FPAA reveals agenda for Spring Policy Summit

The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas will hold its virtual Spring Policy Summit from April 21-23.

The agenda includes a look at the shifting policies in U.S. and Mexican governments, according to a news release. 

Speakers for that topic include Kenneth Smith, former lead NAFTA negotiator for Mexico and current partner with AGON, and Britton Mullen, president of the Border Trade Alliance and principal with Clarke Consulting.

Additional programming at the summit, the release said, will feature Ricardo Crisantes from Wholesum Harvest and current FairTrade USA Chairman and Jim Mullen, chief administrative and legal officer at TuSimple, a technology developer of autonomous trucks, and former deputy chief for the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration. 

Finally, the summit will include experts from the University of Arizona as they review recent trades cases and technical barriers to trade impacting fresh produce. 

“After the success of FPAA’s virtual tomato week, that welcomed over 90 industry members each day, we are looking forward to Spring Policy Summit 2021,” Lance Jungmeyer, president of the FPAA president, said in the release. “We will take a hard look at some of the most pressing issues facing the industry.”

The event is open for all members in produce industry, with an invitation with registration information for each session will be sent out by e-mail and will be available on the FPAA website.