CPMA trade show floor sees bustling traffic

John Groh, publisher, and Adam Campbell, digital publisher

April 27, 2023

TORONTO — The Canadian Produce Marketing Association cut the ribbon to open its 2023 convention and trade show April 26, here, where more than 300 exhibitors featured their products and services amid a busting trade show floor. Traffic remained strong throughout the second day before attendees headed to the annual banquet, which brought the event to a close.

At the Pure Flavor booth were Chris Veillon, Paul Murracas, Amanda Sebele, Jamie Moracci, Lindsay Gammon and Carmine Borrelli.

Striking a power pose at the Equifruit booth during CPMA were Kim Chackal, Jennie Coleman, Madison Hopper and Michelle Gubbels.

Silvia Valencia, Gene Lamour, Eduardo Garcia Chamorro, Ana Cris Villarreal, Silvia Sebastian and Jaime Sebastian of Freshcourt.

Rohini Ramnarace, Ashley Van Dam and Sally Fraser of Sun Rich Foods Canada.

Shea Rogers, John Anderson and Kelsey Van Lissum of Oppy.

Eddie Garcia Chamorro of Freshcourt and Guy Milette of CPMA.

Rick Alcocer, Susan Kavanagh and Tim Ross of Duda Fresh Foods.

Loren Foss and Danelle Huber of CMI Orchards.

Marc Hatfield, Will Seide and Jim Endres of Produce Pro Software.

William Kopke of William H. Kopke Jr. Inc.

Rodrigo Venegas, Luis Gudino, Jackie Carrillo, Brenda Covarrubia and Sandra Longoria of SiCar Farms.

At the Divine Flavor booth were Michael DuPuis, Carlos Bon, Luis Urbina and Mike DeMattia.

Todd Rypkema and Ed Ott of Wholly Guacamole.

The BC Cherry Association was represented at CPMA by Abby Nyberg and Beth Cavers.

Jay Kallu and Jessica Olmstead of Vertical Choice.

Steve Raifman and Joe Salvo of Ponderosa Mushrooms.

Juan Florez and Niall Sherwin of West Coast Wild Foods.

Bob Wilkinson and Rebecca Catlett of Okanagan Specialty Fruits.

Cory Stahl, Lauren Brierly and Tyler Steele of Progressive Produce.

David Fausset and Nick Garcia of Westfalia Fruit Marketing.

Kevin Houx, Santiago Pena, Megan Berenbach, Lilia Carmen and Tim Bulow of Mission Produce.

Chris Drew, Hilda Medina, Rebecca Rotter and Glen Alameda of Ocean Mist Farms.

Jeff Stachelek and Richard Butera of Maglio Produce.

The Little Potato Co. was represented by (back row) Heather Jeffares, Sanford Gleddie, Evelyne Rivard, Janet Burton, Angela Santiago, Tammy Burgardt, Jennifer Demunk and Brian Josephs with (front row) David Yurko, Shelley Henschel and Brian Josephs.

Kevin Carroll and Derrick Bender of Fowler Packing Co.

Leona Neill, Rob Jackson, Mike Reed, David Bell and Mark Wehby of Red Sun Farms.

Bertha Briseno, Hutch Morton and Ana Paco of The Salad Farm.

Matt Tanner, Angie Eastham and Howard Nager of Pacific Trellis Fruit.

Kevin Steiner and Steve Kuebler of Sage Fruit Co.

Ajit Saxena, Cole Mucci, Mario Testani and Steve Zaccardi of Mucci Farms.

Rodrigo Leiva, Carol da Cunha, Lauree Lincoln and Andrew Simko of Sunshine Bouquet Co.

Jeri Elsasser and Dominic Defrancesco of Trinity Fruit Sales.

Mark Zachanowich, Mike Levis, Matt Alexander and John Moretto of Volm Cos.

Robert Macias of Fresh Connect Services.

Enrique Obregon and Jose Luis Obregon of IPR Fresh in Nogales, AZ.

Kurt and Cindy Zuhlke of Kurt Zuhlke & Associates.

Bob Borda and Jen Verdelli Hurter of Grimmway Farms.

Michael Harris of Lone Star Citrus.

Michelle Gibson and Juliemar Rosado of the National Watermelon Promotion Board.

Melissa Hartmann de Barros and Andres Ocampo of HLB Specialties.

Candi Fitch of the Idaho Eastern Oregon Onion Committee.

Sara Lozano and Mary Fregoso of Sambrailo Packaging.

Representing Grupo Los Cerritos at the CPMA trade show were Jorge Medina Tejada, Jose Manuel Mendoza and Saul Medina Villanueva.

At the APEAM booth promoting Avocados from Mexico were Justin Carson, Caroline LeBlanc and Shimmy Silverman.

Marcia Auerbach Schwartz, Jeff Schwartz and Josh Auerbach of Maurice A. Auerbach Inc.

Sabrina Ford, Michael McLeod, Brian Hall and Jaylen Ponder of WestRock.

Christine Fries and Joseph Atchison of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

Jessica Flaim Salerno of R&R Flaim Farms/Next Generation Produce and Amanda Biagi of Perfection Plants.

Gopal Gupta and Fazleen Khan-Gupta of City Wide Produce with Mona Thind of Thomas Fresh.

At the Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association booth were Joe Kertzman, David Wickline, Mark Finnessy and Mike Gatz.

CPMA officials cut the ribbon to officially open the association’s 97th annual convention, held April 25-27 in Toronto.

John Groh

About John Groh |

John Groh graduated from the University of San Diego in 1989 with a bachelors of arts degree in English. Following a brief stint as a sportswriter covering the New York Giants football team, he joined The Produce News in 1995 as an assistant editor and worked his way up the ranks, becoming publisher in 2006. He and his wife, Mary Anne, live in northern New Jersey in the suburbs of New York City.

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