The United Fresh Produce Association has announced that it will host five Town Hall meetings and visit dozens of member farms and facilities during a two-week Fresh Impact Tour to six states and southern Ontario, Canada between 8-23 August.
United Fresh President and CEO Tom Stenzel and senior staff will travel through New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and Leamington, Ontario, to highlight the impact made by United Fresh members in shaping national policy on key issues such as food safety, ensuring a legal workforce, increasing produce consumption, and more.
'When United Fresh members work together across the supply chain, our impact is magnified in shaping national policy,' Stenzel said. 'This will be a great opportunity to highlight the work of our members throughout these eastern growing regions, and see their operations in the middle of production season.
'We want to show that members across the country have a real voice in setting national industry policy,' he added. 'While the produce industry may have a larger population in some other production regions, each of our members in these states can have a huge impact on national issues by working with their members of Congress and joining in the industry's annual Washington Public Policy Conference this October.'
Throughout the trip, visits will include numerous fruit and vegetable growers, distributors and retailers in each of the different areas, while members and staff will be posting updates and photos to the United Fresh Twitter and Facebook pages.
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