Our Partners

TRUST, RELIABILITY, & COST-EFFECTIVENESS

Established in 2022, Premier Packing has been an integral part of the farming community, proudly carrying forward the legacy of our founders. As a family-owned and operated business, we understand the unique challenges faced by farmers and strive to provide tailored labor solutions that foster growth, productivity, and sustainability.

Our commitment to quality and professionalism sets us apart in the industry. We prioritize building long-lasting relationships based on trust and reliability with both our clients and the workers we employ. By meticulously screening and selecting our labor force, we ensure that only the most skilled, dedicated, and responsible individuals join our team. Our workers are not just employees; they are an essential part of our extended family.

At Premier Packing, we take pride in our comprehensive knowledge of the agricultural landscape and the ever-evolving needs of our clients. Whether you require H-2A, domestic, seasonal, temporary, or permanent labor, we have the expertise and resources to match your requirements with qualified workers from a wide range of agricultural disciplines.

We understand that every farm operation is unique, and we tailor our services accordingly. Our dedicated team works closely with you to assess your labor needs, understand your goals, and provide customized staffing solutions that maximize efficiency, productivity, and cost-effectiveness. We believe that a strong partnership between our clients, workers, and our company is the key to achieving mutual success.

As advocates for fair labor practices, we ensure that all our workers are treated with dignity and respect. We prioritize their well-being, providing fair wages, safe working conditions, and opportunities for growth and advancement. Our commitment to ethical labor standards is unwavering, and we work diligently to foster a culture of inclusivity and equality.

Beyond our primary services as a farm labor contractor, we also strive to be a trusted resource for our clients. We stay informed about the latest industry trends, regulations, and technologies to provide you with valuable insights and recommendations. Our goal is to be more than just a service provider; we aim to be a partner you can rely on for your long-term success.

TheogCompanies is made up of leading salad and vegetable brands that support lasting market growth for businesses, growers, and shareholders.
We are passionate about high-quality produce that helps individuals and families eat better, feel better, and live better. Each brand strives for fresher foods, smarter packaging, and responsible growth across every part of the business.

Founded in 1982, Tanimura & Antle is an employee-owned family farming business with a four-generation legacy and a passionate commitment to growing premium quality produce. Built on a partnership between two families, with a shared commitment to always value employees as its greatest asset, the founding families now share ownership with all employees — from farming and harvest crews to management — through an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). As one of the largest independent vegetable growers in the United States, Tanimura & Antle farms more than 36,000 acres of rich, fertile farmland and ships a full line of premium fresh conventional and organic produce products throughout North America. 

AEMTEK: Your Data & Research Partner in the Salinas Valley

In an era of predictive modeling and tech-enabled traceability, AEMTEK is more than just an ISO 17025-accredited laboratory. We are a scientific extension of your team, providing the data required to turn Produce Safety insights into action. From our Salinas, CA facility, we deliver accurate, fast, and reliable analytical results so you can focus on what matters most: getting safe, quality produce to market with maximized shelf life and retailer confidence.

THE AEMTEK ADVANTAGE

• Ph.D.-Led Scientific Team: Deep technical expertise available for every project.
• Fast, Reliable Turnaround: Data that keeps pace with your harvest schedule.
• Unmatched Customer Service: Personalized, responsive support at every stage.
• Excellence in Data Quality: Accuracy that ensures total confidence in your results.
• Cutting-Edge Methods & Technology: Staying ahead with the latest advancements, including WGS-based investigations and advanced analytical approaches.

OUR SPECIALIZED SERVICES

• Agricultural Water Risk Assessments
• FSMA PSR & Rule 204 Consulting
• Pathogen Fitness & Survival Studies
• Environmental Monitoring (EMP) Design
• Predictive Risk Modeling Support
• Genomics & Advanced Pathogen Characterization
• Sampling Plan & Method Development
• Microbial Challenge Studies
• Wash & Blanch Process Validations
• Spoilage Investigations
• Custom Research Solutions

Partner with AEMTEK to advance a culture of food safety excellence and transform your data into a competitive advantage. Visit us at www.aemtek.com or contact our Salinas team at lab@aemtek.com.

