Amy Sowder

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Philadelphia-based AgroFresh Solutions Inc., which is publicly traded on the Nasdaq under the name “AGFS,” has opened an innovation center in Rancagua, Chile.
As a serial entrepreneur, I’ve always believed that technology and human ingenuity could solve hard and important problems…
What’s a little-known or fun fact about you? “I love to fly and hope to one day complete the requirements for my pilot’s license,” said Phillip Grant, general manager Hunts Point Produce Market.
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture and New York Jets honored Stillwater Township Elementary School at a New York Jets-Miami Dolphins football game at MetLife Stadium for its nutrition and wellness achievements.
Every Body Eat nabbed the $1 million grand prize in the Grow-NY food innovation and agriculture technology business competition based in Syracuse, N.Y. Other startups shared the rest of the prizes, totaling $2 million.
Expanding the annual one-day Hunts Point Gives Back event to a Hunts Point Week of Giving series of events spread out across New York City worked so well in 2020, that organizers repeated the success in 2021.
I began in the produce industry as a 12-year-old selling corn and watermelons off my dad’s pickup truck during summers in Brownsville, Texas.
What does leadership mean to you? “Setting the tone for an organization, surrounding yourself with good people, developing and cultivating relationships and moving forward into the future,” said Susan McAleavey Sarlund.
Sweet corn from Florida is typically available from November through July.
I was in the Midwest and decided I wanted to do greenhouse research. I was studying crop protection for corn and soybeans.