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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 customer and supplier partners while being responsible stewards of the resources that we use. Our products are made with earth’s honest ingredients, and none of the nonsense. 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.

GLOBALG.A.P. is a leading global certification program whose mission is to bring farmers and retailers together to produce and market safe food, protect scarce resources, and build a sustainable future. With more than 700 certified products and over 200,000 certified producers in more than 135 countries, we have a sound foundation that is both solid enough to build trust and integrity and flexible enough to spur innovation and excellence.  For fruit and vegetable production, we offer a range of farm assurance solutions to meet market needs, including certificates recognized by GFSI and required by global export markets. GLOBALG.A.P. North America staff are devoted to providing support within the USA and Canada markets.

iFoodDS is the leader in food supply chain solutions, providing a comprehensive digital platform for traceability, quality, and food safety. We help growers, shippers, processors, and retailers gain full visibility into their supply chain and connect valuable product data. We help you go beyond regulatory compliance and gain greater visibility into your supply chain. Minimize safety issues, optimize quality, and instantly traceback and trace forward. Our solutions give you the tools you need to deliver the highest quality produce.

The Ag Land Trust (ALT) is one of the oldest agricultural land conservation organizations in California. It was founded in 1984 to exclusively serve the needs of our farmers and the agricultural community, and partners with willing landowners to protect and preserve our prime farmlands. ALT uses grant funds and conservation easements to financially benefit farmers and property owners in and around Monterey County. https://www.aglandtrust.org/ 

The Foxy brand is four generations in the making. Since the early 1930s, the Nunes family has been practicing innovative farming methods in California’s Salinas Valley.

Bob and Tom Nunes pioneered the practice of film-wrapping lettuce in plastic for freshness after forming Nunes Brothers of California in 1966. After selling the company, Nunes Company, Inc. was formed in 1976.

Since then, farming acreage has increased to more than 20,000 crop acres in California, Arizona and Nevada as the Foxy brand was created to help introduce our produce to families throughout the United States and the world.

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It’s easy to take food safety for granted, and assume the standards were always high. In reality, standards were quite open to interpretation. But when it comes to bacteria, safe and unsafe is black and white. Standards needed to be reinforced by guidelines that ensured food remained safe from seed to sale.

AG Food Safety Solutions (AGFSS) grew out the need to remove food safety decisions from the corporate boardroom and connect them to farming realities. As a dialogue emerged between corporate buyers and agricultural producers, AGFSS became part of the conversation that shaped food safety guidelines that remain the standard today.

It would have been impossible to implement food safety without understanding life on a farm. After immigrating from Mexico, Gabriela Sandoval’s father was leased land by a farmer after his knack for crops like tomatoes and onions was clear. It didn’t take long before he was known as a top producer.

Growing up in the 1970’s running between the row crops and cherries, Gabriela watched her parents manage not only their farm but the contracting service that provided its labor, as well as the labor of surrounding agricultural partners.

With AG Food Safety Solutions now established, it’s time to focus on making life easier for agricultural producers via strong partnerships and emerging technologies.

International Fresh Produce Association PMA and United Fresh Have Created a New Association: International Fresh Produce Association. Our trade association represents companies from every segment of the global fresh produce and floral supply chain. We advocate, connect and guide to enhance members’ prosperity. 

Our mission is to ADVOCATE by leading and driving change for our members and the produce and floral industry on the national and global stage. We create beneficial changes through action; CONNECT; and GUIDE.

 Learn more at https://www.freshproduce.com/

Since 1928 the Braga family has been farming from the Salinas Valley. Well-known by shippers, processors, and now retailers, our name is synonymous with high quality organic and conventional fresh vegetables. We continue to mix innovation with tradition to grow, ship and process fresh vegetables year round. With +20 years of expanding our certified organic program and meeting the highest food safety standards, we are bringing our expertise, authenticity and standard of integrity to the retail market through Braga Farms and Josie’s Organics brands

Misionero specializes in Organic and Conventional; Specialty Salads, Washed and Trimmed Lettuces, Value-Added Vegetables, and Premium Kits. We love satisfying, good-for-you food and are always looking for new ways to combine fresh vegetables and the best of modern, exciting taste profiles.

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True® is the worldwide leader in the diverse and innovative production of organic fertilizers. We are a family-owned business that respectfully treats our growers’ land as if it were our own. We are passionately dedicated to manufacturing the highest quality, safest, and easiest-to-handle organic fertilizers developed exclusively to help you grow your business. Owner and CEO Jake Evans started the organic fertilizer business in the late 1990s. Learning from the ground up, he used the fundamentals of agronomy and soil fertility to develop True Organic Products’ (TOP) first pelleted and liquid fertilizers.

True’s commitment to Product Safety is evident in our full-time on-site food safety staff who oversee all of our processes and procedures. With stringent rules for separation, treatment, and testing, all of our outgoing products exceed industry requirements.

Our full-time research and development team is evaluating new inputs and constantly gathering new data through field, greenhouse, and laboratory trials to further our knowledge and allow True to create only the best organic fertilizers possible, for every crop.

True® takes pride in manufacturing organic fertilizers proven to build and strengthen our growers’ soil with every application. Our products are designed to function in diverse geographic and environmental conditions. Agronomic programs that use our products will improve the soil and provide the nutrients that will enhance the health of your crops and increase your overall yield.

