By: Produce Business Staff September 21, 2022

Allen Lund Company is a 3PL, working with shippers, growers and carriers across the nation to arrange the transport of dry, refrigerated and flatbed freight. Additionally, ALC has a logistics and software division, ALC Logistics and an International division licensed as an OTI-NVOCC.

Applewood Fresh Growers, a fourth-generation grower/packer/shipper, is the leader in Michigan for emerging/branded apples. Stop by to learn more about Rave, SweeTango, Kiku, Kanzi, Am-brosia, EverCrisp, SnapDragon, and RubyFrost Apples.

Since 1990, Produce Pro Software From Aptean has been the leading all-in-one ERP software providing innovative business and technology solutions specifically designed for all business types within the produce and perishables industry. Combining powerful, cutting-edge soft-ware solutions while leveraging perishable food industry expertise and consulting services, Produce Pro can increase organizational efficiency, minimize waste and loss, reduce operating costs and provide real time data. For more information, visit us at Booth #849, or visit producepro.com.

Stop by Ark Foods’ booth to meet the team and learn about products from our farms – specialty veggies grown up and down the east coast – and Clean Label Eats, including fresh cut products like our Cauli Mac & Cheese and Crunchy Sesame Ramen Salad.

Located in Guadalupe, CA, Beachside Produce is a year-round grower/shipper of both conventional and organic vegetables, as well as strawberries. Stop by Booth #3181 to meet our team and see what we are bringing “From Our Family Farms…to Your Family’s Table.”

Blue Book Services is the resource for credit rating and marketing information. Our online searchable database allows you to make new connections, grow sales, and manage business risk. Download the free Know Your Commodity App to your smartphone, featuring over 115 commodities for good arrival guidelines, product seasonality, and more.

Stop by and sample some Canadian beers while learning about the benefits of a CPMA member ship. CPMA is a not-for-profit organization whose members are active in the marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables in Canada. We host Canada’s largest fresh produce convention and trade show. Join us in Toronto, April 25-27, 2023.

The executive team at Curv Logistics has over 30 years of experience specializing in national transportation of perishable goods. Curv takes pride in its load monitoring ability, and its exclusive technology tracks location, temperature, and light events in real-time. Our partners know that Curv has logistics handled, period.

Visit Dole in booth 1743 to view the latest Dole has to offer. Meet with us to discuss product programs that can help elevate your produce department sales with the gold standard of product taste, quality and service. Premium banana and pineapple, fresh pack vegetables, grapes and berries, packaged salads and more all under one iconic brand. Don’t miss the preview of Dole’s refreshed salad packaging being introduced in 2023.

The only gloves tested against listeria! Eagle Protect’s Delta Zero proprietary glove testing ensures Eagle gloves adhere to the highest level of consistent glove safety and performance. Visit booth 371 to learn about disposable gloves that won’t contaminate your product.

Join us at booth 3816 for the full range of Elizabeth & Alexandra’s Edible Fruit Collection, exclusively for supermarkets. We’ll have blueberry, blackberry, raspberry, grape, and banana, with a surprise addition of our famous Petite Knockout Roses! Follow your tastebuds to booth 3816. We can’t wait to see you there.

Florida farms are filled with a variety of agricultural products that look good and taste great. Each season brings its own bounty to the table. With the advent of fall, growers begin harvesting the fruits and vegetables that we love. Winter is a major growing and harvest time in Florida, and the spring brings with it even more delicious products. In the summer, harvests slow down as our farmers gear up for another start to the amazing cycle of Florida agriculture.

Based in Austin, TX, Flor Keeps offers 100% naturally grown roses and dried foliages that last over one year. Our products do not require any water, and should be kept indoors!

Setting standards in exotic fruit pulps and fruit juice nectars. Pioneers in Guanábana (Soursop) products, let us introduce you to this super-fruit that’s storming the world. Visit us to see how you can be part of our family. We are exhibiting at the Fresh Ideas Showcase too.

GEM-Pack Berries will be exhibiting for the first time after merging with Red Blossom. Gem-Pack and Red Blossom build on 150 years of combined berry farming experience and collective acreage of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries in berry growing regions throughout California, Mexico, and Florida. Connect with us at booth #3189.

Goldthread is a one-of-a-kind line of plant-based tonics made with sustainably sourced medicinal plants from small generational farms around the world. Each bottle is craft brewed with no added sugar, less than 20 calories, and is vegan, non-GMO, and gluten free with functional benefits for every part of your day.

