Touring The Biggest Market: Why Hunts Point Is Like No Other
If you haven’t seen Hunts Point, ‘you haven’t lived’ If you’re attending the 2021 New York Produce Show, you have to take the post-show tour of the Hunts Point Produce Market on Thursday, Dec. 16, because, as Joel Fierman, president of Fierman Produce Exchange and co-president of the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Cooperative Association, puts it: […]
A Canadian Perspective: On The Pandemic, On Produce And Progress
Ron Lemaire, president of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA), will be one of the expert presenters for this year’s Global Trade Symposium, which takes place Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021, and leasds into the Opening Reception of the New York Produce Show and Conference. Lemaire brings 27 years of extensive experience from a not-for-profit association […]
The Secret Sauce: How To Boost Produce Consumption And Why It Matters
We’ve supported Brighter Bites since the start, because it has attempted to address something that most school based consumption programs have failed to address – a rigorous scientific process showing the effectiveness of their program. Now the research isn’t over yet, it can’t be. After all what we really want to know is not if […]
Brotherly Love And Produce: The Most Modern Market In America
Once again this year, participants in the New York Produce Show and Conference will have an opportunity to take an official post-show tour of the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market (PWPM) on Thursday, Dec.16, 2021. The Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market is the world’s largest fully-enclosed, fully-refrigerated wholesale produce terminal, with 686,000 square feet. Its most distinguishing […]
Thought Leadership Counts – Broader, Deeper And Rising Higher!
The Thought leader panel has long been a hallmark of the New York Produce Show and Conference. You can review the “Who’s Who” of Thought Leaders we have heard from each year at these links: 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 This year we have broadened our thought Leader focus to include […]
The Produce Industry Takes-Off: A Countdown For Relaunch
As we prepare for the upcoming New York Produce Show and Conference, this year is like no other. It will surprise no one to learn that after the hiatus caused by the COVID pandemic last year, we were uncertain how things would unfold when we were told that the New York State and City authorities […]
As the Industry Transitions from The Great Collaboration to The Great Acceleration:
Announcing the 2021 Perishable Pundit Thought-Leaders at The New York Produce Show And Conference
As the industry finally gets a chance to meet face-to-face at this year’s New York Produce Show and Conference, we have been astounded at the outpouring of interest and excitement by both the supply side and the buy side. We owe a tremendous debt of gratitude to this year’s industry luminaries who have volunteered to […]
Want To Help The World While Helping The Industry? Reduce Online Out-Of-Stocks
The produce shelves of today’s retail stores are filled with innovative produce items, which offer flavor and convenience, new eating experiences and more. From new varieties of apples and grapes to innovative fresh-cuts and packaged items, one would think that this explosion of innovative activity would have led to substantial increases in produce consumption. Yet, […]
THE COST OF LOST REPUTATION:
The Price Of Our Loss In Afghanistan
Reminds The Industry That Reputation
Is A Great Store Of Value
We are not a political site here at the Pundit. Yet we think the collapse of Afghanistan is filled with lessons and warnings for people in business. Many years ago, my family business was heavily involved in the export of produce. An important employee had left the company and immediately set out to switch our […]
A Landmark Decision:
Grower Property Rights Issue Hits The Supreme Court…
A Victory Almost A Half-Century In The Making
The Pundit grew up, of course, in a produce family. When we were around ten years old, we remember someone in school was passing around a petition asking people to support César Chavez and the United Farm Workers Union. We can still hear her explaining that farmers were abusive toward the farm workers and that […]
