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Coaching program helps bridge the leadership gap

Recently, I had the chance to meet one of our readers from Hesston. We had a fairly short (but very pleasant) conversation, and before I left, he gestured to a bag on his kitchen counter. “Do you like apples?” he asked me. And that’s how I became the excited owner of four huge, beautiful golden d

Mike Roberts crescendos sales, consumption and community health, composing a concerto of industry partners, some pulling at his heartstrings.

Shuman Farms will be exhibiting at Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show and team members from its sales, marketing and operations departments will be attending. In addition, the company’s Healthy Family Project team will also be exhibiting. Shuman Farms will be in booth No. 1019 and Healthy Family Project will be in booth No. 1114.

The Publix Produce for Kids cause marketing campaign wrapped with 13 produce partners providing 852,000 meals to the 35 Feeding America member food banks in the Publix market area.

ORLANDO, FL — The produce industry gathered in force the first week in March at the Southeast Produce Council's Southern Exposure 2022 conference and trade show to celebrate "The Marvel of Produce" and reconnect in person with colleagues and friends. For many attendees, it was the first time they had seen one another in a couple of years, as the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic finally seems to be in the rearview mirror.

The Southeast Produce Council will celebrate the next generation of superheroes the first week in March at its annual conference and trade show, better known as Southern Exposure.

I saw a LinkedIn post recently that stated “Hi, I’m Duhn-neet, not Damn-neat.” The author went on to talk about how her entire life her name was butchered and when being announced anywhere, the presenter or speaker would often precede her name with an “I’m probably going to butcher this name…” and a laugh. I bet you could count five or more instances in your own life where you were in school, a meeting, or at a conference when the speaker said this exact line.

Make Mealtimes Less Stressful With the Advice From These Podcasts Lifehacker 3 hrs ago © Photo: Maglara (Shutterstock) When we want to find new ways for our children to appreciate food, we often turn to cookbooks for guidance or look for the latest food trend on the internet. But nowadays, we can also turn to the podcast app on our smartphones for advice from parents and professionals to help us get kids out of that culinary rut and make mealtimes less stressful for everyone. We recently fo...

Empathy in marketing the focus of 6th annual BrandStorm United Fresh’s sixth annual BrandStorm™ event will take place online March 9-11, 2021. The event will feature two sessions designed to facilitate dialogue around the subjective topic of empathy in marketing, both in consumer and business-to-business strategies. In today’s cancel culture, stories of tone-deaf brand messaging are a dime a dozen. Tuesday, March 9 at 2:00 pm EST, Mary Coppola, United Fresh’s vice-president of marketing...