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Key initiatives and consumer-focused AI activations will headline the company’s participation at the international trade fair for the produce industry.
Andy Froggatt brights more than 30 years of experience in international fruit sales and procurement to the position.
The AI-driven biotechnology platform is designed to improve plants for higher yields, improved nutrition and a more resilient global food and forestry system.
Yelloway One has earned a Suitable Innovation Award for advancing sustainability and resilience in global agriculture.
The board says the potato industry contributes $1.35 billion to the Prince Edward Island economy and that a prolonged trade war will damage the industry and drive up food costs for Americans.
AFM’s multifaceted partnership with Rob Gronkowski spans everything from a Gronkamole Challenge and innovative drops like the Big Game Guac Pack to introducing his interactive, AI avatar in the company’s digital experience.
Greg Samels, with more than 20 years in sales leadership, will assume the role for the Midwest wholesaler.
Grown in its Ontario greenhouse, the company says the new product will be available in mid-Atlantic Safeway and Acme stores.
“While we appreciate the border security issues apparently motivating the Trump administration, rival growers of specialty crops outside of the U.S. will move quickly to seize the new business opportunities created by these tariffs to sell into the Canadian, Mexican and Chinese marketplaces,” said Western Growers’ President and CEO Dave Puglia.
The screenings and additional events will be held throughout American Heart Month to support customers’ wellness journeys.