IFPA Global Show lives up to its billing
October 23, 2023
It was a packed exhibit floor at the International Fresh Produce Association Global Produce & Floral Show in Anaheim, CA, from open to close on Friday, Oct. 20. By all accounts, the second “Big Show” put on by IFPA was a rousing success. Day two enjoyed strong traffic throughout the morning, staying busy until the end of the day.
David Kim, Wil Cruz, Honorio Aguilar, Isha Ghetia, Jim Provost and Eric Frasse of I Love Produce.
Andrea Wiggins and Trish James of Healthy Family Project.
Dan Acevedo of GreenFruit Avocado flanked by Alyssa Muraski and Tom Kiss of Volm Cos.
Andy Garcia III, Jason Ryan, Tim Ryan, Tim Ryan Jr. and Oswaldo Silva of Square 1 Farms.
Alberto Flores, Mark Cassius and Juan Ibarra of Marengo Foods.
Jessica Finn, Vanessa Villarreal, Johnny Ariona, Lauren White, Konnor Cantrell and Liz Savino of Fowler Packing.
The Little Potato Co. team.
Eric Gudgel, Chris Monahan and Todd Rypkema of Wholly Guacamole.
Jill Hughey and Brenda Briggs of Rice Fruit Co.
Gabriel Arriola, Raul Acevedo and Dylan Fox of Fox Packaging.
Victoria Lopez and Jennifer Doxey of Fox Packaging.
Brian Deese, Brent Lewis and Jodi Lewis of Highland Ag Solutions.
Brian Miller, Josh Thome, Erick Christensen, Jim Auchard, Jeff Taylor and Victoria Kovacevich of Prime Time International.
Gary Zych, Candi Burge, Billy Martin, Jeff Whitehall, Cindy Grissom and Andy Kimbrel of Crunch Pak.
Tennison Hoofard, Brian Bean and Martin McKenna of Sunview Marketing International.
Sarah Lucas and Clay Burke of Domex Superfresh Growers with Wendy McManus of Connect 2 Potential.
Matt Kawamura of Orange County Produce (third from left) with Craig Casca, Steve McGuire, Paul Kawamura, Chaz Yamamoto, Marcia Marble and Matthew Bruckner of Gem-Pak Berries/Well-Pict Berries.
Dan Gilbert and Giovanna De Souva of International Paper.
Ariana Echevarria and Rodrigo Bedoya of Ipoki Produce.
Greg Petermever, Mark Hoppenians, Jeremy Andrews, Rob Williams and Damien Yank of Sev-Rend.
Mitch Kalleward and Chris Phelps of Lineage Logistics.
Doug Serra, Eric Baum, Bryan Shelton, Mark Hartwell and Mark Leone of Giorgio Fresh Co.
Scott Mitchell and Matthew Banghart of LK Packaging.
Arianny Villar, Miguel Villar and Maria Mendez of El Sol Brands Inc.
David Fausset of Westfalia Fruit International, Steve San Flilippo of Bova Fresh and Juan Magdaleno of Westfalia Fruit International.
Sarah Leaana and Adriana Millan Hernandez of Coast Tropical, Mariela Coleman of Coast Citrus Distributors and Brianna Rosselli of Coast Tropical.
Colin Speer and Susan Marquet of Fresh Plus International.
John Ashby and Steve Thoms of Crawford Packaging.
William Maestroni of Mabre Corp.
Tony Liu and Michael Liu of Allpac Container.
Julian Luciani of Bandall.
Teemu Sinkko, Gerald Adasavage and Helena Borenius of Green Automation.
Sarah Noerenberg, Nick Villari and Longchi Foma of Kalera.
Meg van der Kruik, Rebecca Johnson, Cherie Watte, K.C. Cornwell, Angie Thomas, Alison Needham and Aida Mollenkamp of CA Grown.
Julie Lucido, Nick Dulcich, Lexie House and Jennifer Lewis of Pretty Lady Vineyards.
Sal Ponce, Auna Lundberg, Tim Harrington and Mandy Hanko of Stemilt.
Dominic Paulhus of Mabre Corp.
Ross Johnson, Mark Daniels, Jamie Bowen, Kent Beesley and Mike Krage of the Idaho Potato Commission.
Mary Fregoso, Sara Lozano and Alyssa Manfre of Sambrailo Packaging.
Promoting Pharr Bridge at the Global Produce & Floral Show were Bridge Director Luis Bazan, Pharr City Commissioner Ricardo Medina, Freddy Flores and TIPA President and CEO Dante Galeazzi.
Jennie Coleman and Kim Chackal of Equifruit show off their Banana Badass ink.
