Superfresh Growers rolling out Instagram Live programs

Connecting with attendees and social media followers, Yakima, Wash.-based Superfresh Growers will offer an Instagram Live video featuring blueberries or cherries each day of United Fresh LIVE!

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Connecting with attendees and social media followers, Yakima, Wash.-based Superfresh Growers will offer an Instagram Live video featuring blueberries or cherries each day of United Fresh LIVE!

Every day the week of June 15-19, at 12:15 pm Pacific, Superfresh Growers will discuss the health benefits of blueberries and cherries, experience live farm tours, learn about quarantine drinking and share fun and easy recipes to share with the family, according to a news release.

“We are so excited for this first-ever virtual trade show,” Catherine Gipe-Stewart, communications manager, said in the release. “We have designed this program to happen right after booth “power hours” to further extend the booth experience by interacting with live video. We encourage our audience to ask our registered dietitian (RD) team and farm team questions as we answer them live.”

The whole schedule is available at @superfreshgrowers on Instagram, according to the release.

Here is part of the agenda:

  • June 15: Six Ingredient Gluten Free Cherry Crisp & Dark Chocolate Cherry Oatmeal Cookies, by Mia Syn, a national on-air nutrition expert and host of Good Food Friday on ABC News 4;
  • June 16: Superfresh Growers Cherry Orchard Tour with Dave Gleason, horticulturist and proprietary variety developer, and Cat Gipe-Stewart, communications manager;
  • June 17: Peaches to Pearls, Blueberry Nutrition & Greek Yogurt Blueberry Muffins, by Luisa Hammett, a pediatric gastrointestinal dietitian;
  • June 18: The Nutrition Addiction, Drinking During Quarantine, Blueberry Coconut Smash, by Megan Kober, of The Nutrition Addiction; and
  • June 19: Superfresh Growers Blueberry Field Tour with Norris Farms, led by Ellie Norris, Carrie Norris, Paul Norris and Gage Thompson.

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