We export fresh ginger and turmeric from Peru. We have our own processing facility in the Amazon jungle growing area and work directly with farmers to ensure the highest quality and freshest products. We also make ingredient juices and purees from our facility in Lima, Peru. Come meet us!

Sell more and reduce packline stoppages with Hectre’s Mobile Fruit Sizing App Spectre. Save time and money with Hectre’s Orchard Management App. Global award winners, Hectre supports the success of leading fruit growers and packers including: Washington Fruit & Produce, Borton Fruit, Sage Fruit, BC Tree Fruits and Cherri Global.

For over 65 years, the Idaho and Eastern Oregon growing area has been producing large yellow, red, and white varieties of Spanish onions. Grown under Federal Marketing Order #958, the Idaho-Eastern Oregon Onion Committee sets grade and quality standards that exceed USDA requirements. Contact an Idaho-E. Oregon onion shipper today!

Ingrilli is the only farm-to-table juice brand in its category. A five-generation family business by farmers growing, squeezing, and bottling Organic Lemons in Capo d’Orlando, Sicily. USDA organic certified, non-GMO project verified, Kosher and Vegan certified, Gluten-free, BPA-free, bottles made from 50% recycled plastic. A complimentary conventional line is available.

IntelliCulture provides equipment management software for farms. We install our plug and play GPS devices into farm machinery to then provide insights into spray coverage, equipment health and labor management.

iTradeNetwork is the premier software provider for the industry’s largest network of 8,000+ food and beverage companies, building the smartest, freshest, most resilient supply chains. iTradeNetwork offers an expanded platform of solutions designed to improve efficiency and provide greater visibility for procurement, traceability, and analytics. Visit iTradeNetwork.com.

J. Marchini Farms is the California-based grower shipper behind the Joe’s Premium brand. Their passion is to produce premium quality Italian specialties and Radicchio. Product line consists of: Radicchio, Treviso, Castelfranco, fresh figs, lacinato kale, fennel and more. When you think Italian specialties, think Joe’s Premium.

The world’s most useful cutting machine, Kronen’s Model GS10-2, provides unmatched flexibility for continuous and short-run production. Quick-Change tooling and hygienic design make it possible to slice, chop, shred, grate, julienne, dice, and cube a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, greens, melon, and herbs. Controlled product feeding ensures precise cuts.

La Bonanza Avocados is a two generation, family owned, professional and reliable Mexican Hass Avocado grower, packer, processor, exporter, and importer located in Michoacán, MX and Mission, TX. Let us be your direct source for Fresh Mexican Avocados and guacamole/pulp products. www.labonanzaavocados.com

From humble beginnings, we have a rich history of finding innovative ways to put fresh produce on tables across the country. For more than 70 years, Lipman Family Farms has become the nation’s largest vertically integrated grower and solutions provider of fresh tomatoes and vegetables, with a commitment to being good from the ground up.

Mariani Nut Company is one of the world’s largest suppliers of premium almonds and walnuts from California. This family-owned company has been growing and processing nuts for 50 years. A full range of packaging options are available for retail along with attractive dis-play options. For more information, go to www. marianinut.com.

Sustainability Goals? The Food Freshness Card can help! Winner of 14 international awards including Best New Food Safety Solution and the prestigious Gold Medal Edison Award, has helped prevent over one million tons of food from going to landfills. Used in supermarkets, schools, restaurants, and homes worldwide, featured in USA Today and Fox News.

North Bay Produce is a grower owned cooperative with over 2,000 farms across North, Central and South America. We produce fresh fruits and vegetables year-round from asparagus to apples, berries, peas, dried fruits and more. We are an international company that markets and distributes the products worldwide. Visit Booth 3943.

North Carolina growers produce a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, peanuts, Christmas trees and nursery crops. Our growers offer consistent, high quality products that are graded, packed and cooled with the latest technology. Please stop by and meet with our companies, booth 4553 and 4571.

The Nunes Company, Inc., based in Salinas, CA, is a family-owned sales and marketing company with over 70 different conventional and organic fresh vegetables selling under the Foxy and Foxy Organic brands. We will be an exhibitor at the 2022 Global Produce & Floral Show booth #4143 located in the Grower-Shipper Pavilion.

We’re looking so forward to being together again in Orlando. Growing, marketing and distributing fresh produce from around the globe, we have nearly 165 years of expertise ensuring we consistently meet your needs. Reunite with us at #1543 over a cool treat, new to the Oppy booth this year.

