Tag: trade associations
Zoom makes associations more global, less personal
- General NewsWe should always look for the opportunities when faced with challenges, and those of us in …
PMA Virtual Town Hall series finishes 2020 with two leaders’ insights
- General News
Produce Marketing Association has announced that they will cap off this year’s Virtual Town Hall Series with a candid conversation featuring Bruce Taylor of Taylor Farms and John Anderson of The Oppenheimer Group.
Why United Fresh is pivoting 2020’s convention to a virtual format
- General News
United Fresh has held an annual gathering of the produce industry since 1904, and 2020 will be no different. Well, a little different.
A look at Latin trade associations – Chile
- Produce BlueprintsSantiago-based Fedefruta is a private entity, founded in 1985 by Chilean fruit producers. Growers were looking …
A look at Latin trade associations – Brazil, Guatemala, Ecuador
- Produce BlueprintsBrazil: Moving Forward What began as a private group of 24 pioneering growers in Brazil, who …
Associations help members face problems
- Produce BlueprintsThere’s no shortage of challenges to deal with in the produce industry—from diseases and pests to …
Associations offer benefits beyond networking
- Produce BlueprintsIn business, who you know can be as important as what you know, and the service …
Defining a trade association’s role
- Produce BlueprintsTrade associations—alternatively known as industry trade groups, commercial associations, or business associations—are typically nonprofit organizations tasked …
Trade associations offer power allies in trade
- Produce BlueprintsThis is the first of a multi-part series from Produce Blueprints, in which we explore the …