Month: October 2011

To help introduce attendees at the upcoming Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Summit to new SweeTango® apples, professional dancer from the hit show Dancing with the Stars, Chelsie Hightower, will be at the Fowler Farms booth #4129 on Sunday, October 16, from noon to 4 p.m. EST. …

Since leaving PMA in September of 2009 as the primary architect and lead staff of the PTI, Gary has been working extensively with various growers, shippers, packers, distributors, retailers and operators over the last two years to help them with their strategies for PTI implementation. In this session, Gary will focus on some key hurdles found through his experiences and offer some of the solutions to these hurdles. …

The Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA) has released preliminary findings from the economic impact study which the organization commissioned to analyze production data from the spring and summer harvest. Charles Hall, GFVGA Executive Director presented the preliminary data at the 2011 United Fresh Produce Association’s Washington Public Policy Conference where produce industry leaders from across the nation are assembled to lobby for reasonable immigration reform and discuss national E-verify legislation. …

Produce Pro Software plans to launch its custom smart phone application at PMA Fresh Summit on October 15th in Atlanta, Georgia. This is the first smart phone application in the perishable industry to be made by an ERP software company for its users’ customers. …