EPC members tee off at S.C. Department of Ag meeting

Craig Levitt, managing editor

May 4, 2023

The South Carolina Department of Agriculture and the Eastern Produce Council hosted a night at the driving range at TopGolf in Edison, NJ, on April 25. The event marked the 51st year of the SCDA and EPC relationship. Prior to tee off Katie Rees, market development director for the South Carolina Department of Agriculture, was joined by Michael Cranford, also of SCDA, Weatherly Thomas of SC Specialty Crop Growers Association, Denver Sandifer of the SC Watermelon Association and Ross Williams, vice president of fresh packing and business development for Titan Farms, who all shared updates on their area of expertise.

Members of the EPC board and representatives of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Al Murray of the Eastern Produce Council and Chris Scotti of John Vena Produce.

Susan McAleavey Sarlund and Marianne Santo of the Eastern Produce Council.

John Barlett and James Ferrier of organicgirl with Karolina Sokolska of Hampton Farms.

Brendan Burns of Bolthouse Farms, Mark Leone of Giorgio Fresh and Peter Machala of Wakefern Food Corp.

Joe Joseph of Victor Joseph & Son with Stephanie Tramutola and Jeff Young of A&J Produce.

Dylan Dembeck of Minkus Family Farms and Brain Kenny of Wakerfern Food Corp.

Dan Oettinger of JOH, Max Pozzessere of Little Leaf Farms and Garrett Sebor of Key Food.

Tony Colella of Trinity Logistics and Rick Feighery of Procacci Bros.

Lauren Mordasky of RPE/Tasteful Selections, Anthony Latana of the Eastern Produce Council, Dylan Dembeck of Minkus Family Farms and Tracy Simmonds of Affinity Sales.

Marianne Santo of the Eastern Produce Council and Wakefern Food Corp. with Brian Kenny and Nicolina Rutherford of Wakerfern Food Corp.

Jess Huber and Erica Stevens of America’s Grow-a-Row, Michael Hill of NatureSweet and Luke Palizay of Pacific Trellis.

Tom Marrolli of State Garden and Bonnie Lundblad of Sunny Valley International.

Weatherly Thomas of the South Carolina Specialty Crop Growers Association, Jack Christy of Oppy, Julie Barber of the Oppenheimer Group and Anna Fagan of AeroFarms.

Jerry Scherwin of PennRose Farms, Tom Marrolli of State Garden, Wayne Hendrickson of Four Seasons Produce and Tyler Hiriak of PennRose Farms.

Michael Cranford of South Carolina Specialty Growers, Ross Williams of the South Carolina Peach Council and Titan Farms, and Katie Rees of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Michael Keen of Procacci Bros., Savanah Lloyd of Farm-Wey Produce and Mohini Patel of Wakefern Food Corp. standing behind Tom Paragham and Nicholas Vargas of Wakefern Food Corp.

Katie Rees of the South Carolina Department of Agriculture.

Ross Williams of the South Carolina Peach Council and Titan Farms.

Weatherly Thomas of the South Carolina Specialty Crop Growers Association.

Craig Levitt

About Craig Levitt |

When his dreams of becoming a professional hockey player came crashing down due to lack of talent, Craig Levitt turned to journalism. He graduated from Hofstra University in 1992 and has covered various areas of the retail food trade since 1996. Craig joined The Produce News in 2017 and is now managing editor. In his spare time, Craig still plays men’s league hockey (poorly) and enjoys walking the aisles of his favorite supermarket with his wife and two daughters.

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