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FPAA announces board members for 2023

- General News
As part of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas annual meeting, members elected new directors to the board and celebrated the Member of the Year and the Pillar of the Industry.

FPAA panel touts supply diversification and relationships

- General News
A panel of produce buyers at the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas annual meeting November 3 shared their lessons and experiences with weather events.

Photos from inaugural SWIPE event

- General News
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas held its inaugural Southwest International Produce Expo, or SWIPE, at its 54th annual convention November 2-4.

FPAA recaps inaugural SWIPE event

- General News
The FPAA is pleased to share the success of their inaugural expo, a recent enhancement to their well-known FPAA Convention, which just concluded its 54th consecutive year.

Headed to SWIPE? Here’s the event agenda

- General News
This year's event includes education sessions, an expo, and a golf tournament. To get you ready to SWIPE, here's the event agenda.

FPAA’s riposte on gas-ripened tomatoes

- Analysis
The continuing Mexican tomato war, which has pitted many American growers against importers, has raised a back-and-forth between the Florida Tomato Exchange, which represents growers from Florida and other American states, against the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas, which represents shippers who import the product from Latin America.

FPAA: Growing chorus of U.S. voices speak out in opposition to tomato tax

- General News
With the month-long rebuttal period coming to a close earlier this week, more than 450 companies, organizations, associations and government leaders have now submitted comments urging the U.S. Department of Commerce to uphold the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement.

Florida Tomato Exchange’s EVP comments on tomato dumping

- Analysis
The U.S. Department of Commerce is in the process of determining whether to continue the current Tomato Suspension Agreement with Mexico, in effect since 2019, which regulates Mexican tomato exports to the United States.

FPAA: Anti-dumping duties are not the answer to Florida tomato growers’ woes

- General News
FPAA: Anti-dumping duties will not fix what ails the Florida tomato industry, no matter how much the Florida Tomato Exchange wishes for them.

Pioneer, founder of Omega Produce honored by FPAA

- General News
The late Emilia Gotsis, founder of Omega Produce, has been honored as a pillar of the Fresh Produce Association of the Americas.