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Get updates on New Jersey produce while eating it at the annual Eastern Produce Council barbecue networking event.

Eastern Produce Council had its annual Casino Night gala April 9 at Westmount Country Club in Woodland Park, N.J.

The fourth Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class — including produce retailer and supplier professionals — saw first-hand the increasing complexity of the produce logistics and distribution system.

After three long years, Eastern Produce Council's John J. McAleavey Annual Casino Night is back.

It’s been the longest year ever for participants of the 2021 Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class, who will be honored at the Dec. 15 New York Produce Show keynote breakfast.

Hionis Greenhouses, Whitehouse Station, N.J., provided another learning experience for the third Eastern Produce Council Leadership Class.

Work, with all its transitions and challenges, doesn’t have to define you, but the way you handle those challenges can, said former New York Giants linebacker Harry Carson, pro football hall of famer.

For those transitioning back into social life out in the real world, a networking golf event is ideal.

The flip side to crazy freight rates is that Northeast customers may look more to Jersey Fresh produce this summer and fall rather than pay for a truck to come from the West, said New Jersey produce professionals.

Members of the Eastern Produce Council gathered in New Jersey for the annual TopGolf event, sponsored by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture. See who was there, and learn what they said.

The 8th annual Eastern Produce Council and James and Theresa Nolan Family Foundation Scholarship deadline is April 23.

NEW YORK — The virtual New York Produce Show and Conference kicked off with a message from New York Agriculture Commissioner Richard Ball, who addressed the challenges faced during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We asked several company leaders and representatives to weigh in on their experience with the New York Produce Show in years past and the virtual version planned for Dec. 8-11. Here’s what they had to say.

“Uncertainty” is one of the buzzwords of 2020, but trade show organizers and participants are planning as much as possible with ever-changing local guidelines.

The New York Produce Show and Conference will be a virtual event. But there's more.

While many industry events are canceled, Eastern Produce Council has reveled in a couple annual outdoor events that enabled members to attend safely during a pandemic.

Many members and their families attended the 6th annual Joe DeLorenzo Family Apple Picking Event, hosted Oct. 3, by Eastern Produce Council at Melick's Cider Mill & Orchard, Oldwick, N.J.

A tradition for the Eastern Produce Council, its annual golf outing, became much more this year for the organization, which typically has a calendar full of events.

The Eastern Produce Council, New Providence, N.J., is canceling its annual tailgate event at MetLife Stadium. But apple-picking is on.

The New York Produce Show and Conference will celebrate its 10th year in 2019, and the event has become a fixture among produce industry trade shows.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Mark Wahlberg played him in the movie, “Invincible.” Nobody got past this fan-turned-wide NFL receiver, who captured the crowd at the Eastern Produce Council tailgate event.

Members of the Eastern Produce Council’s Leadership Program spent a day at the Rutgers University’s Snyder Research and Extension Farm, Pittstown, touring the farm and learning communication and leadership skills.

Kelly Davis, director of produce and floral of Allegiance Retail Services, Iselin, N.J., has joined the Eastern Produce Council’s executive board.

South Carolina growers are promoting their crops to mid-Atlantic and Northeastern buyers as a seasonal alternative.

The Eastern Produce Council has kicked off its 2019 Leadership Program, with a visit to Holt Logistics’ marine terminal in Gloucester City, N.J.

The South Carolina Department of Agriculture is the featured guest at the next dinner meeting organized by the Eastern Produce Council.