Experience the new year-round Hallmark Flowers program, for all of life’s moments. The program is a complete everyday line of giftable live plants and fresh cut flowers that covers all seasons, occasions, and holidays. As a Hallmark licensee, Procacci is a national facilitator for our varied and experienced grower partners. Visit our booth to learn more about Hallmark Flowers, and Procacci’s logistical solutions of DSD, warehouse, and e-commerce. Our vast produce network and value added services enable us to bring Hallmark Flowers to you.

Mildly cool, sweet, and juicy, Solara is the first personal-sized, sustainable, greenhouse grown melon. Weighing just 500 grams, it sits in the palm of your hand as a single serving snack with no waste. Sustainably grown year-round in greenhouses to ensure consistency, quality, availability, and most importantly flavor.

QA Supplies has thousands of competitively priced products for professionals who monitor and control environmental conditions to assure that the quality of fresh produce and other perishables will be maintained. With thermometers, firmness testers, ATP monitors and much more, you’ll find the help you need to guarantee quality and freshness.

Since 1958, Red Jacket Orchards has mastered the art of harvesting and pressing premium fruits and juices. Three generations of the Nicholson family have grown a variety of fruits and produced juice and cider year round, with a commitment to quality and freshness you can taste in every sip!

Reichel Foods, booth 2151, will feature our top selling produce snack singles, now available in multi-packs, giving consumers an even greater healthy snack value. In addition, we will showcase our Pro2 Max meal replacement options and Pro2 snax, a line of protein packed fresh cut produce, dried fruits and cheese.

Setton Farms spices up the pistachio industry with premium quality Seasoned Kernels. We’ve made it easier and more exciting for consumers to enjoy pistachios by removing the shells and seasoning them, without any oil. Available in six varieties: Scorpion Pepper, Buffalo Wing, Garlic Onion, Jalapeno, Salt & Pepper & Raw.

The APLINK MRX Series from United Barcode Systems is a reliable equipment for direct printing on any surface using inkjet technology. It allows to design and print customized messages with fixed and variable texts, images, logos, barcodes, QR, etc. always complying with the standards set by GS1. Stop by to learn more.

The U.S. Highbush Blueberry Council is a grower-driven organization that supports domestic and international farmers who are passionate about growing delicious, high-quality blueberries. Through Grab a Boost of Blue, our strategic position and call to action with wholesale and retail partners, USHBC drives consumer demand and the health benefits of blueberries. Learn about our new in-store activation program at booth #5051. ushbc.org.

Please stop by booth 2931 for everything your stores need: innovative designs, concepts, and tools to help your floral departments shine. We’ll (virtually) transport you to our farms in the Sabana de Bogotá… enjoy a taste of Colombia, pose for a selfie, and maybe win a bike!

ZAG Technical Services, the premier provider of information technology for Western agribusinesses, protects more than $10 billion dollars of fresh produce revenue with automation and dependable IT that doesn’t break. ZAG is an award-winning IT consulting firm and managed services provider specializing in network infrastructure, security, disaster recovery, virtualization, cloud computing services, and remote access. Visit us at booth #379.

John Pandol has spoken out on many topics both here at the Pundit and on sister publication, PRODUCE BUSINESS magazine. Now our piece — Will Climate-Change Fanaticism Bankrupt The West?… [...]

Our piece — Will Climate-Change Fanaticism Bankrupt the West? —brought many responses, including this one. The first issue, of course, is that whatever one may think is the desirability of… [...]

Our piece — Will Climate-Change Fanaticism Bankrupt The West?  — brought many comments including some short but clear ones. If we need anything right now, it is clear-headed thinking. The… [...]

One of the most important produce breeders in the world is about to retire from his position at the University of Arkansas. The American Pomological Society is giving him an… [...]

We ran a piece titled, Will Climate-Change Fanaticism Bankrupt The West? Though responses mainly have been in agreement, the article received this passionate objection. The post Pundit’s Mailbag —  Why… [...]

When we launched The Global Trade Symposium as a sister event to The New York Produce Show and Conference, we knew for sure who we wanted to get to keynote… [...]

Academy Award winning actress and activist, Marlee Matlin is the new Women’s Leadership Breakfast speaker at the International Fresh Produce Association’s Global Produce & Floral Show Oct. 27-29 in Orlando, FL.  Matlin, who will speak during the October 29 morning general session, will speak on “Nobody’s Perfect: Achieving Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Access.”  (Due to scheduling challenges, Laura Linney will no longer be able to present at the Women’s Breakfast.) ... Continue reading: Marlee Matlin is New Women’s Breakfast Speaker at Global Produce and Floral Show. [...]

