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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 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 Sprouts Paige Venable Vallarta Supermarkets Shonna Lea Williams Cardenas Markets Michelle Allen-Zieger Pactiv A Publication of the Fresh Produce & Floral Council Features In Every Issue 8 12 22 18 JON HOLDER HAPPILY FALLS INTO PRODUCE CAREER 4 6 7 Editor’s View BY TIM LINDEN Executive Notes BY DON GANN Council News FPFC HIGHLIGHTS MEET THE 2023 FPFC APPRENTICES THE FPFC EXPO DELIGHTS & INFORMS FPFC SOCAL MEMBERSHIP LUNCHEON PHOTOS & THANK YOUS Volume 51, Number 2 Summer 2023 Fresh Digest (ISSN-1522-0982) is published quarterly for $15 of FPFC membership dues; $25forannualsubscriptionfornon-membersbyFreshProduce&FloralCouncil; POST- MASTER: FreshProduce&FloralCouncil,POBox3627,LakeArrowhead,CA,92352 3