Tip of the Iceberg
Tip of the Iceberg Podcast
Playlist by Tip of the IcebergTip of the Iceberg features conversations between members of the fresh produce industry and the editors of trade publications The Packer and PMG. Topics will include current events and provide insight…Follow the podcast:
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Taking action for responsible labor practices
How does the industry move from endorsing responsible labor practices to taking action? Peter O’Driscoll, executive director of Equitable Food Initiative, and Kim Combs, supplier verification manager with The Kroger Co., explore the topic, along with EFI Director of Marketing Communications LeAnne…
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Tip of Iceberg S4 E22
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Giant Food’s Rob Nickels on making your supermarket a destination for fresh
Learn how to make your supermarket a destination for fresh from Rob Nickels, who handles category management, procurement and merchandising of fresh produce and floral for Giant Food. Part of Ahold Delhaize USA, Giant Food has stores in Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and the Washington, D.C., area. I…
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How Evan Ehlers of Philadelphia solves food access and scarcity problems
What if every college student hated wasting the excess meal credits on their dining card enough to figure out a way to share it? And what if that eventually meant that a major produce wholesale market could cut its organic waste by 50% — while feeding people who can’t afford to buy the food they ne…
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This is how AI will affect your job security, says Rex Lawrence of Joe Produce
What are AI prompt engineers, besides some of the highest-paid people these days? What tech skills do job seekers need to thrive in their search? Addressing these questions and more is the president of Joe Produce, an online job center for produce, agriculture and related companies and produce peop…
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How ‘green teams’ help three farms reduce organic waste by 2025
In this partnered episode with Equitable Food Initiative, learn about an innovative approach to increasing sustainability on farms from special guest Lilian Autler, EFI’s organizational and workforce development manager. Autler lead a project that placed multi-disciplinary teams on three different…
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IFPA innovator Vonnie Estes on opening up the produce industry
Learn from Vonnie Estes, vice president of innovation for International Fresh Produce Association. She talks about her career trajectory that led to her position today, and the Fresh Field Catalyst Accelerator program she started, how companies can apply and what the benefits are. She also shares h…
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Meet PMG’s 2023 Produce Retailer of the Year
Description: Learn all about Joseph Bunting of United Supermarkets in Lubbock Texas: What makes him tick? How did he get into produce? Who did he meet at the checkout register? How was he mentored and how does he lead and introduce new ideas? And join us at 2 p.m. Oct. 20, at The Packer and PMG b…
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Have you benchmarked your produce company’s tech status?
You will hear an overview of the state of the agtech industry from our two partner hosts from ZAG Technical Services and Full Tilt Marketing, the most pressing issues and all about a coming report that will benchmark how this sector of the produce industry is doing with its technology know-how and …
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‘We need to be careful together,’ says The Nunes Co. IT director
Let’s collaborate to better secure our companies from cyberattacks, says Johnny McGuire, director of Information Technology at The Nunes Co., a California-based vegetable grower with the Foxy label. Learn how this Silicon Valley tech guy turned into a Salinas Valley farm guy, helping create cyberse…
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