Lori Taylor promotes the produce industry to Fedex

(The Produce Moms)

Lori Taylor and THE PRODUCE MOMS® continue to promote the messages and missions of the produce industry.  

The reach of TPM is now extending beyond the traditional consumer communities and going into the various sectors of the business world.  This month, Lori was a featured guest speaker to FedEx employees and the subject of a feature story in ForbesWomen, both business-to-business audiences.

On November 5, 2021, Lori was the guest speaker for FedEx’s First Friday online speaker series.  FedEx District Sales Manager Field Sales, New York, Stephanie Nardiello, follows Lori and THE PRODUCE MOMS on social media and reached out to Lori inviting her to be a guest speaker for FedEx’s First Friday speaker series.

 According to FedEx, First Friday is a “grassroots, cross-opco group of women and men at FedEx providing mentorship, networking, a platform to share ideas, and overall personal development for women at FedEx”.  FedEx cross-opco employees from around the nation participated in the online session.  Participants posed questions to Lori about the produce industry ranging from sustainability to the role women play in agriculture to the perishable food consumption behavior of consumers.  “I was intrigued by the variety of questions the FedEx managers had about our industry and how they see it impacting their own industry.  It is encouraging to know that other industries are looking to the produce industry for answers about issues such as sustainability, supply chain, consumption patterns of consumers, and the advancement of women.” 

On November 18, Taylor was featured in a story written by ForbesWomen journalist Dr. Cheryl Robinson. ForbesWomen is a quarterly magazine geared toward women in business with a companion website that was launched by Forbes in 2009 and is published by Steve Forbes's daughter Moira Forbes. Earlier this year Taylor was recognized in the inaugural class of the Forbes Next 1000, and last week’s ForbesWomen feature can be found here on the Forbes website. In this feature story, Lori discusses her entrepreneurial journey, the impact data of THE PRODUCE MOMS such as the global reach of her social media platforms and traditional media outlets including her successful podcast, as well as her emerging co-branding efforts which appear in retail produce displays nationwide.  For Lori, the “Business as a Force for Good” ethos of TPM is a highlight of the story.  “My relationship with FORBES continues to develop and as it does, I am thrilled that this opportunity allows me to bring the importance of fresh produce and the produce industry to the forefront of the business community.”
 

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