Data and decisions can feel more like a burden than an advantage. At TELUS Agriculture & Consumer Goods, we help you make the right call at the right time with leading data and software solutions.

We enable professionals in agriculture and consumer goods in more than 60 countries to navigate complex challenges and work more efficiently. Gain the insight to decide, confidence to act, and power to grow with our purpose-built products, actionable data, and valuable expertise. 

We're your partner built for growth. Learn more at telus.com/agcg and follow us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

As the food industry association, FMI works with and on behalf of the entire industry to advance a safer, healthier and more efficient consumer food supply chain.

FMI brings together a wide range of members across the value chain — from retailers who sell to consumers, to producers who supply the food, as well as the wide variety of companies providing critical services — to amplify the collective work of the industry.

We provide members, from independent operators to the largest national and international players, a unique forum for actively coming together to engage in dialogue, collaboration and problem-solving as a community. We work together closely to understand the topics that matter most to our members and where FMI can provide the greatest value to them.

Our advocacy yields a powerful voice around public policy and serves as a beacon for elevating the food industry’s stature and relevance. Our extensive research, insights and knowledge resources provide an instrumental educational platform for helping prepare and propel our members and their employees forward.

FMI is a champion for the food industry and the issues that make a difference to our members’ fundamental mission of feeding and enriching society. The reach and impact of our work is extensive, ultimately touching the lives of over 120 million households in the United States and representing a $1 trillion industry with over 6 million employees.

Alden is changing the way the world monitors and detects microbial risk.

Alden is a technology company that combines proprietary biosensor technology with embedded hardware and intelligent software into a single platform that delivers real-time, continuous microbial visibility, monitoring, and risk identification across products, facilities, and supply chains.

The Alden platform is the only method that can perform both indicator and pathogen testing in one workflow, on one single system. For indicators, like Aerobic Count, quantified results are delivered in as fast as 15 minutes. For pathogens such as Listeria, detection is performed through a fully contained enrichment workflow and 4 simple steps, delivering risk based quantification. Alden’s software ties every result together, transforming isolated test events into a continuous picture of microbial conditions that teams can monitor, trend, and act on in real time. The platform has obtained AOAC certification and third-party validation, bringing proven performance to every result.

This level of intelligence changes how food safety and quality programs operate. Sanitation verification becomes confirmation. Environmental monitoring becomes predictive. Product decisions are informed by data, not assumptions. And when investigation is needed, the path from detection to resolution happens on one platform.

Alden's platform enables you to test anywhere. In the field during harvest. In the packinghouse at receiving. On the production floor during processing. In a central or third-party laboratory. It is deployed today across food production applications of all types and operations of all sizes, from growing programs to some of the most complex production environments in the world.

Fast, simple and smart microbial intelligence results in more informed decisions, fewer holds, mitigated risk, and stronger protection for the products that reach your customers. Trial or implement the Alden platform today to experience the future and see what's possible. 

Sterilex is a trusted leader in biofilm control and antimicrobial solutions.

We develop state-of-the-art sanitation chemicals to deliver unmatched efficacy, quality, and reliability, ensuring superior microbial control, regulatory compliance,e and operational efficiency globally. www.sterilex.com

SmartWash Solutions is an industry leader in food safety technology, helping food processing plants around the world achieve the highest standards of safety, efficiency, and regulatory compliance. By delivering a revolutionary combination of advanced wash adjuvant chemistry, real-time process control, and a full-service partnership, SmartWash Solutions helps companies achieve FSMA compliance, mitigate cross-contamination, monitor and control wash water chemistry, increase operational efficiency, and avoid costly outbreaks or recalls.

SmartWash Solutions’ product system has been scientifically proven as the single most effective solution to prevent foodborne illness outbreaks in processed food, eliminating 97% of pathogens. By harnessing science, engineering and technology, SmartWash Solutions increases the efficiency and efficacy of chlorine, dramatically reducing cross-contamination while lowering overall input costs. And with real-time wash line data available at your fingertips, you can easily make informed decisions about your food safety practices and operational efficiency and always be prepared for an audit.

