Representatives from the Colorado Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association recently returned from the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit, held Oct. 14 through 16, in Orlando, Florida, where they had an opportunity to put the merits of Colorado produce before a record crowd of 20,889 attendees from 65 countries. The event, the largest of its kind in the Western hemisphere, also allowed the CFVGA delegation to check out more than 1,200 exhibitors showcasing new products, trends and innovations in the produce industry and to attend sessions on marketing strategies, food safety and new technologies.
Attending from CFVGA were Robert Sakata, Sakata Family Farms, Brighton; Dominic DiSanti, DiSanti Farms, Pueblo; Joe, Charlie and Nathan Talbott, Talbott’s Mountain Gold, Palisade; and Adrian Card, CFVGA board member from Colorado State University Extension, Boulder County. Also attending from Rocky Ford Growers Association was CVGA member Michael Hirakata, Hirakata Farms, Rocky Ford.
CFVGA was part of the Colorado Department of Agriculture’s booth area and received partial funding for the event from the U.S. Specialty Crops Block Grant.
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