronny Collins of Vidalia Sweet Produce.
Maggie Jones, Zac Goodno and Clarke Hendrick of Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable Inc.
Ryan Lockman, Lauren Voelker and Rod Bangert of North Bay Produce.
Representing the National Mango Board were Tricia Bramley, Tammy Wiard, Meg Buchsbaum and Tim Beerup.
Allison Myers and Karen Brux of Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.
Ken Reagan, Mark Pins, Kevin Keough and Tom Marrolli of State Garden/Olivia's Organics.
Kyle Lane, Dave Fausset, Raina Nelson, Joe Navarro and Jeff Onstot of Westfalia Fruit Marketing.
Michael Harwood and John Cushing of Yes! Apples.
Maile Devers, Kiah Ruvalcaba and Derrick Bender of Fowler Packing Co.
Blair Greenhill, Scott Chapman, Nickey Gregory and Andrew Scott of Nickey Gregory Co.
Ian Zimmerman, John Venables, Josh Auerbach and Paul Auerbach of Maurice A. Auerbach Inc.
The 2022 Terry Vorhees Lifetime Achievement Award honoree Bobby Creel (second from left) of L&M was joined by past honorees who were in attendance at the 2022 Southern Exposure (from left): Joe McGee, Rick Estess, Sheila Carden, Joe Klare, Gordon Hochberg and Dave Stornetta.
Chris Veillon, Matt Mastronardi, Paul Murracas, Carmine Borrelli and Mark Robson of Pure Flavor.
Curt Rice and Cosmo Dinitto of Concord Foods.
Jeff Bruff of Rock Garden Herbs.
Trey Cady of Daumar Corp.
Katie Pfeiffer of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.
Brick Rooks of the Carolina Blueberry Group with Ceferino Estrada of KB Specialties.
Harold Paivarinta, Ray Mason, Ted Coufal and Rob Jackson of Red Sun Farms.
Kevin Rodgers and Benjie Richter of Richter and Co.
Alex Callegari, Bruce Letchworth, Alejandro Guerrero and Albert Perez of Continental Fresh.
Brian Josephs and Brian Klekner of The Little Potato Co.
Larissa Rice and Leslie Harden of Monterey Mushrooms.
Ingrid Lozano, Kirk Marquardt, Tim Kwan, John McCann, Jeff Murray and Mike Naftel of Del Monte Fresh Produce.
Bryan Roberts, Charles Alter, Shawn Caldwell and Ryan Debuskey of Sunview Marketing.
Jeff Goodale, Paul Miller, Mason Hamilton, Tim Ross and Bob Sloate of Duda Farm Fresh Foods.
John Cannon, Dan Davis, Mike Marboe, Krista Beckstead and Shawn Loudon of Starr Ranch Growers.
Brenda Gomez of Purefresh flanked by Stephen Harmer and Jared Lane of Grapeman Farms.
Nick Georgantas, Kate Brooks and Kim St George of Renaissance Food Group.
Billy Martin and Andy Kimbrel of Crunch Pak.
Jim Grabowski and Alison Allwine of Well-Pict Berries.
Alan Asbury, Liam Slavin and Neil Marritt of Bard Valley Date Growers.
David Armenta, Skyler McFeeley, Emily Zirkle and Shawn Santomassimo of Rainier Fruit.
Adam Millburn, Rene Millburn, Tosha Roberts, Kailey Wells and Brandon Rankin of King Fresh Produce LLC.
Jim Gipe and Adrian Espinosa of BeachSide Produce LLC.
Pedro Bravo, Jennifer Sanchez, Carmen Placensia, Isabel Freeland, Mary Velasquez and Adrian Martinez of Coast Tropical.
In attendance for Salix Fruits were Vince Biasbetti, Juana Elortondo and Bob DiPiazza.
Jeri Elsasser and Jackie Nakashian of Trinity Fruit Co.
Jim Johnson and Mitch Mitchell of International Paper.
Krisit Hocutt of Triple J Produce.
Sam Snyder, John Cunningham and Kevin Delaney of To-Jo Mushrooms.
Isaac Olivas, Mark Sharp and Austin Fowler of Fowler Farms.
Greg Leger, Jordan Carter and Will Hinson of Leger & Son.
Alma Tacuba and Brenda Briggs of Rice Fruit Co.
Sean Steller and Kevin Donovan of Phillips Mushroom Farms.
Trish James, Amanda Keefer, Tracy Shaw and Lesley Daniels of the Healthy Family Project.
Lisset Jimenez of J&C Tropicals.
Jim and Leah Schneider of Sun Commodities flanked by Alex Giumarra, Mike Walsh and Randy Giumarra of Giumarra Vineyards.
Jacob Carter and Robby Carter of Hugh H. Branch.
Leilani Aletras of Florida Department of Agriculture.
Cliff Riner and Ben Hilliard of G&R Farms.
Tom Murry and Scott Maher of Roche Bros. visited with Krysten DeGiglio and Paige Stewart of Village Farms.
Tyler Steele and Matthew Gideon of Keystone Fruit Marketing.
Peter Dandrea and Jana Dandrea of Dandrea Produce.