With SmartWash Solutions by your side, you can amplify your food safety program, protecting your brand, your customers, and your consumers.

From the day the company was founded in 1923 by two immigrant brothers Stefano and Andrea D’Arrigo, from Messina, Sicily, innovation has been its hallmark. Andy Boy broccoli, broccoli rabe, fennel, and romaine hearts are the company’s mainstays, but D’Arrigo California is also able to provide cross-dock, consolidation, custom growing, and commercial cooling services with the goal of improving efficiencies for our valued customers.  

With third-generation D’Arrigo family members at the helm of our West Coast operations, you can be sure that the traditions of being good stewards of the land continue to be carried out by our dedicated family of almost 2,000+ employees. Our goal is to continue our legacy as a sustainable grower, packer, shipper who nourishes consumers daily around the world with quality Andy Boy produce to encourage a healthy lifestyle. 

Silo is building the modern operating system for the specialty crops industry—bringing together ERP, payments, labor, and traceability into a unified platform designed for the people who grow, pack, and move the world’s most essential food.

At our core, we believe technology should meet operators where they are. That’s why Silo is purpose-built for fresh produce and agriculture, combining deep industry expertise with modern, cloud-based infrastructure. Through our integration with Pet Tiger, we extend that visibility all the way to the field—capturing real-time labor, harvest, and production data at the source. This creates a continuous thread of information from field to finance, unlocking a level of operational insight the industry has never had before.

Artificial Intelligence is the next evolution of that vision—but not as a replacement for people. At Silo, AI is designed to empower users. We are embedding AI directly into workflows to reduce manual processes, surface actionable insights, and help teams make faster, more informed decisions. From predicting labor needs and optimizing harvest schedules, to identifying cost drivers and automating back-office functions, our approach ensures that AI enhances the expertise of operators rather than replacing it.

Traceability is a critical pillar of this transformation. As regulatory requirements like FSMA 204 continue to evolve, Silo is enabling end-to-end traceability by connecting field-level data from Pet Tiger with transactional and inventory data inside Silo. This creates a transparent, auditable system that not only supports compliance, but also builds trust across the supply chain—from growers to retailers to consumers.

By unifying data, simplifying operations, and embedding intelligence into every layer of the platform, Silo is redefining what’s possible in agtech—delivering agility, affordability, and accessibility to an industry that feeds the world.

Heinzen Manufacturing International — Company Overview

Headquartered in Gilroy, California, Heinzen Manufacturing International has spent over four decades establishing itself as a premier designer, manufacturer, and integrator of fresh-cut produce processing equipment. Founded on the principle of full system integration, Heinzen provides hygienic food processing and fruit and vegetable handling equipment and solutions — delivering complete, tailored systems that help customers achieve FSMA compliance through sanitary equipment design.

The company was founded by Alan Heinzen, a mechanical engineer with a B.S. from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, who has spent more than 40 years at the leading edge of technical innovation in the fresh-cut industry. His background enabled a sharp focus on designing quality equipment and processing lines with emphasis on production efficiency, maintenance, and food safety — managing everything from value-added broccoli plants to complete lettuce processing lines for customers including Taylor Farms, Dole Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Express, and Lipman Family Farms.

As early adopters of a sanitary, food-safe centric design paradigm, Heinzen set industry precedents for the processing of fresh-cut, ready-to-eat produce utilizing sanitary stainless steel equipment. That philosophy continues to define every product they build.

Heinzen's equipment portfolio covers every stage of a fresh-cut processing line. Wash systems range from open flume and integrated wash systems to short-order and flotation-style insect removal systems — engineered to quickly wash, cool, and dewater product across applications including leafy greens, broccoli, spinach, and cabbage. On the drying side, Heinzen's centrifugal spin dryers have been the industry benchmark for over thirty years, with innovations like the AB200 automatic batch dryer capable of processing over 9,000 lbs/hr of spring mix or 20,000 lbs/hr of iceberg lettuce.

