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"Mr. Brian Silbermann President of the PMA in his opening " 2008 state of the industry"
Anthony Barbieri Chairman, Fresh Summit Marketing committee Director of Produce & Floral Acme Markets, Inc., A Supervalu Co. Malvern, Pennsylvania USA
Suzanne Wolter Director of Marketing Rainier Fruit Company
Mayda Sotomayor-Kirk CEO of SealdSweet in her speech at the opening general session.
A High VIP content at the openings reception . .
Nancy Tucker, VP Global Business Development of the PMA organisation talking with a Dutch delegation.
Ksenia Evdokimova of Crispconsulting St. Petersburg with one of her business relations.
Jeff Correa of USA Pears (right)
Philippe Binard, Secretary General of. Freshfel Europe, Mike Knowles (EuroFruit) and Simon Pettinger of international Trade adviser of Freshfell Europe
Different kind of new initiatives, products and packagings.
No doubt about it.
Francois Maes (in the middle) of Special Fruit Belgium with his wife and one of his buseinessrelations.
Waiting for the opening . . .
Seald Sweet; on of the sponsors of the openings lunch.
Helen Aquino (Marketing) and Douglas King, Senior Vice president Sales.
Jennifer Wiggs on the right together with her colleagues of Compu-Tech.
Robert Thomas and Matt Kastensmidt with their booth of IMG Citrus.
The booth of Bayer CropScience.
The booth of Voita A Florida based Citrus company.
"The booth of California Sun Dry. "A full line of sun-dried tomato products"
The booth of Keenan Farms. Attractively packaged or bulk, Keenan Farms has earned a reputation as California's standard of pistachio excellence.
Reichel was promoting Dippin'Stix. Dippin' Stix Single Serve products are a healthy snack alternative
The booth of Cavendish Produce. A provider of fresh potatoes and produce for retail, restaurants and institutional use.
The booth of Pipco Transportation.
The booth of Hort Research. HortResearch is a world-class fruit science company.
The booth of Cargo Data. Cargo Data Management Corporation develops and markets air cargo tracking solutions that put at the user's fingertips vast amounts of information about their air cargo business.
From left to right Steve Berthelet, Séverine Nault and Steven in the booth of MAS & FILS Jardiniers promoting the Cristopher Label.
The booth of Sachs Peanuts. Your source for the finest quality In-Shell Peanuts available today.
The booth of RedLine Solutions. Warehouse Management Asset Tracking, Inventory Control Wireless Networks Mobile Computers and Printers, Compliance Labeling (RFID, Bar Code, Direct Part Marketing) Product Labeling
The booth of Sundia. Sundia Corporation is the fastest growing produce brand in North America.
The booth of Lewis Nursery & Farms. A second generation farm specializing in quality production of Strawberries, Blueberries & Blackberries
The booth of Nathalie's Orchid Island. Naturally and fresh squeezed juice.
The booth of Monte Package Company.
Promoting Litehouse salad dressings
The booth of Sunripe
"The booth of Calavo. "The worldwide leader in the procurement and marketing of fresh and processed avocados and other perishable food"."
The booth of River Ranch; a leader in fresh cut salads.
Robert Boudreau of Savoura in his booth. A Quebec based company; Savoura tomatoes. Eat them without moderation!
"The booth of Pandol. Pandol mission: "Deliver year-round quality fruit to targeted customers worldwide."
The booth of A&C.
The booth of Freshsense.
The booth of ReadyPac.
Ann Jacobs, Sherise Jones and Candi Fitch of Idaho-Eastern Oregon.
Tom Stearns of B.C. Tree Fruits in his booth.
The booth of Earth Source Trading.
"The booth of Four Seasons Produce. "A progressive, full-line produce company with strong family values, honesty and a commitment to our customers, suppliers and associates."
Chadelle Robinson in her booth of Carzalia.
Julie Nichols in her booth of Organzo. She is also the lady in the picture behind her.
Joe Miles of US Agriseeds with his team.
Graham Childs of Boix
David Lawrence and Doug Turner in their booth of Red Blossom.
The booth of MAF
Bill Olvey of Sage Fruit Company.
The booth of Sun Maid.
The booth of Continental Plastics.
The booth of Chris Woo and Val Lambert of Green Giant.
The team of ULMA in their booth.
Jeff Church on the right of Church Brothers.
The booth of Tom Lange.
