VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Exhibitors at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association Conference and Trade Show talked about upcoming seasons, renewed connections and new packaging during the event held April 23-25.
The team at CMI Orchards is gearing up for cherry season. “We’re super excited for cherries,” said Danelle Huber. “There will be significantly more tonnage of cherries.”
Branded apple varieties, too, were also a hot topic for those who visited the CMI Orchards’ booth. And there’s always British Columbia-native Ambrosia, which CMI offers in both organic and conventionally grown.
“We can keep [retailers] supplied without imports,” Loren Foss said.
Ahiby Rodriguez with Fyffes said the CPMA Conference and Trade Show was an important event to be a part of for the tropical importer and distributor. Rodriguez said the talks with potential customers and current retailers were about the company’s fair trade, organic and conventional bananas, plantains, pineapple and other tropicals.
“It’s an important market for us,” she said. “We’re proud to be in Canada and supporting the CPMA.”
At the Grimmway Farms and Cal-Organic booth, visitors learned about the organic vegetables and carrots offered by Cal-Organic and the conventional produce available through Grimmway Farms.
Bob Borda with Grimmway Farms said booth visitors learned about the California-based produce offerings with regional support from Florida, Washington, Oregon and Nevada.
“It’s a great way to connect with the Canadian business partners all in one place,” Borda said of exhibiting at CPMA.
Ana Paco with The Salad Farm said booth visitors learned about its recent logo rebranding. The new logo is featured on its 10- to 12-ounce retail bags.
“We do a beautiful job with our produce. Now we have the beautiful bag to go with it,” she said.
Paco said the bags now offer a 19-21-day shelf life.
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