The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we chat with Angela Aronica, Sales Director of Vision Imports. Angela was awarded the 40 under 40 in the Produce BUsiness Journal and Industry this year! We are gonna learn more about Angela's leadership, her role at Vision Import and what we can expect from this YOUNG, SMART LEADER! Aronica is a second generation produce professiona...

WELCOME to The Produce Industry Podcast LIVE in Seminole, FL at the re-GRAND OPENING of EARTH FARE grocery store. Come Join us as we chat with Laurie Aker, Community Relations Coordinator & Spokesperson for Earth Fare about their FOOD Philosophy, Corky Anderson, Director of Produce at Earth Fare about the growth of their supermarkets and promoting FRESH PRODUCE and Ross Nelson, Vice President...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we have four talented guests that include Martha Montoya of AgTools, Inc., Michael Chavez of Flavor Wave, LLC/Golden Star Citrus and Jennifer Waxman and Adam Wright of The Villages Grown. This episode we celebrate Ag Tools and The Podcasts ONE-YEAR SPONSORSHIP ANNIVERSARY.  First, we chat with Martha Montoya of Ag Tools discussi...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we start the conversation with our Fancy Sponsors Terra Exports very own Omar Farronay, Sourcing Manager in Lima, Peru and our featured guest Megan Crivelli, Founder of The Produce Nerd.  First, we chat with Omar Farronay of what is happening in the world of Terra Exports. Day after Day, Month after Monday, and Year over Year, T...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we chat with two gentlemen that have tackled that WAR ON WEEDS!!! That's right everyone The Carbon Robotics Autonomous Weeder leverages robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), and laser technology to safely and effectively drive through crop fields to identify, target and eliminate weeds. Paul discussed many aspects of "WHY" they dec...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we open with our Fancy Sponsor's very own Norma Rodriguez, Sales Manager of the Domestic Division located in Las Vegas Nevada. Then Ross Nelson, Vice President of Retail Execution for Indianapolis Fruit Company (Standard Sponsor) Co-Host our featured guest with Josh Leichter, CEO of Pacific Trellis Fruit.  As we kick off our episod...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we conclude out 3rd buying segment with our Fancy Sponsors very own Yolanda Ramirez and our featured guest of the day Dan Crist, Vice President of A M King. It is episode 100 here on the podcast and we are very fortunate to have you here for this special engagement.  First, Yolanda and Patrick chat about "External Factors" in pu...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we have Daniel Corsaro, President of Indianapolis Fruit Company introducing our featured guest Scott Simmons, Vice President of Sales of Bluewater Farms. In this episode we chat with Scott who is a subject matter expert in the juice world, he is gifted with over 20 years of experience in the produce and supply chain industry in sal...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we chat with Jennie Coleman, President and Kim Chackal, Director of Sales and Marketing at Equifruit. Now if you don't know.... Equifruit is an importer of fair trade fruit into Canada and when these girls mean fruit they really mean BANANAS. We were able to connect with Kim and Jennie through a conversation on linkedin that sparked...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we chat with Diego Martinez, Sales Manager of South Africa for Terra Exports and Mark Samuel, Founder and CEO of IWon Organics. We learn more from Diego Martinez exploring more of Terra Exports diverse culture and product offerings. From South Africa to Europe and the Middle East. David originally from Argentine talks about how gre...

HAPPY Memorial Day! In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast we chat ALL THINGS WATERMELONS: We go over the A, B, C's of Watermelons plus 23 tasty tidbits, truths, and facts. JOIN Us for this short educational session and fun learning experience.  WATERMELONS --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/theproduceindustrypodcast/support

