IFPA advocates for the produce industry at its Washington Conference
The produce industry once again met in Washington, DC, for the International Fresh Produce Association's annual Washington Conference on Monday June 9. After a day of meetings, attendees took a breath, mingled and talked strategy at the opening reception, held at the Grand Hyatt, before the visit to Capitol Hill on Tuesday.
Brittany Pearson and Stefanie Katzman of Katzman with Anais Beddard and Patrick Ohsann of Lady Moon Farms.
Kristin Strijdom from Towson University and Sydney Lehman from the University of Washington.
Jodi Devaurs and Jackie Nakashian of the California Table Grape Commission.
Maeva Killah of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association and Travis Bouldin from the Ron Brown College Preparatory High School.
Jose Gracia and Graciela Ream of Melon 1.
James Vangelos of Arena Packaging and Joseph Aguiar from California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo.
Jeffrey Priebe of Danaco Solutions and Joan Rosen of JC Rosen Resourses.
David Brugato of Pacific Coast - d.b.a. Grown Up Fresh and Donna Clements of the Produce Safety Alliance.
Maite Arancibia of Pacific Trellis Fruit d.b.a. Dulcinea Farms flanked by Jessica Adkins and Ann Luthwaite of Bonduelle Fresh Americas.
Amber Gray of Wild Hive, Michelle Alo of King River Packing, Wyatt Maysey of Taylor Farms, Stephanie Tramutola of A&J Produce, Megan McKenna of the National Watermelon Promotion Board and Joseph Klick of Naturipe Farms.
Matt Minthorn and John Ryan of Allen Lund Co.
Ray Wowryk of Nature Fresh Farms, Tom Pierce of Sobey's and Todd Fabec of Clarifresh.
Michelle Korte of Tive, Roberto Vazquez of Curv Logistics Group, Angel Baez of Dole Food Co. and Andrew Roy of Katzman.
Beth VanDrie and Scott Powell of Dutchman Tree Farms with Colleen Fagundus of the International Fresh Produce Association.
Anthony Fondacaro and Brendan Reiser of T. H. Weiss.
Kendra Pone and Amy Parks of Dole Food Co. with Felice Arboisiere of Dole Fresh Vegetables.
Yvette Speziani of Colour Republic with Erin Hutchinson and Nicole Farris of the International Fresh Produce Association.
Colette Roberts Risden of the Jamaica Central Labour Organization with Billy Ng and Robert Verloop of the California Walnut Commission.
Jake Bowman of Sustainably Fresh, Jeffrey Priebe of Danaco Solutions and Donna Clements of the Produce Safety Alliance.
Daniel Baldin of Longo Bros. Fruit Market, Michelle Alo of King River Packaging and Joseph Kelsay of Corteva Agriscience.
Maria DeSarbo of Carbonella & DeSarbo and Greg Yielding of the National Onion 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.
