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Above All Flowers, New Bloom Solutions, Details Flowers Software and Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association are bringing you brand new special episodes of The Bloom Show live at the 2023 Floral Distribution Conference on March 7. FDC is one of the largest floral conventions in North America.

Fruit Logistica, the largest international trade fair in the fruit and vegetable sector, was held Feb. 8-10 in Berlin, bringing together attendees from around the world and offering exhibitors a platform to showcase their products and make contacts with potential buyers.  It was the sixth participation for Salix Fruits, a leading company in the import and export of fresh fruits, which had a unique booth and one of the most popular and photographed in the fair.

Team members from Nash Produce will be taking advantage of every opportunity that the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show has to offer.  

Naturipe Farms will be exhibiting and participating at the upcoming Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show, with team members from all business units taking part in the important trade show.

The California farm lands have needed water to remedy the dry drought areas for the longest time. Well, according to the National Weather Service, here comes more forecasted precipitation and low temperatures for California.  The California Department of Water Resources reports that the season-to-date precipitation is 150 percent of normal in many areas from the Sierra Nevada. Some temperatures in Southern California recently reached 15 degrees below normal. 

Circled on the calendar, Turek Farms has been counting down the days to the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure.  “It’s one of my favorite shows to attend,” said Jason Turek, a partner at King Ferry, NY-based Turek Farms, and its marketing company Cayuga Produce. “SEPC does such a great job of playing host and getting so many retailers, wholesale and foodservice people in the room,” said Turek.  

Vick Family Farms is thrilled to be heading south to attend the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show, knowing that it’s always a very production show and all involved expect this year to be once again. 

Mark DeFrancesco, founder and president of 4M Fruit Distributors in Chelsea, MA, died on Friday, Feb. 17, of undetermined causes at the age of 71. 

Five team members from Nickey Gregory Co. are preparing to attend the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show, including two employees from the company’s processing/fresh cut division, Family Fresh Foods.

In 1948, two generations of the Wilcox family established Floyd Wilcox & Sons in the little town of Thornton, ID. Seventy-five years later, the fourth generation of family members has moved into leadership positions with the same fire in the belly to grow, pack, sell and ship the best potatoes they can in whatever packs align with the demands of their customers and consumers.