"Airdex International presenting their "Green Pallets". On the left Vance L. Seagle and next to him Shelley Goshorn."
Nothing to do with produce . .. everything with fun . . so there is something in common.
Wholly: We made it a reality: Our founder, Don Bowden, pioneered the process and revolutionized the use of Ultra-High Pressure food preservation commercially; we call it Fresherized.
Matt of Mariani Nuts presenting Walnuts.
As it is . .. not just produce . .
Mr. Wim Tacken (Dutch exporters platform) Chris White (market intelligence UK)and Wim Baljeu (Frugi Venta the Netherlands.)
Mike Visser of Frützzo
The booth of Maersk. (Worldwide container shipping)
Anybody heard about it ??
Fresh Art
"The booth of Sunkist. "A leading international citrus supplier, but you might be surprised to know that they don't own a single citrus grove. And although they are a billion dollar a year organization, you can't buy stock-because there isn't any." from: http://www.sunkist.com/about/"
Affelt packing machines.
Mike Visser of Frützzo presenting a new product M.O.A.B.
Total Packaging Solutions
'North America's year-round tomato garden'
Sara Grasso and Salvo Laudani of Oranfrizer Italy.
Larry Walton and Tracie Cree of American Packaging
Lou Thurston and James L. Dunne of Corporate Express.
The booth of Farm Fresh Produce with their Ford.
The Colombian based Banana company
De Ruiter seeds. Since not too long ago a part of the Monsanto group.
Pat Bruno of Railex on the right.
Mark Martins and Roichard B. Horn of Bonipak.
The booth of Les Jardins Paul Cousineau.
The booth of PCA.
The booth of Green Line.
USA Pears team. Promoting pears in all colors . .
The Well.PICT team with (L to R) Tim, Julie Lucido, Jay, Donna, Dan & Jim.
An overview of the PMA from the 'Sunset tower'.
An overview of the PMA
An overview of the PMA.
Sunset / Mastronardi produce booth.
Chris Veillon of Mastronardi produce with their exotic tomatomix.
Paul Giacobbe, Carlos Delgado and Frank Mihalik of Dade Service Corporation.
Jo Farmer of Trace Produce together with Tiffany.
Zia Fattahi of Global Farms. Garlic & Ginger Co.
Steve Hornsby. Chain Store Guide. Accurate retail and foodservice information concentrating on restaurant and retail foodservice information.
"Glory Foods: "Southern stile coocking"."
Steven Blackburn (vice President) and Byron L. Spice Jr. of Florida European export/import.
Consorzio Cermac.
Kandi Fotovat of Parnoosh; Premium quality dates.
Frank Young of Atago U.S.A. Inc. with his colleague Elisabeth Bulgrin.
Holly Newberry. Inside Sales Manager of Lakewood.
Rob Williams of Sev-Rend.
Kristin and Michael of Yukatan foods.
New Limeco, LLC is a grower, packer, and shipper in Princeton, Florida handling Fresh Florida Limes, avocados, mangos,carambola, mamey, and other locally grown tropical fruits and vegetables. They also IMPORT and market all year round, mangos, limes, ginger, plantains, chayote, and yuca...to name a few.
Robbecom Systems international
The booth of Autolabe.
Indian River Select. Represented by Mary Soule and her colleague Bill.
Exportador soprisa S.A. Represented by Paul Moreinis.
The booth of Mixtec.
Kaitlin Anderson and Vanessa Lawrence of Coolpak. Cool Pak is committed to innovation in the design and production of all of our packaging solutions
Calvin Mahood Key Account manager of Western Concord.
Zevy Mashav (right) of Caribbean Gold Inc. and his wife together with Wim Geurts (www.FreshPlaza.com)
Robert Hana. CEO Los Angeles Salad Company. Together with Gretchen Lane (Gills Onions LLC)
Fit Fruit & Vegetable wash is a 100% natural produce wash, and is available in a variety of product offerings to meet your specific need.
Christopher J. New (left) Representing NBI Juiceworks
Safe Quiality Food Institute.
Freska Produce International Represented by: Dan McGrath (left), Pedro Dominquez, Jesus (Chuy) Loza and Gaqry Clevenger.
Luana Hancock and Scott Stevens of Whitewave presenting Fruit2day.
The booth of Balley Farms.
Escort Data Loggers: Sandra Stanly, Charles C Whithing (CEO) and Chris Smith.
Orogel Fresco European Flavors
NaturItalia as a part of European Flavors.
