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April 27, 2021
Genuine Georgia Group is well prepared to meet customers’ needs when it comes to peaches because of its relationships with all five of Georgia’s commercial peach farms Pearson Farm and Lane Southern Orchards in Fort Valley, Taylor Orchards in Reynolds, Dickey Farms in Musella and Fitzgerald Fruit Farms in Woodbury.
Genuine Georgia’s focused efforts also center around pecans and Southern satsumas, and the company sees big growth on the horizon for all three of these segments.
“All three of those items are super special and chocked full of flavor,” said Duke Lane, one of the partners in the Fort Valley, GA-based company. “That is what keeps our excitement each year. On top of those amazing commodities, the growers we work with do a phenomenal job on the growing side.”
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April 29, 2021
Flavor 1st Growers & Packers, which supplies customers up and down the East Coast and east of the Mississippi, has deep roots in the produce industry.
Mountain Bean Growers Inc., one of the largest production operations in Western North Carolina, heads up the company’s farming operations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida and Georgia.
“We’re growing tomatoes and vegetables in Georgia and North Florida, which bridges the gap,” said Mike Porter, sales representative for the Mills River, NC-based company. “We’re doing all the dry-veg items beans, squash, Bell peppers, cucumbers in Georgia, and also doing grape tomatoes and round tomatoes.”
New hot honey product features datil peppers
St. Augustine, Florida is known for growing some of the hottest chili peppers in the country, including the fiery datil pepper. Traders Hill Farm, in partnership with World Honey Market, has produced a blend of 100 percent raw orange blossom honey from Central Florida with St. Augustine datil peppers to create the Datil Sting Hot Honey.
Traders Hill Farm debuted and marketed the hot honey product at Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure conference on April 6-8th in Orlando, FL.
It is believed datil peppers first came to St. Augustine from Spain in the late 1700s. Datil peppers are a cultural phenomenon that began in Northern Florida, and a love for their unique flavor has spread across the country. With a median heat rating of 200,000 Scoville units, datils are on par with habanero and Scotch bonnet peppers but boast a mellower, sweeter flavor.
April 9, 2021
It was business as usual at the Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure 2021 trade show which was a wonderful thing and exactly what the industry needed. Show-goers and exhibitors alike deemed Southern Exposure at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort in Orlando, FL, an unmitigated success both professionally and socially.
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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.