What truly separates Heinzen is the depth of full-service engineering capability brought to every project. From the earliest planning stages through final onsite validation and ongoing production support, Heinzen draws on a broad scope of worldwide suppliers and vetted manufacturing partners to deliver comprehensive answers to the most challenging processing opportunities. No two facilities are alike — and Heinzen's team thrives in that complexity, tackling aging infrastructure, tight production windows, custom fabrication requirements, and multi-phase installations that demand both precision engineering and real-world field experience.

Whether rebuilding a wash line around an active production schedule, retrofitting legacy equipment into a modern sanitary system, or designing a facility from the ground floor up, Heinzen brings the technical horsepower and hands-on expertise to solve problems that others can't. It's that combination of engineering rigor, fabrication capability, and deep industry knowledge that has made Heinzen the go-to partner for fresh-cut processors across North America for over 40 years.

Clean Works offers a post-harvest solutions, our award-winning gas-phase homogenous technology has been rigorously tested and has consistently demonstrated its effectiveness in eliminating up to 99.99% of pathogens and food-spoiling organisms, ensuring your produce is safe and fresh. We have successfully commercialized our technology in six countries, making a global impact. 

Our solutions offer rapid, chemical-free decontamination, setting new benchmarks for efficiency, effectiveness, and sustainability. 

What sets us apart? 

✅ Water-free technology 

✅ Green, eco-friendly approach 

✅ Commercial-grade applications 

✅ Scientifically validated excellence 

Harnessing the power of science and technology, discover how Clean Works is transforming the produce industry: 

Fortrex is the first line of defense in food safety. The company is a leading provider of sanitation solutions in North America, offering tech-forward innovation to drive growth by helping customers identify and avoid preventable issues while delivering real-time results. We offer cost-effective solutions to our customers, while providing the highest level of contaminant defense. Fortrex’s team of skilled food sanitors, microbiologists, technical experts and engineers are committed to keeping USDA, FDA, and CFIA processing facilities clean, safe, and audit-ready.

Pathotrak’s AOAC‑accredited, award‑winning technology concentrates pathogens directly from food samples. We help run detection tests in as little as 5.5 hours with our 375g fresh‑produce test, allowing growers to submit and release product within a single 8‑hour shift. For growers who must test larger lots, ours is the only AOAC-accredited 1,500g test in the market. We can deliver results in ~12 hours while also saving material costs. Pathotrak's is the first and only AOAC‑accredited solution to be this fast while matching the accuracy of the FDA’s 3–4‑day standard method. Ask your lab if Pathotrak is right for you!

www.pathotrak.com

CCOF, California Certified Organic Farmers,  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. 

Founded in California over 50 years ago, today CCOF's roots span the breadth of North America and our presence is internationally recognized. At CCOF, we provide certification services that are personal and accessible. We work closely with you through each stage of the certification process, from putting together your first Organic System Plan to staying compliant and adding products or acreage later. Every client has a dedicated service specialist and we answer the phone.

In the agricultural industry, Provision's cloud software emerges as a vital asset for growers of practically any commodity. By simplifying the prospect of digitizing food safety and quality assurance, Provision offers growers a way to shed the burden of paper reports and clumsy binders. In a competitive market with constantly changing customer requirements and government regulations, Provision offers a way to streamline documentation for compliance and certification. More and more food safety managers are turning to smart solutions like automated notifications to avoid missed forms, automated rules to ensure compliance, and automating reports to simplify audit prep during harvest season. Tailored to suit the needs of small- and mid-sized operations, Provision provides agile solutions that seamlessly digitize documentation. In a world where data is king, Provision empowers growers to navigate audits more efficiently, while also harnessing insights for enhanced process control.

The Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) is a regional trade association that aims to advance families, food, and farming in our region. Founded in 1930, today the organization represents 300 members, primarily farmers, shippers, and processors of fruits and vegetables produced in Monterey, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Santa Clara Counties.  As part of our mission, GSA is dedicated to providing solutions-based programs and services covering diverse areas, such as protecting farm workers from the spread of COVID-19 through innovative housing, testing, education programs, and mass vaccination clinics; efforts to address the challenges of water supply and improving water quality, food safety, and security; and pest and disease management and prevention.