Cody Fisher, Ted Bright and Cade Bright of Expert Staffing West.
Allie Coombs and JC Myers of SunFed.
At the iDeal HarBest booth were Hermy Torres, Manny Fajardo and Danny Baltazar.
Greg Emery, Marc Garibaldi, Tyler Baggett and Todd Baggett of RedLine Solutions.
At the Frank’s Distributing booth were Luis Soto, Ricardo Roiz, Marielle Lujan and Carlos Barraza.
Promoting the services at the Port Laredo booth were Arnoldo Lozano, Devorah Karren, Alma Saldana Cruz and Kent Richard.
Chuck Gragg, Namrata Duarha and Kevin Brooks of Procurant.
Michael Fernandes and Mattie Fisher of John Greene Logistics.
Andrew Gigante, Meredith Reilly, Taylor De Leon and Helen Aquino of Village Farms Fresh.
Joe Atchison III and Christine Fries of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture/Jersey Fresh.
Jenny Arias, Ajit Saxena and Emily Murracas of Mucci Farms.
Michael D’Amato and Mason Smith of Natalie’s Orchid.
Sarah Peevey and Samantha Gilbert of Matthews Ridgeview Farms.
The Taylor Farms team: Cristina DiLelsi, Charis Neves, Amanda Knauff, Alexandra Molumbv, Jenny Panziera, Rachel Molatore, Tanya Mason, Kacie Vieth Ragsdale, Christina Barnard and Tracy Carranza.
George Uribe, Allan Napolitano, Rankin McDaniel, Carson McDaniel, Michael Chirico, Michael Napolitano of McDaniel & Chirico Worldwide.
Marissa Ritta and Madison Politte of Naturipe Farms.
James Wells, Grayson Ferrell, Charlotte Vick and Ken Sikes of Vick Family Farms.
Calysta Tyree, Ana Paco and Bertha Briseno of The Salad Farm.
The Mission Produce team.
At the Smith’s Farm booth were Tara Smith Vighetti and Megan Adams of Smith’s Farm, Jacey Wetherington, Libby Baker, John Baker and Heath Wetherington of Baker Farms, and Daren Hunter, Kim Saad, Kamden Bates and Pete Hallowell of Smith’s Farm.
Felipe Garcia of Phillip Garcia US Customs Broker.
Coosemans was represented at the Global Produce & Floral Show by Katy Sicilia, Rebecca Rasmussen, Jacqueline Sikora, Nicolas Mazard and Angel Cosgaya.
At the Giltner booth were Brad Sanders, Shakayla Smith, Kelsee Aagard and Dan Hawkins.
Armando Taddei and Carlos Ponce of Marengo Foods with Odett Polo of TBC LLC and Mike Garza of Marengo Foods.
Elisa Komoni, Lauren Seigle and Michelle Korte of Tive.
Josh Auerbach and Ian Zimmerman of Maurice A. Auerbach Inc.
Sabrina Ford and Stefanie Canavan of WestRock.
Bryan Biederman of Scotlynn Sweet PAC Growers.
Mark Garcia and Gabriella Marad of B&W Quality Growers.
Chris Kiser and Jennifer Grizzle of Spice World.
Roger Guevara, Alejandro Trabattoni, Jim Rodman, Pedro Galavis, Victor Rios and Keith Malarky of Garland LLC.
Robert Barcelo, Christina Vincent and Jean Elie of Port Everglades.
Jeremy Duran, Andres Toro and Ashley Kinney of Emerson/Copeland.
Maria Jose Font and Francisco Font of Delicias Hidroponicas S.A with Carlos Benegas and Robert Arnold of Crowley.
Steven Antoni Ceccarelli of Farm Fresh Produce Inc.
Katie Hall, Jacey Kuersteiner and Deb Lazur of Northland Potatoes.
Brittany Parvi, Dave Daniel and Amy Daniel of Fall Creek Farm & Nursery.
Kevin Sorichetti, Jim Sorichetti, Matt Williams, Sabrina Woods and Brian Cater of Earth Fresh.
Carlos Machado, Susana Troop, Rod Bernard, Charlie Eagle and Bruno Luis of Southern Specialties.
Montserrat Segura, Luis Roberto Webb, Daniel Salazar, Tony Incaviglia, Antonio Villalobos, Danny Canady, Luis Falcon and Jesus Castillo of GR Fresh.
Amy Strasser of Bailey Farms Inc.
Cindy Adkins, Mike Hulett, Emily Miller and Lonnie Gillespie of Farm Fresh Direct of America.
Jeff Fortier, Sam Sleiman and Carlos Lara of Labelpac Inc.
