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FPAA Members Name Matt Mandel as Member of the Year perishablenews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from perishablenews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
During the annual meeting of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, the association’s president, Lance Jungmeyer, presented the FPAA Member of the Year Award to Matt Mandel from SunFed. The Member of the Year is nominated by FPAA members and is defined as someone who goes above and beyond in working for the betterment of the industry and its membership.
Melons see varying levels of winter movement Currently, movement of melons is somewhat inconsistent in the North American market. WATERMELONS Right now watermelons are coming out of Nayarit, Jalisco, Colima and Michoacán in Southern Mexico. These regions compete with the Central American watermelon growing regions including Honduras and Guatemala. “Mini watermelons have been on the strong side of things with good movement and pricing in the low teens consistently. There’s been a lot of product but in general, the quality has been good,” says Scott Vandervoet of Vandervoet & Associates in Rio Rico, AZ. “There’s been less competition from Central America for watermelons but there’s still some.”