Tag: trade associations
NAPAR rebrands as Produce Distributors Association
- General News
Produce distributors will now have an even stronger advocacy trade association to tackle challenges unique to the middle of the supply chain.
Produce associations join coalition urging U.S.-UK trade agreement
- General News
Today, 48 food and agriculture industry members wrote Congress in support of S. 629 and H.R. 3653, the Undertaking Negotiations on Investment and Trade for Economic Dynamism (UNITED) Act, which would grant the President, in consultation with Congress, the power to seek a comprehensive trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom.
Zoom makes associations more global, less personal
- General NewsWe should always look for the opportunities when faced with challenges, and those of us in …
PMA Virtual Town Hall series finishes 2020 with two leaders’ insights
- General News
Produce Marketing Association has announced that they will cap off this year’s Virtual Town Hall Series with a candid conversation featuring Bruce Taylor of Taylor Farms and John Anderson of The Oppenheimer Group.
Why United Fresh is pivoting 2020’s convention to a virtual format
- General News
United Fresh has held an annual gathering of the produce industry since 1904, and 2020 will be no different. Well, a little different.
A look at Latin trade associations – Chile
- Produce BlueprintsSantiago-based Fedefruta is a private entity, founded in 1985 by Chilean fruit producers. Growers were looking …
A look at Latin trade associations – Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador
- Produce BlueprintsBrazil: Moving Forward What began as a private group of 24 pioneering growers in Brazil, who …
Associations help members face problems
- Produce BlueprintsThere’s no shortage of challenges to deal with in the produce industry—from diseases and pests to …
Associations offer benefits beyond networking
- Produce BlueprintsIn business, who you know can be as important as what you know, and the service …
Defining a trade association’s role
- Produce BlueprintsTrade associations—alternatively known as industry trade groups, commercial associations, or business associations—are typically nonprofit organizations tasked …