Fresh Summit

Tomorrow I leave for Atlanta and the biggest produce conference I will have ever attended, honestly it’s the only produce gathering I’ve attended. PMA or Produce Marketing Association is the host of this event. PMA’s Fresh Summit hosts companies from every segment of the produce industry, from produce growers to packagers to fresh flower vendors to transportation of all the fruits and veggies you and I love!

I will be a part of a team of bloggers who will be bridging the gap between some of these companies and you, the consumer.  I will be sharing all I learn at this conference of over 1000 exhibitors and 20,000 attendees right here on The Orange Bee.  I can’t wait to lay my eyes on rows and rows of beautiful, colorful fruits and veggies.  I hear it can be a bit overwhelming but I’m ready.  If you want to follow along with the team as we make our way through the conference use #TeamFreshSummit.

I’m honored to be mingling with and meeting our sponsors; HBF, Hurst Berry Farm, Sun Maid/Valley Fig, and Outrageously Fresh.  HBF will be showcasing their newest product, Kiwi-Berries, mini kiwis and I’m pretty excited to taste these little gems and figure out how to incorporate them into a recipe.  SunMaid – well you know them they are the world’s largest producer of raisins and other premium quality dried fruits, including prunes, apricots, cranberries, cherries, figs, dates, and yogurt raisins. Outrageously Fresh has over 900 acres in Canada, USA and Mexico including Organic, Fair Trade certified, Non-GMO, and Sustainable greenhouse grown Sweet Bell/Mini Peppers, Grape/Cherry/Gourmet Snack Mix, and Cocktail tomatoes and Long English/Mini Cucumbers.  Can you imagine how cool this is going to be?

I know you won’t want to miss out on all the info I’ll be bringing to the table after the conference is over.  I am still settling into my new home and up to my eyebrows in boxes but will be back up and running before long with all my Orange Bee chatter.

Disclosure: My pass to Fresh Summit was provided by PMA. Additional compensation was provided by our sponsors Sun-Maid, Valley Fig Growers, HBF International, and Outrageously Fresh.  Thanks also to Casey Benedict, our team leader at Kitchen Play for putting us all together in #TeamFreshSummit  All opinions are mine and mine alone.  GO TEAM!