Bob and Tom Nunes formed the Nunes Co. Inc., in 1976, creating the Foxy brand. Today that consists of marketing and selling fresh produce grown on more than 22,000 acres in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.

With so many apple varieties out there, it’s hard for one particular type of apple to stand out, but that is exactly what the Pink Lady has done.

Pink Lady apples are some of the first apples to blossom each year and the last ones to be harvested, but they are worth the wait. They soak up 200 days of sunshine, they have a delicious flavor and a beautiful rosy blush, and as the Pink Lady marks its 25th anniversary in the United States it has become the country’s sixth-most-popular apple.

The Mushroom Council plays an important role in the national promotion of fresh mushrooms. Membership is comprised of fresh market producers or importers that average more than 500,000 pounds of mushrooms produced or imported annually.

Working in the mushroom capital of the world, Kennett Square, PA-based Phillips Mushroom Farms continues the legacy started by William Phillips, who first started farming mushrooms in the area in 1927.

Since that time, the company has grown to where it now sells more than 57 million mushrooms per year.

Produce is a very important component to Connecticut agriculture. The state is home to 5,500 farmers who have a combined 400,000 acres of working land in production. That generates about $4 billion in economic activity and provides approximately 20,000 jobs.

Peri & Sons Farms grows, packs and ships premium white, yellow, red, sweet and organic onions year-round directly from its family farms in Nevada and California. Nevada is where the company grows most of its acreage for red, whites, yellows, sweets, Sweetie Sweet and Sunions.