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AFP has teamed with the Indianapolis Colts and Meijer for a football-season partnership celebrating avocados as the ultimate superfood and guacamole as football’s No. 1 snack.

Elevated Foods is connecting small-scale specialty crop growers directly to major retailers, using lab-backed soil health data and streamlined logistics to bring regenerative agriculture into mainstream grocery aisles.

The organization argues high floor prices and strict administrative hurdles cost U.S. producers millions in lost exports.

Designed as a conversational partner, the artificial intelligence assistant answers farmers’ questions in real time using customized insights generated from their own field, machine and operational data.

A pioneering pilot from the U.S. Food Waste Pact reveals that redirecting farm-level surplus strawberries into commercial kitchens can deliver an 80% revenue boost over juicing channels for growers while offering foodservice operators a 22.4% cost savings.

The veteran food industry executive brings decades of leadership in distribution and enterprise growth.