Bryan Biederman and J.D. Poole of Scotlynn Sweet PAC Growers.
Anthony Stetson, Vince Gambro and Joseph Tudor of Pretty Lady Vineyards.
Ben Wells and Jon Shriver of L&M Cos.
Ray Wowryk and Jocelyn Mastronardi of Nature Fresh Farms.
Al Finch, Derek Rodgers and Darrell Congdon of Florida Classic Growers.
Katie Rabuck and Tron Crumley of Fresh Solutions Network.
Gaston Becerril and Steven Garza of Kingdom Fresh.
Tom O’Brien, Jonathan Sparks and Anthony Gallino of Bobalu LLC.
Chuck Gragg, Kevin Brooks and Bob Nelson of Procurant.
At the Wada Farms booth were Michelle Huff of Bare Beans, Brian Martin of Performance Food Group, and Stephanie Bench, Kevin Stanger and Joe Esta of Wada.
Wayne Szabla, Michael Martori and Chloe Albright of Stella Farms.
Amber Bill and Jim Blair of Wholly Guacamole.
Craig Kelly and Greg Kurkjian of Fresh Deco.
Michelle Youngquist, Tyann Schlimmer and Pete Norbut of Bay Baby Produce Inc.
Luis Gudino of SiCar Farms.
Jim Provost and Eric Frasse of I Love Produce.
Catherine Delettera, Shawn Wen, Ryan Sison, Deborah Rogers and Karen Caruso of Zespri Kiwifruit.
Ceferino Estrada of KB Specialties and Cecilia Flores Paez of T&G Global.
Danelle Huber and Joel Hewitt of CMI Orchards
Trent Bishop, Christian Harris, Christina Ward, John Slagel and Jeff Gaston of Sunkist.
John Harley and Rudy Heras of Anthony Vineyards.
Kimberly Consalo, Skip Consalo, Chelsea Consalo, AJ Consalo and Sarah Consalo of Consalo Family Farms.
Josh Thorne, Fabian Sojos and Mike Way of Prime Time International.
Justin Bloss of Rivermaid Trading with Bob Catinella of Pear Bureau Northwest.
Juliemar Rosado and Megan McKenna of the National Watermelon Promotion Board.
Sloan Lott, Richard Pazderski and Jeff Rhoden of Bland Farms.
Chuck Yow, Milt Fuehrer and Angela Sommers of BellHarvest Sales Inc.
At the Idaho Potato Commission booth were Ross Johnson (front, with Spuddy Buddy) joined by Seth Pemsler, Stanley Trout, Kent Beesley, Mark Daniels and Mike Krage.
Maddie Sosa, Charlie Eagle and Nicole Dobrzeniecki of Southern Specialties.
At the Vision Import Group booth were Angela Aronica, Christine McCullough and Ronnie Cohen.
Sarah Lucas, Connor O’Malley, and Catherine Gipe-Stewart of Domex Superfresh Growers.
Tom Beaver and Bonnie Lundblad of Sunny Valley International with Joe Atchison of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.
Falon Brawley, Kristy and Shawn Hartley and family of Onions 52.
Rajah Nagarajah and Colby Aaron of Tive.
Andrea Jordan, Leslie Harden and Larissa Rice of Monterey Mushrooms.
Darryl Bollack, Brad Ryan, Larry Griffith and Matt Mariani of Mariani Nut Co.
Joe Procacci, Ali Procacci, Ken White and Veronica Rivas or Procacci Bros. with Liam Slavin of Bard Valley Date Growers.
Robb Bertels and Karl Lipscomb of Gold Coast Packing.
Steve Stutz and Jim Burnette of Delina Fresh.
Jane Narwold of Sutherland Foodservice, Jennifer Pierce of the Southeast Produce Council and Lucretia Parish of Giorgio Fresh Co.
Rebecca Wilson and Stephanie Hilton of Tom Lange Co.
Kristin Wells of Food Lion with Brenda Necic of Pure Flavor.
Krysten DeGiglio and Paige Stewart of Village Farms Fresh.
Julio Vasquez and Greg Sagan of Giorgio Fresh Co.
Jeff Cady of Tops Markets with Tim Ross of Duda Farm Fresh Foods.
Dan Fechte of Schnuck Markets (second from left) with Jamie Moracci, Matt Mastronardi and Tiffany Sabelli of Pure Flavor.
Nicole Dobrzeniecki and Charlie Eagle of Southern Specialties.
Alex Jackson of Frieda’s Specilty Produce, Leah Patterson of US Foods and Chastity Daniels of Performance Food Group.
– Eric Proffitt, Bob Borda, Jen Verdelli Hurter and Ally Nesci of Grimmway Farms/Cal Organic.
– Jennifer Pierce of the Southeast Produce Council (standing) with Alfonso Delgado, Stephane Bazan and Oscar Garcia of Avocados from Mexico.
Craig Slate of Sunfed Produce with John Guerra of S. Katzman.
Sarah Esker and Michael Bader of Honeybear Brands.
Roger March and Jennifer Rigdon of Wholesale Produce Supply Co.
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