More than 5,000 people and 400 companies in the produce industry recently converged on the Jacob Javits Center in New York City for the annual New York Produce Show. The event, which ran from Dec. 4 to 8, showcased New York state’s agricultural products and connected growers, wholesalers and other food service executives from the Northeast and beyond.
“Because it is the cutting edge of the industry, the farms that participate bring back new ideas to their own operation, new perspectives,” said Brian Reeves, president of the New York State Vegetable Growers Association and owner of Reeves Farms in Baldwinsville.
Reeves’ reason for attending the conference was twofold: in addition to attending educational breakout sessions, he said he met with customers in New York and New Jersey before and after the produce show.
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