From technology designed to reduce food waste, to the latest greenhouse-grown fruit, to new products sure to spark increased produce consumption, exhibitors at the Southeast Produce Council’s Sept. 22-24 Southern Innovations trade show and conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., delivered on the innovation front.
Seen and heard at SEPC’s Southern Innovations
Exhibitors at the Southeast Produce Council’s Sept. 22-24 Southern Innovations trade show and conference at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tenn., delivered on the innovation front.
September 26, 2022 03:39 PM
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