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we have our Standard Sponsor, Indianapolis Fruit Company's Daniel Corsaro introduce our featured guest of the day. Please join us this week May 26, 2021 3pm PST, 6PM EST for a Virtual Networking Hour Sponsored by Indianapolis Fruit Company. Meet and greet as well as ask question to a wholesaler in The Produce and supply Chain indus...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we are attending the West Coast Produce Show in. Las Vegas, NV. Join us for this very special episode while we chat with dynamite produce companies that are here locally representing the produce and supply chain industry.  FANCY SPONSORS: Terra Exports: https://terraexports.com, Ag Tools, Inc.: https://www.agtechtools.com, Fla...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we chat with Kim Bui, Business Lead at AgroFresh.  AgroFresh has provided revolutionary and proven solutions to the produce industry for more than 20 years and are doing some very cool things that are playing a key role in reducing food waste with a new technology called FreshCloud.  Kim and I speak about how FreshCloud leverages A...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we chat with our current Fancy Sponsor Ag Tool's very own Yolanda Ramirez and our new Fancy Sponsor, Quentin Roe of Noble Citrus. Yolanda and Patrick are in part 2 of the buyers series using data/insights. The topic of today is "purchasing supplemental supply as a grower" through data and insights. Ag Tools, Inc. is a worldwide Saa...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we have Ross Nelson our Standard Sponsor Co-Host and provide the guest for this weeks interview. Ross brings a world of experience and relationships to this call with Corky Anderson, Director of Produce of Earth Fare Supermarket Company, HQ in North Carolina. Throughout this episode we hear from Ross and Corky on relationships, the...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we talk with our Fancy Sponsor Yolanda Ramirez, Vice President of Retail Sales and Brian Framson, President and Jay Gardner, Vice President of Sales of Citrus America, Inc. Yolanda and I have started a 3-part series that stars today about purchasing in the produce industry using data and insights. The first part of this series will b...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we chat with two dynamite women. One of them in our industry and one that has the love for fresh fruits and vegetables. We will initiate this podcast with our Fancy Sponsor Terra Exports very own Laura Paternostro, CFO chatting about grower down payments, ROI, and how to account for trade show/networking functions.  Next...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we chat with Jonathan Buettner, Market Manager of Deville Technologies. Jonathan and I met during United Fresh LIVE 365 in June 2020. Jonathan did a quick cameo spot on the podcast turning the exhibitor/attendee interviews during the show and we hit it off. Jonathan has been very supportive of the podcast as well as attending many...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we attended South East Produce Councils -Southern Exposure Trade Show in Orlando, FL. During some of the education sessions and hallway talk I was able to run into some people who wanted to do an interview on the podcast. Well we sat down with Jim Gallagher, President of J & J Family of Farms and Bryan Barsness, Co-founder of Pro...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast with Patrick Kelly we have Ross Nelson, Vice President of Retail Execution for our Indianapolis Fruit Company Co-Host the entire episode with United Fresh's Mary Coppola and Amanda Griffin. We discuss the future of tradeshows and who should be attending these events? Sales Managers, Buyers? Engineers, Marketers - what about the decision makers? You d...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we finish off SPONSORSHIP Month with a bang. Agtools is a worldwide SaaS platform gathering real-time government and institutional data of over 500 specialty crops commodities, scraping it, including algorithms and M/L for farmers, buyers, and everyone on the supply chain to see and decide how to manage their forecasting and purchase...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we represent Terra Exports during our 4th week of Sponsorship Month. Nils Goldschmidt was the OG Fancy Sponsor of the Podcast and has represented the podcast in various different countries with many of the employees with diverse backgrounds. Nils and I have a fun conversation about how important Terra Exports team is to the entire or...

In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we are in our 3rd week of March and SPONSORSHIP MONTH. In today's episode we chat with Daniel Corsaro, President of Indianapolis Fruit Company. Daniel and I chat about the new and upcoming in the Produce Industry, there very own brand and weekend winners along grinding every single day. Indianapolis Fruit Company is a Wholesaler/Food...

WELCOME TO SPONSORSHIP MONTH!!!! In this episode of The Produce Industry Podcast w/ Patrick Kelly we are representing all of our Sponsors this month. It is March 8, 2021 and we will be chatting with Mary Coppola Heslap, Vice President of Marketing and Communications. Mary and I are going to travel through March with all the fun and exciting events that United Fresh has to offer. More and more...