Produce Marketing Association
Two leading personalities shaping U.S. food culture will share top billing at Produce Marketing Association’s Foodservice Conference & Expo.
Consumer market research expert Steve Lutz is joining the Produce Marketing Association as regional vice president-U.S. and Canada West.
There’s a Chinese proverb: “When planning for a year, sow rice. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, train and educate people.”
Given the mission of increasing the ability of the fresh produce and floral industries to use advances in technology, Vonnie Estes will join Produce Marketing Association as vice president of technology.
Decorated Alpine skier Lindsey Vonn will give the keynote address at the Center for Growing Talent’s 2018 Women’s Fresh Perspectives Leadership Breakfast on Oct. 20.
Tony and Grammy award-winning performer Leslie Odom, Jr. is on the playbill of the 2018 Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit on Oct. 18.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Pretty Lady grapes are available in new top-seal packaging options.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Pulling in about 21,000 attendees from 60 countries, the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit in Orlando was another smashing success.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Briefing members of the media Oct. 20, Robert Schueller, director of public relations at Los Angeles, Calif.-based World Variety Produce, covered a wide range of specialty produce trends.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Hazel Technologies is continuing its work with tropical fruit, stone fruit and more than 30 types of fresh produce, says Patrick Flynn, co-founder of Chicago, Ill., -based Hazel Technologies Inc.
The Packer’s Kate Walz visits with companies at the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Oct. 19-20 in Orlando, Fla.
Thanks to a record number of exhibitors on the Fresh Summit expo floor — more than 1,200 — food banks in Florida serving hurricane victims and others are receiving more than 250,000 pounds of fresh produce.
Bob Stafford, manager of the Vidalia, Ga.-based Vidalia Onion Committee, says Vidalia sweet onions capture about 40% of the sweet onion category but the industry wants more.
With acreage expanding this year, the field-grown, proprietary-seed colored bell pepper branded Simply Sun is now grown year-round by L&M Farms, says Lee Anne Oxford, director of marketing for L&M Farms, Raleigh, N.C.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Mike Riley believes Compac’s Size Simulator can give fresh produce packing line operators optimal efficiency in delivering the best possible results by packing fruit in a virtual simulation.
The Produce Marketing Association is featuring former astronaut Jose Hernandez at a Fresh Connections: Mexico event.
Traveling to Austin, Texas, on our way to South by Southwest, we understood we were in for an experience unlike any other industry outing.
The Produce Marketing Association sent volunteer leaders and staff to the iconic South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, for a couple days last week.
Steve Lutz, the Produce Marketing Association’s regional vice president-U.S. and Canada West, has ended his affiliation at CMI Orchards.
The Produce Traceability Initiative Leadership Council met recently to put a new spotlight on voluntary adoption of PTI standards.
Cathy Burns encouraged suppliers, importers and buyers at the 50th Nogales Produce Convention to take a close look at the Produce Industry Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices and consider endorsing it.
When the Food and Drug Administration tells a food company to issue a recall “or else,” a new document describes exactly what that means.
ORLANDO, Fla. — Bringing together two big consumer brands, Pasadena, Calif.-based Sun Pacific Cuties are the official citrus at Disney resorts.
ORLANDO, Fla. —— Unveiling the program at the Fresh Summit expo. NatureSweet Tomatoes, San Antonio, Texas, is promoting its employees to consumers in a program called “Associates Under the Label.”
The Produce Marketing Association is seeking nominations for the PMA 2019 Science & Technology Circle of Excellence award.
ORLANDO, Fla., - Chilean citrus exports to the U.S. grew at double-digit rates in 2018, says Juan Enrique Ortúzar, chairman f the Chilean Citrus Committee.
Congratulations! You’ve survived another Fresh Summit.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Castroville, Calif.-based Ocean Mist Farms featured a couple of new items in the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit innovation showcase.
ORLANDO, Fla. - Plentiful high-quality California grape supplies are expected into December, says Justin Parnagian, CEO for Fowler Packing, Fresno, Calif.
ORLANDO, Fla. - SafeTraces is promoting its new-to-market sanitation verification solution and its patented DNA barcode application system for fresh produce items.