At True Organic Products, we believe helping our growers build their business extends beyond what goes in the ground. We believe in contributing to the overall health and well-being of the communities we serve through the support of various non-profits and other philanthropic efforts.

Since its founding in 2003, the company has grown to the largest and most sought-after manufacturer of organic fertilizer on the West Coast. True founder, Jake Evans, remains hands-on with the company’s day-to-day interests, committed to the idea that a biologically balanced healthy soil makes for healthy plants, environment, and community.

“I’ve always felt success comes with being honest,” Jake says. “Fulfilling our commitments is a TOP priority.”

Headquartered in Castroville, California, Ocean Mist Farms is the largest grower of fresh artichokes in the United States.  Farming artichokes year-round in three ideal California growing regions: Castroville, Oxnard and Coachella – plus Baja, California - each area is known for fertile ground and productive microclimates. Castroville is, in fact, known as "The Artichoke Capital of the World" and Artichokes were named the official state vegetable of California in 2013!

In addition to artichokes, Ocean Mist Farms grows a full line of premium, fresh vegetables year-round in multiple growing regions throughout California (Castroville, Huron, Oxnard, Coachella and Imperial Valley), Arizona (Yuma) and Mexico.

Our fresh produce is grown using both organic and conventional methods and can be found in fine grocery stores across North America.

Food safety continues to be the highest priority for Ocean Mist Farms. The health and safety of our customers always comes first. Our approach to food safety is holistic, taking full advantage of the vertical integration within our company to implement best practices at every stage of the production cycle, from planting all the way through harvesting, processing, cooling and distribution.

Through our rigorous food-safety principles and procedures, Ocean Mist Farms is able to provide our customers and consumers with not only the best quality products, but also products that are wholesome, nutritious, and safe.

We are committed to continuous improvement and will maintain our leadership role in research toward advancement in food safety and quality.

Factor IV Solutions, LLC. was founded in 2013 and is based out of Atascadero, CA. The company name refers to the four factors of sanitation Time, Temperature,  Action, and Chemistry. While Factor IV Solutions is a leader in sanitation support services, we pride ourselves in supporting solutions for the entire food safety program. Our growing internal team and strategic partnerships have us solving in-field and processing challenges daily across North America. 

Factor IV now has a dedicated team for second-party support of GAP’s, Harvester Sanitation, and Cut to Scale tracking with-in field employee support to help turn the data collected into knowledge and actions. 

Comgro Soil Amendments is a family-operated company and we pride ourselves most on the quality and safety of our finished product. We know that through our more advanced composting process we can ensure that our product is ready to go into the fields. Here at Comgro, we provide a variety of composts, gypsum, lime, potting soil mixes, and topsoil mixes that will suit your needs. We also offer our custom spreading services to ensure that your soil is set up to your growing standards. Lastly, we offer a bulk manure removal service.

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CCOF is a nonprofit organization that advances organic agriculture for a healthy world through organic certification, education, advocacy, and promotion. We envision a world where organic is the norm.

California LGMA brings farmers together to make lettuce and leafy greens safer. The LGMA verifies food safety practices, enforces through government audits, and requires a commitment to continuous improvement. Working collaboratively with university and industry scientists, food safety experts, government officials, farmers, shippers and processors, the LGMA created a unique and rigorous science-based food safety system that protects public health by reducing potential sources of contamination and establishes a culture of food safety on the farm.  

LGMA members are companies that ship and sell California-grown lettuce, spinach and other leafy greens products. The California LGMA has a sister program in Arizona that is almost identical. Working with hundreds of farmers throughout California and Arizona, LGMA members produce approximately 90% of the leafy greens grown in the U.S. – that adds up to over 50 billion servings of leafy greens each year! www.lgma.ca.gov 

Triangle Farms and JV Farms Organic are custom-growing operations based out of the Salinas Valley. Triangle and JVO have a diverse crop portfolio with over 30 different crops being grown across their ranches spreading from Salinas to San Lucas. The primary commodities for the two companies consist of romaine lettuce, head lettuce, and broccoli. Approximately 80% of the crops are conventionally farmed under Triangle and about 20% are organically grown by JVO. Triangle Farms and JV Farms Organic are both a part of the JV Smith Companies family. The JV Smith Companies team first began in 1970 and has since grown to ten companies spread throughout California, Arizona, Colorado, and Mexico. JV Farms Organic was established in 2012 and Triangle Farms joined JV Smith Companies in 2018. JV Smith Companies has become a leader in the agriculture industry by utilizing innovative techniques and working as a team to produce a safe and high-quality product.  Food safety is of utmost importance to all their companies. Coming from a background in post-harvest food safety, Angie Ramirez, the Manager of Food Safety & Organic Compliance for both Triangle Farms and JV Farms Organic, brings a unique perspective on food safety at the field level and is constantly looking for innovative ways to further the companies’ food safety practices.

To learn more about Triangle Farms and JV Farms Organic: 

Website: https://www.jvsmithcompanies.com/ 

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We grow the best medicine in the world® Founded in 1926, Western Growers represents local and regional family farmers growing fresh produce in Arizona, California, Colorado and New Mexico. Our members and their workers provide over half the nation's fresh fruits, vegetables and tree nuts, including nearly half of America's fresh organic produce. Some members also farm throughout the U.S. and in other countries so people have year-round access to nutritious food. For generations, we have provided variety and healthy choices to consumers. Connect with and learn more about Western Growers on our Twitter and Facebook.