Following an extensive call for nominations, the Hass Avocado Board (HAB) named the recipients of its 20th Anniversary Recognition awards at the September Board Meeting and commemorated their service with a presentation and award recognition ceremony. The accolades acknowledge individuals for their outstanding commitment and achievements in “Making it Happen” for HAB by establishing and building the organization over the past two decades. ... Continue reading: The Hass Avocado Board Announces Recipients of 20th Anniversary Award. [...]

Joolies Dates is one of 23 winners in the New Hope Network 2022 Expo East NEXTY Awards, recognized for outstanding new products in the natural products industry. Joolies Dates’ latest product, Jooliettes Blood Orange Dark Chocolate is named “Best New Sweet Snack” in the coveted industry awards.   ... Continue reading: Joolies Dates’ Jooliettes Named “Best New Sweet Snack” in the 2022 Expo East NEXTY Awards. [...]

Long time fresh produce professional, Victor Anderson, joins global fresh produce company, Terra Exports, as their new Chief Commercial Officer. ... Continue reading: Terra Exports Hires Seasoned Fresh Produce Industry Professional, Victor Anderson, as Their Chief Commercial Officer. [...]

Goldenberry Farms™ has launched its Fall-season “Scary and Sweet Ramboos™” branded packaging, offering a kid-friendly introduction to the world of tropical fruit. ... Continue reading: RAMBOOS Go Scary and Sweet for Halloween. [...]

A two-part ed intensive featuring the results of two recently released reports on organic farming and an in-depth workshop discussing how organic farmers can address current challenges has been announced as part of the 2022 Organic Grower Summit (OGS) presented by Western Growers and OPN, slated for November 30–December 1 in Monterey, CA. ... Continue reading: Educational Intensive Announced for Organic Grower Summit Presented by Western Growers and OPN. [...]

In a week’s time, Tom Kovacevich probably sees more grapes than many retailers do in a lifetime. The president of T.M. Kovacevich-Philadelphia Inc. — better known simply as TMK Produce — Kovacevich operates nine units on the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, and there are times TMK has over 100 combinations of grape offerings. At the 2022 Global […] The post Wholesale perspective: A happy, repeat grape consumer will continue to drive the business appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

All is going well for Aldi, which is increasing its footprint across the UK, rising in the supermarket rankings and winning awards in the process. The discount retailer, fresh off a surge into the No. 4 slot ahead of rival Morrisons, recently took home three trophies at the Retail Industry Awards for environmental stewardship, online […] The post Aldi’s year gets even better with three top retail awards appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

As a young woman coming into this industry, I have realized there are not many people my age in the wholesale produce business — especially buyers. Youth is scarce in the terminal market, and I am curious as to what will happen as our buyers begin to “age out.” Traditionally, terminal market operations have relied […] The post Opinion: At one major wholesale market in U.S. the winds of change are blowing appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

Avocado company Mission Produce has announced plans to open a state-of-the-art ripening, packing and forward distribution centre (FDC) in Dartford, England, in 2023. Strategically located with direct access to major international ports and transportation networks, the facility is expected to strengthen Mission’s expanding international footprint and optimize product distribution to the company’s European customer base. […] The post Avocado leader Mission Produce announces distribution centre in Dartford appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

We have carefully followed the VitisGen and VitisGen2 project for a long time. It is a multi-institution research collaboration, funded by the USDA-NIFA Specialty Crop Research Initiative and focused on enabling the production of new grape varieties. At the most recent New York Produce Show and Conference in December 2021, we had an important presentation: Consumers, Grapes and Gene Editing Cornell’s Brad […] The post What are grape varietal innovations worth? A professor paints the picture appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

Although Aldi’s rise into the Big Four of UK supermarkets ahead of Morrisons was not a surprise given its surge in the past two years, it nonetheless showed the power of discount chains in a budget-crunched sector for consumers. With inflation soaring to 12.4%, Aldi pulled down a 9.3% share to leap ahead of Morrisons […] The post Aldi’s move into Big Four shows power of discounting, inflation appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

On a recent trip to Chile, I took this photo in a raspberry production field. For me, it very neatly summed up the progress that has been made in raspberry breeding in the recent past. The variety on the left has been the industry standard type in the country for the last few decades. On […] The post Raspberry development in processing and fresh sectors appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

Social sustainability can best be described as a company’s desire to “make a positive difference to people’s lives and futures, with a focus on their position in the environment.” Social sustainability projects can create great support for and understanding of sustainability. Quite a few fresh produce companies aspire to become a supply chain partner that […] The post Tackling social sustainability in fresh produce appeared first on Produce Business UK. [...]

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