Produce Industry Events
Rockingham, Va.-based Shenandoah Growers Inc. showcase new items and product lines, such as the company’s new dried spice/flavor line and new holiday spices (mulling blend and cinnamon).
A Season & Steam product line extension was the headline news at the Ocean Mist Farms digital booth at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Expo.
Mastronardi Produce, the host of the annual Sunset Rocks concert at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, turned the virtual event into a force for good this year.
For Zespri International, the Produce Marketing Association’s virtual Fresh Summit has been a great forum to push out merchandising information about the proprietary Zespri SunGold pack, Sarah Deaton said.
Instead of pining for the “good old days” before the COVID-19 pandemic, Cathy Burns invited the industry to a “new extraordinary” in her State of the Industry address at the PMA Fresh Summit.
The NatureSweet virtual booth at Fresh Summit showcased D’Vines a cherry-on-the-vine offering that is the newest addition to the company’s lineup.
Pear Bureau Northwest is offering virtual visitors several digital tools at its Fresh Summit exhibit, and the message centers on flavor.
FirstFruits Marketing, Yakima, Wash., is starting the Opal apple season with a consumer campaign, Crave the Crunch.
Leaving a decades-long legacy of expanding the global footprint of the Produce Marketing Association, Nancy Tucker is retiring at the end of the year.
Alvaro Luque, president and CEO of Avocados from Mexico, is The Packer’s 2020 Produce Marketer of the Year.