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April 7, 2021
ORLANDO, FL Students in the Southeast Top Agricultural Recruits Scholarship Program heard about the many benefits of a career in the fresh produce industry during the Southeast Produce Council s Southern Exposure 2021, here.
Megan Zweig, vice president of DMA Solutions, and Wendy McManus, executive leadership coach at Connect 2 Potential, addressed the students at the STARS Breakfast, held Wednesday morning, April 7.
The STARS program is co-chaired by Raina Nelson of Renaissance Food Group and vice chairman of the SEPC Board of Directors, and Clark Roper of Piggly Wiggly and a member of the SEPC Board of Directors.
On the topic of why fresh produce is so important and relevant, Zweig said that people are more concerned with the environment, safety and policy than ever before.
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Jennifer Lucy Allan talks to the New Zealand born composer about love letters on quarter-inch tape, piano gardens and doll shops, and the physical effects of sound upon our bodies
Annea Lockwood portrait by Sam Green For Ruth and Conversations 74 plus A Film About Listening make up part of the bill for this year s Counterflows At Home digital festival which runs for all of April
“Tell me everything…”
“Yes, yes, yes… love!”
This begins with a love story. New Zealand-born composer Annea Lockwood’s most recent composition ‘For Ruth’ is a reply to a love letter on tape her late partner Ruth Anderson made her in 1974, titled ‘Conversations ‘74’. In ‘For Ruth’, their affectionate conversational fragments, loving affirmations and the bubbling laughter of two people giddy for one another are embraced by field recordings of rich birdsong, grumbling frogs and passing cars, as well as resonant vocal intonations,
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The theme for the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure event this week, “The rise of produce,” captures the current state of produce markets wonderfully.
Prices are anticipating the return of normal demand, increasing for a 4th consecutive week. Overall industry prices are at record highs for this week #13.
Don’t be dismayed if you’re a buyer on the hunt for a deal. Although overall markets are up, there are treasured little eggs to find for everyone’s basket this week. Transitions to new supply are creating promotable pricing on more than one commodity in the ProduceIQ Index.
ProduceIQ Index: $1.09 /pound, +1.9 percent over prior week