Fun Fact Q&A: Jeff Huckaby of Grimmway Farms

Fun Fact Q&A: Jeff Huckaby of Grimmway Farms

The Packer’s Global Organic Produce Expo (GOPEX) delivers valuable opportunities for fresh produce professionals from around the world to network, exchange ideas, source new products and services, and do business with the industry’s leading organic growers, distributors, packers, shippers, and retailers. Register for free here!


Q: What’s one thing no one would ever guess about you?  

A: I am very colorblind.

Q: What are you most excited about during GOPEX 2021? (check out the full agenda here: Agenda: Global Organic Produce Expo 2021 )

A: I am excited to hear Angela’s piece on organic trends and in particular how did organics fare in 2020 during the Covid pandemic. 

Q: If you were a kind of produce, what would you be and why?  

A: I would be an Asparagus because Asparagus gets to sleep all winter while dormant, grows and produces strong in the spring, and then regrows new thicker hair (foliage) every year before going dormant again.    

Q: What is your favorite/most used app on your phone?  

A: Waze. I don’t drive anywhere without it on.   

Q: What TV show or series did you binge watch in 2020?  

A: The Big Bang Theory

Connect with a variety of interesting individuals at Global Organic Produce Expo Jan. 25 - 29, 2021. Register for the free event here.

 

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