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Fresh Digest Tim Linden Editor Emma McBride-Taylor Heather Gray Advertising Design/Layout FRESH PRODUCE & FLORAL COUNCIL 2023 Board of Directors OFFICERS Michael Schutt Bay Area Herbs & Specialties Chair Kristen Reid MIXTEC Group Chair-Elect Bryan Presley Albertsons Treasurer Veronica Rodarte Progressive Produce Secretary Kori Martin Oppy Immediate Past Chair HONORARY ADVISORS Marvin Quebec Quebec Distributing Co. Roger Schroeder DIRECTORS Andrew Bivens Westlake Produce Co Jacob Cadwallader Stater Bros. Markets Baltazar Garcia Local Bounti Alex Jackson Frieda’s Natalie J. Machado FreshSource Brad Martin Perimeter Sales & Merchandising Neil Merritt Pairwise Mil Mijanovic Safeway Lynnie Nojadera Debi Orrin Edge Sales + Retail Services Caitlin Tierney Paige Venable Vallarta Supermarkets Shonna Lea Williams Cardenas Markets Michelle Allen-Zieger Pactiv A Publication of the Fresh Produce & Floral Council Features FPFC 2024 CHAIR KRISTENREID: FINDSPASSION IN PRODUCE CAREER FPFC CHAIR 2023 MICHAELSCHUTT: PROUDOF COUNCIL’S PROGRESS In Every Issue Editor’s View BY TIM LINDEN Executive Notes BY DON GANN Council News FPFC HIGHLIGHTS 6 8 10 16 20 24 31ST ANNUAL SOCAL GOLF TOURNAMENT PHOTOS & THANK YOUS 4 5 14 FPFC CITY OF HOPE MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON PHOTOS & THANK YOUS 1ST ANNUAL CALIFORNIA TOP GOLF TOURNAMENT PHOTOS & THANK YOUS 17TH ANNUAL NORCAL GOLF TOURNAMENT PHOTOS & THANK YOUS Volume 51, Number 3 Fall 2023 Fresh Digest (ISSN-1522-0982) is published quarterly for $15 of FPFC membership dues; $25forannualsubscriptionfornon-membersbyFreshProduce&FloralCouncil; POST- MASTER: Fresh Produce & Floral Council, PO Box 41082, Long Beach, CA, 90853 3