In 1995, Taylor Farms set a lofty mission to become North America’s favorite maker of salads and healthy fresh foods. Now, 29 years later the Taylor Farms family has stayed true to its roots. We challenge ourselves every day, from field to fork, to grow our business responsibly, to lead by example and earn trust through our actions. Our ability to create pathways to healthy lives is dependent on the health of our business. As North America’s largest producer of fresh foods, it is our greatest opportunity to create positive long-lasting social and environmental impact through our products, processes and people. | In 1995, Bruce Taylor and several partners founded Taylor Fresh Foods. A new company with a new vision was born – to be North America’s favorite maker of salads and healthy fresh foods. We’ve come a long way since our humble roots, and we continue to grow our business with care and purpose like we do our products. It is thanks to our team’s dedication that we are able to make wholesome fresh foods that nourish families across the country. A family-owned and founder-led company to this day, we are proud that we are able to build for long-term success with our customers and supplier partners while being responsible stewards of the resources that we use. We are committed to being a force for good in the world and we cherish the opportunity to deliver healthy and delicious fresh foods to our consumers while protecting the land that feeds us.
Syngenta Vegetable Seeds
Our ambition is to help safely feed the world while taking care of the planet. We aim to improve the sustainability, quality, and safety of agriculture with world class science and innovative crop solutions.
Splendid by Porvenir LLC
Splendid by Porvenir LLC is a Nogales, AZ – based fresh produce company with facilities in Northern Sinaloa, Mexico. Splendid also outsources mangoes from Brazil, Ecuador and Peru and from southern states of Mexico as well. The company grows as well as distributes many fresh products. With 12 mos. of overlapping crops making it a year-round fresh produce distributor, the list of items Splendid offers includes a full line of mangoes, green beans, sweet corn, bell peppers, cucumbers, several varieties of winter squash, limes, lemons, and constantly strives to embrace new items that show promise with its customer base. The company has expanded its sales to not only include the U.S. market, but Canada and Europe as well. Always looking to diversify and grow, Splendid works jointly with many processors for a rapidly expanding fresh-cut market and developing value-added packaging and custom packs to meet customers’ needs. Splendid is exhibiting at IFPA in order to present its company to key retail clients and further gain exposure within the produce industry. It plans to display winter vegetable items, but also plans to highlight new mango packaging and products such as Jaguar Honeys, Bali Mango 4 Packs, and Keitt Kong mangoes, which the company hopes to build on for upcoming seasons. Along with retail and wholesale accounts from other parts of the country, the team hopes to connect and spend time especially with the California trade as the company has outstanding relationships with many California retail chains and wholesalers. In addition to making new connections, Splendid also hopes to position itself to build programs for the upcoming year with several of the items they handle. They invite any interested customers to stop by to find out additional information on the company as well as the items that are available to them.
Southern Specialties
For over 35 years Southern Specialties has worked with the finest retailers, club stores, foodservice distributors and wholesalers in North America to “Bring Fresh Success To The Table”. Our extensive menu of specialty products, grown in the Americas, provides a solution to any consumers’ needs. Visit us at booth 1339 to learn how our vertically integrated programs, logistical support and Southern Selects value added product line can help bring ring to your register.
Seald Sweet/Greenyard USA
Seald Sweet was founded in 1909 as a Florida citrus grower cooperative and in 1998 it became part of Greenyard, transforming the company into Greenyard USA. Seald Sweet/ Greenyard USA is now a global market leader in citrus, grapes, avocados, pears, ginger, blueberries, vegetables, and more through their global network of companies and partners. Our sister company Greenyard Logistics is a state-of-the-art packing and cold storage facility strategically located close to the ports in NJ and dedicated to providing unique solutions for our customers. With more than 9000 employees operating in 19 countries worldwide, Greenyard’s vision is to make lives healthier by helping people enjoy fruit and vegetables at any moment, easy, fast and pleasurable, while fostering nature. At Seald Sweet/Greenyard USA, we continually strive “for a healthier future. We are ahead of the curve by implementing our 2025 sustainability roadmap: lower water footprint, reducing food waste and emissions, ensuring responsible sourcing and having 100% recyclable packaging in all of our products.
Robinson Fresh
Robinson Fresh feeds the world through fresh produce and complex supply chain solutions.
Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc.
Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc. is a vertically-integrated apple grower/packer/shipper/marketer/processor headquartered in Sparta, Michigan, a unique growing region in West Michigan due in part to the elevation, proximity to Lake Michigan and ideal soil conditions. The company represents more than one-half of Michigan’s fresh apple crop and is leading the way in food safety, new orchard technology and innovation in sales and marketing. Riveridge grows and markets sweet cherries and prune plums, and presses fresh apple cider. Additionally, midwest vegetables are available in season.
Rijk Zwaan
As a company that develops vegetable varieties and sells the seeds produced from them, Rijk Zwaan is at the start of the food chain. We apply state-of-the-art techniques to the rich genetic diversity nature offers us. With a global network of leading research institutes and universities, we are constantly working to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the breeding process. We are an independent, family run company in more than 100 countries. We make a significant contribution to the health and well-being of people all over the world. That is an exceptional responsibility, and we actively share it with our partners. Together, we are working towards a healthy future!