Kiwi Gold as a part of European Flavours
O.P. GranFrutta ZANI as a part of European Flavors.
Made in Blue as a part of European Flavors
Katie Quinn Vaillancourt Representing CurrantC.
The booth of Apio presnting Eat Smart.
Dave McCary (R) and Chris, representing Zumasys.
Art Overgaag (R) and his crew of the Live Gourmet company Hollandia Produce.
Art Overgaag again with his daughter in la and wife; representing North Shore greenhouses Inc.
Cimino Brothers
Doug Meyer (R) Vice President Sales/marketing and his colleague Brian.
A presentation of Arkansas Agriculture department.
Bill Marshall; representing Salyer American Fresh Foods.
Just a look into some booths.
Mike Thurlow and Mike Garrison; representing Summerripe.
The team of Euro Frash Farms.
Pure Hot House Foods inc. Matt Mastronardi German Cueto and colleague. Representing Pure Flavor.
Jim Mcloune representing Kraft foods.
Back to the old days with Fresh Farm Produce
Sue Hartnett; Director of Sales Development of Aurora Products.
Jahir Lombana, editor FreshPlaza.es and Marieke de Rijke Assistant Vice President Industry Analist RaboBank International.
A Fresh presentation of Earthbound Farm Organic.
Prepack Presentation of Organic produce of Earthbound farm.
Tony Calvillo (R) Global Sourcing Manager of Dayka Hackett
The booth of Earth First.
the mango.org reception.
Charles Beresfort of National Produce Marketing Inc. attending the Mango.org reception.
Otto de Groot (L) of Harmsen en de Groot surveyors in The Netherlands with Roy van Holstein van EOSTA bv.
Gonen Paz and Ed Guilernez of Natratec International LTD.
Jasmine Pharis (L) Bob Nelson and Casey Smith of Polymer Logistics
Laurent Koubbi President of Adalim; a company from Rennes, France.
J. Scott Carr. President & Chief Executive Officer of Yotta Mark. www.yottamark.com
JBJ Distributing. 'Shippers of Organic Produce'
The team of Dave's Specialty Imports.
Bank of the West Dean Cardoza Senior Vice President
MiaTech Represented by David Gutzalenko. International Marketing.
Tokita Seed Co. Ltd. Innovating new varieties!!
Packaging and cartons . .
James Paul (mid), Director of Sales and Marketing of Prima Bella. (with his team)
Shimon, Marc, Olga and Jacob of MamaMia Products LLC.
Vanna Strinko (President CEO), Hui Lan Cheng de Marcano and Carole Curlverhouse. Representing Vanna's Tropical Fruits & Vegetables.
DuPont Teijin Films.
The PeakFresh Team USA: Sandra Stevenson and her team.
Van Hoekelen Greenhouses . .
Nancy Bryner and Stephen Griffin of Misionero.
Dick Mills. J & J Produce
Rick Larry and Tom; Representing Columbus I.T.
Marc-Andre Chenail; Representing the grower, shipper and Packer Fermes Du Soleil from Canada.
Antonyt Fantin (Executive vice-president) (Left) and Robert Monzeglio. Veg Pro International Inc.
Annie Riendeau of Groupe Vegco Inc.
Raul, Michelle and Mark; representing Taylor Farms.
Enza Seeds.
The booth of Biosecurtiy For Produce.
The booth of Uncle Matt's Organic.
Howard, Michelle and Mike from Domex Superfresh growers
Derek Sass; Beach side Produce LLC.
Gourmet Trading company. Julia Enestrosa and Jan McDaniels.
Gills Onions . .
Dimare Farms . .
tomatoes from Dimare . .
Brooks tropicals . . . . .
really Tropic. .
Airflo Merchandising Systems
Camilo Penalosa of Infinite Herbs.
The booth of Farmer's Best.
Christian DeBlasio and David Bouchard of Purfresh.
The team of Clifford Produce.
David G. Kalan. Director of Sales of iGPS
A special tracable container from iGPS
some pictures dont need explanation . . .
Boskovich Farm Inc.
The booth of GS1.
Del Monte; Impressive present
http://www.idahopotato.com/
Babe Farms: Babé Farms is a premier grower, packer and shipper of the finest specialty vegetables available.
Patrick Batcheller and his Team: Great Lakes International Trading Inc.
Ocean Mist Farms is family owned and comprised of third- and fourth-generation growers.
