Lettuce Learn More Podcast — Sustainable Packaging: Has COVID Changed Everything?

Find The Packer's Lettuce Learn More Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast and other popular listening platforms.
Find The Packer's Lettuce Learn More Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast and other popular listening platforms.
(Farm Journal)

Didn't get to attend all the education sessions at the Sustainable Produce Summit? We've got you. Now you can listen on the go — while driving, exercising, cleaning, whatever! — on the Lettuce Learn More Podcast.

In this episode, packaging is a flash point for consumers when they are looking for sustainable products. How have consumer attitudes before the COVID-19 pandemic compare with their current behavior, and what does that mean for produce marketers?

Speaker information:

  • Scott Caine, Senior Vice President & COO, Aim Point Research
  • Jay Singh, Professor & Packaging Program Director, Cal Poly
  • Kevin Kelly, CEO, EMERALD PACKAGING  
  • David Bell, Chief Marketing Officer,  Houweling's

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