Cari Wickersham and Jeremy Briskey of Haley Manufacturing.
Justin Timineri of Fresh From Florida.
Mike Mendez, Alaina Wilkins, Cris Veillon, Joe Sbrocchi, Jamie Moracci and Kreg Lewenza of Pure Flavor.
Zachary Benedict, Terry Splane and April Aymami of the California Avocado Commission.
Anders Sooglund, Jason Sadoian and Monique Mueller of Bee Sweet Citrus.
Rodrigo Lopez and Maddie Johnson of Oppy, Gahl Crane of EcoFarms and Shea Rogers, Kelsey Van Lissum, Mark Smith, Kori Martin and Roger Aguirre of Oppy.
Aimee Peters and Sara Palmisano of FirstFruits with Scott Swindeman of Applewood Orchards.
Jeri Elsasser and Jackie Nakashian of Trinity Fruit Co.
Rochelle Bohm, Garrett Joeckle, Logan Helaeland, Becky Hinkley, Bob Mast, Krista Hampton and Loren Foss of CMI Orchards.
Vicky Daigneault, Bob Wilkinson and Rebecca Catlet of Arctic Apples.
Liam Slavin, David Baxter, Shayna Telesmanic, Bridgette Weber and Alan Asbury of Bard Valley Natural Delights.
Allison Myers and Karen Brux of the Chilean Fresh Fruit Association.
Amanda Sains and Crystal Kent of Joolies.
Anthony Araiza, Adam Cavazos, Antonio Beltran, Lindsay Martinez, LeighAnne Neary, Mike York and Carlos Duarte of Calavo.
At the IFCO booth were Pat Young and Ed Bertaud.
Cheri Dunn and John Dunn of Coast Produce were on hand at the Global Produce & Floral Show to celebrate the company’s 70th anniversary.
Andres Ocampo and Melissa Hartmann de Barros of HLB Specialties promoting the company’s full line of tropical produce items.
Walking the floor at the Global Produce & Floral Show were Umberto, Violet, Mickey and Gennaro Bifulco of Bifulco’s Four Season Cold Storage.
At the Salix booth were Mechi Gatti, Bob DiPiazza, Juana Elortondo and Vince Biasibetti.
Gerardo Huerta, Sandra Huerta, Caitlin Cunha, Victoria Cao, Alex Hidalgo and Josh Underseth of Del Rey Avocado.
Melissa Logan of Weis Markets, Cecilia Flores Paez and Jon Kiley of Envy Apple, Emily Rider of Kroger, Kaitlyn Thorton and Vinnie Lopoes of Envy Apple, Mandy Katz of Giant Food, Jodie Vander Meer of Meijer, JoAnn Breaux of H-E-B and Katie Calligaro of IFPA.
Isaac Contreras, Jared Bray, Kevin Leap, Josh Williams, Jenna Galise, David and Brianna Posner, Laura Camberos, Morgan Bahri and Gabe Avalos of Awe Sum Organics.
Krista Beckstead, Ryan Easter, Pat Steider, Brian Polsan and George Matoian of Mountain View Fruit Sales.
Pete Ourada, Kristi Harris, Connor Webb and Josh Turnstall of Honeybear Brands.
Ryan Whitchurch, Nicholas Hawkins, Anthony McCarty, Stacy Miller, John Goettiseim, David Hallman, Jeff Haffty and Amber Sirk of Litehouse Foods.
Lorinda Oscarson, Eric Martinson and Brandon Botts of Chelan Fresh.
Bob Meek, Kathleen Triou and Michael Connors of Fresh Solutions Network.
Mike Marboe, Angela Lounsbury, Jason Fonfara, Marianne Plath and Dan Davis of Washington Fruit Growers.
Dan Cada of Kwik Trip and Mike Gatz of Bushman’s Inc.
The Wada Farms team: Joe Esta, Evan Hansen, Bryan Wada, Tate Brooks, Eric Beck and Kevin Stanger.
Promoting Agricola Famosa’s line of melons from Brazil were Felipe Cunha, Ramon Alvarado, Lucas Gutierrez, Rodrigo Lima and Fred Tavares.
Fresh Farms promoted its Cotton Candy grapes at the Global Produce & Floral Show. Shown are Marco Serrano, Al Voll, Raul Carbajal and Jorge Donnadieu.
Amanda Horney and Olivia Avellaneda of London Fruit Inc.
Howard Nager, Camille Lombardo, Eve Kaudze, Milas Russell, Jeff Nichol and Juan Pablo Andino of Pacific Trellis Fruit.
Chris Olsen and Karl Lipscomb of Gold Coast Packaging.