Organisers of the the Fruit Logistica Berlin. Here Gerald Lamusse.
Reynolds Packaging Group represented by Rob Stamberger and Harry Seeley.
DUDA Farm Fresh Foods, Inc. is a nationwide grower, shipper and marketer of citrus, vegetables, sugarcane, sod, and cattle.
Seald Sweet was founded in 1909 as The Florida Citrus Exchange, a grower-owned cooperative and Florida’s oldest and largest fresh citrus marketing company.
SealdSweet with Mrs. Mayda Sotomayor-kirk the Ceo of SealdSweet.
FreshPlaza's editor Sander Bruins Slot with the team of Rainier Fruit Company.
Fruit2day
The booth of Sunsweet; juices, dried fruit and substitutes.
Important information as well . .
a fourth generation of family ownership sweet potatoes. All kind of sweet potatoe products.
Jean & Charles Passaro of the Mooney Farms.
Eastern Apples
Integreted Knowledge . . . Ronald w McPherson & Jason Ferguson
Ingersoll Rand. Climate Control Technologies.
Ralph Slomovits and Bom Small of the Herbthyme Farms.
The Christopher Ranch Crew . . .
Fresh Express, a Chiquita company, is one of the world's largest producers and distributors of fresh, ready-to-eat packaged salads
California Pavillion
Labeling machines
Kevin Youngberg and Carol Rolfes of KES Science & Technology, Inc.
John, Logan and Jim of the New York department of Agriculture.
Koen Pack
Mountain King Potatoes are grown in Colorado and available at your grocery store or market.
Now Plastics with Deborah and Patty.
Express Lane was designed four years ago by Union Pacific and CSX Transportation to expedite perishable goods from California and the Pacific Northwest to the East Coast.
The Delaware Department of Agriculture.
David Cruz, Rick Shade, Jan DeLyser, Dave Howald and Zachary Benedict of California Avocado Commission.
Timothy P. Hobbs. Director of Developments of Main Potatoes (and his colleague
Duane Frens. General Magager of Michigan Celery Promotion Cooperative, Inc.
Ken Meyer of Michigan Appels.
Washington State Fruit Commission and visitors.
More than 2,500 growers in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Utah and Montana work tirelessly throughout the year to bring to you the largest, freshest, highest quality cherries available. Northwest Cherries.
Georgia Pacific; Packing materials
The DNE team with : Gregory Nelson (President;left) Tom, Barbara, Mark Hanks en Gose. DNE is the largest independently owned citrus marketer in the world; also the second largest citrus marketer in the U.S.
Earthbound Farm. Organic Salads and Produce.
Sunworld: Fresh fruits, vegetables, and California fresh produce shipper and grower!
Any Currie of AG-PAK.
Different Florida operations.
Lone Star Citrus Growers from Texas
David Waddy Director of Sales of EQ-ag Solutions
John Sigrist. CEO of Aloe King.
TexaSweet represented by Kimberly and Eleisha
Rio Queen Citrus Inc. with Mike Martin (President) and Ted Brasch
Sinclair; World-class Label Solution wtih Alex Dietz and Willard Shay.(r)
The team of Horton Fruit Company.
Tatoes brand potatoes represent a total package of quality from the farm to the consumer. They grow, pack and ship the potatoes, and place the highest attention on ensuring they only pack our best product.
Andreas Schindler (r) the 'father' of Don Limon; A famous brand in Limes, together with his Mexican partner.
Jim Prevor with his assistent. Jim is responsible for the famous and critical sound from 'Perishable Pundit' and also the driving power behind the 'Producebusiness'.
Salinas Valley innovative produce leader, grows the best quality freshest vegetables available year-round
The Enthusiastic Naturipe Farms Team: Micheal McCartney, Bruce Peterson, Brian Bocock, Robert Verloop & Don Harris
Philip Gruszka of Gripmmway Farms.
Spiceworld . . all different kinds of garlic
Marie Aguilar and Geen Loudon of Dovex. Dovex is nestled in the heart of the premier Washington State Apple and Pear growing region - at the foot of the Cascade Mountain Range and along the banks of the mighty Columbia River
Green Giant Fresh has established strict quality control processes which are applied across our world-wide organization to ensure the fruits and vegetables we sell to consumers are fresh, wholesome, nourishing and safe to eat. All of the Green Giant Fresh quality assurance programs are part of a company-wide effort to provide products of the highest quality and safety.
Stemilt's Apple Sweets.
You can get almost every one of our tree fruits organically, too, in Stemilt’s Artisan Organics label. And make sure to look for our naturally farmed summer fruits — cherries, peaches, nectarines, and apricots — in transition to organic production. These tasty tree fruits are available under the Artisan Naturals name.
The North Carolina Potato Association is the oldest commodity association in North Carolina. The Association was formed in 1928 by a group of potato growers in Northeast North Carolina who decided this was an avenue to take to get area potato growers to work together. The potato growers' intention was to form an organization that would provide funds for the improvement of their potato industry by means of research and promotion of their potato crop.
M&M Farm prides itself on offering the freshest produce from around the world, as well as world class customer service.
V.L. Walker Co. Inc. with Lewis Walker (l)
Sven Burmeister, Bert Lindenberg, Joerg Ebeling and Michel Provini of Affeldt.
Don Daintrey (l) Sales and Marketing Director of Little potatoes.
Charlie Eagle, Vice President Business development of Southern Specialties.
Paramount Citrus with Marc Patterson(r) and his colleague Dan.
the Canadian Produce Marketing Association.
Borton & Son's sustain an unyielding pride in their high-quality apples, pears and cherries within the global marketplace.
Colorful harvest with Bobby Price and Patrick Hooker.
North Bay Produce, Inc. with Jan VanDriessche
Jeremy Giovannetti and Rex Lawrence of Timco.
Columbia Marketing International.
Jefferson State Forest Products.
and again the Columbian Marketing International
Dorot Farm One of the very Few Israeli Booths.
Eitan Manhoff, David Dalessandro and Michelle Hankins of Dream Foods International.
Ivan Valenzuela of Universal Container.
The team of Birds Eye Foods.
A part of the team of Sunkist.
Jeff Rhoden, Delbert Bland, Sandra Bland and Sloan Lott of Bland Farms.
The booth of Vortex Manufacturing.
The booth of Georgia Pecan Commission with Lynn Peterson.
Steven Johnson of South Georgia Produce.
Terry Gerrald and Ron Deal of Gerrald's.
Greg Leger of Leger & Son.
The booth of Georgia Grown.
John Shuman and Mark Shuman of Shuman Produce.
Kenneth S. Fox and mrs. Fox of Fox Packaging.
The booth of Frontera Produce.
Gene Coughlin, Clay Wittmeyer, Matt Biscotti and Rafael Parada H. of Sun World.
Alan Bradshaw and Scott Seddon of Pero.
The booth of Plain Jane.
The booth of GPC.
Allison Lawrence and Scott E. Thewes of Boost.
The team of Wilson Produce.
The booth of Ocean Spray.
The booth of Mann Packaging.
The booth of Maxco.
The booth of Ayco Farms.
The booth of Giant.
The booth of Frieda's
The booth of Wada Farms.
Joe Murphy of LFC.
Arlin Plender of Decade Products.
A part of the team of Marco Company.
Mike Klackle of Curry&Company.
The team of Hurst's Berry Farm.
Nick Dulcich of Sunlight.
Nick Dulcich of Sunlight behind his grapes.
The booth of Giant.
The booth of AmcoGroup.
The booth of Odenberg.
The booth of Nasoya.
Randy Klackle and Dan Barnes of Sambazon.
A new machine of Smurfit-Stone.
The booth of Agriculture Data Systems.
The booth of Smurfit-Stone.
The team of Dulcinea.
Deborah Puglisi of Lodestone Diversified.
The booth of Logic.
The booth of Cryovac.
The booth of Melissa's.
The booth of Dole.
Robert S. Schueller of Melissa's.
The booth of Sweet Potatoes.
The booth of SCS.
Bruce K. Crapo and Betty Miles of Sun Glo.
The booth of Brocco Sprouts.
The booth of Natures Fresh.
The booth of Eagle Farms.
The booth of Fresh Herbs.
The team of Rainier.
Booths from New York.
The booth of Allen Lund Company.
The booth of Sweet Potatoes.
The booth of Driscoll's.
The booth of Mission.
The booth of Queen Victoria.
The booth of Macro Plastics.
The booth of Compac.
Steven Rogers, Gregory M. Jehlik and Bill Barry of Wilkinson Industries.
Mark Munger, John King and Jeff Boles of Andrew Williamson.
Rick Hogue and Michael L. Weber of Airdex International.