Ryan Baird, Jonathan Sparks, John Knapp and Anthony Gallino of Bobalu.
Scott Gonzales of Grocery Outlet gets his Banana Badass tattoo at the Equifruit tattoo booth outside the Anaheim Convention Center.
Andrew Flores, Gabe Hernandez and Moises Oceguera of Henry Avocado.
Greg Willems of Farm to Table Berries.
Gloria Carpio, Araya Dischner, Andrea Gonzalez, Craig Moss and Suzette Overgaag of North Shore Greenhouses Inc.
Luke Jackson, Luke Short and Sarah Short of Armstrong Transport.
Mattie Leid of Hess Bros.
Michael Landry, Greg Atkins and Steve Page of Catalytic Generators.
Ray Wowryk and Frank Neufeld of Nature Fresh Farms.
Zak Laffite, president of Wonderful Citrus, promoted the company’s popular and exclusive Seedless Lemons at the IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show.
Tara Murray and Jay Alley of Yo Quiero! featured the company’s new Avocado & Egg addition to the Ultimate Dip Destination line.
Promoting Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onions were Joe Farmer and Corey Coles.
Laurie Siderio, Hera Landry and Chloe Mai of FAVE.
Promoting the Phillips Mushroom line of products were Todd Cullen and Sean Steller.
The Coliman team at the Global Produce & Floral Show.
Promoting Wholesum’s compostable tomato pack at the Global Produce & Floral Show were Tina Federico and Joanna Jaramillo.
At the William H. Kopke booth were William Kopke (center) with Ronnie Cohen and Raul Millan of Vision Global Group.
La Bonanza Avocados was represented by Maggie Bezart Hall, Alberto Chavez, Cinthya Molina, Casey Beltran and Pepe Barragan.
Splendid by Porvenir was represented by Daniel Ibarra, Cindy Schwing and Cheyene Ibarra.
Hanna Almuti, Christina Barnard and Alexandra Molumby of Taylor Farms.
Ande Manos, Jeff Lundberg, Karli Lundberg, Rocio Munoz and Matt Hiltner of Babe Farms.
Jeff Murray, Russ Jay, Chip Obracay and Ella Peterson of Del Monte Fresh Produce.
Robin Narron and Thomas Joyner of Nash Produce.
Wendy O’Brien and Sofia Acon of Kapi Kapi Growers.
Iva Fidanza and Andrea St. Pierre of Freeman Herbs Inc.
Rebecca Wilson, Stephanie Hilton and Ryan McCool of Tom Lange Family of Co.
Diana Salsa, vice president of marketing at the Wonderful Company, was on hand at the Global Produce & Floral Show to launch Jalapeno Lime, the newest flavor in the company’s shelled pistachio line.
Manuel Michel, executive director of the Colombia Avocado Board, joined at the CAB booth by Katharyn Mejia Vergel of CORPOHASS and Jen Velasquez, Sabrina Wilson and Melissa Edwards of Full Tilt Marketing.
Jacinto Trigo and Klaus Erdmann of TOMRA Food.
Jaime Greger, Amanda Nojadera and Oscar Guzman of Progressive Produce.
Oscar Delgado, Jared Bray, Brianna Posner, David Posner, Morgan Bahri and Kevin Leap of Awe Sun Organics.
John Corsaro and Megan Gorgisheli of The Giumarra Cos.
Juan Gonzalez and Juan Martinez of Osom.
The Eagle Eye team was at full strength at the Global Produce & Floral Show.
Rob Ybarra, Blanca Holguin and Robert Matus of Villita Avocados.
Noemi Vivanco, Nancy Pinedo and Susan Kavanagh of Duda Farm Fresh Foods.
Pinder Sandhu, Garth McLean, Justin McLean and Doan Huynh of Farmers Fresh Mushrooms Inc.
Stacey Anker, director of marketing at POM Wonderful, spoke about the high-quality pomegranate crop the company expects this season.
Chris Sandwick and Andy Figart of Hess Bros.
The Red Sun Farms team.
The Windset Farms team.
The Del Fresco Pure team.
Jesus Rodriauez, Daniel Zenil and Pablo Borauez of Mared.
Katherine Adkins and Jackie Aguilar of Fastik.
Carlos Ruiz and Benjamin Martin of Cravo Equipment.
Paul DeVane and Sharon Johnson of AirFlo Merchandising Systems.
Johnny Crittenden and Bill Barrick of Easypak.
Gillian Lochhead and Adesh Berry of Geodis U.S.A.
IFPA President and CEO Cathy Burns with former PMA President and CEO Bryan Silbermann.
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