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 Berryworld LtdContact: BerryWorld is one of the UK’s foremost soft fruit marketing companies, supplying fresh and prepared berries to the leading UK retailers. The company was formed in 1994 to specialize in soft fruit and is owned by fresh produce distributors Poupart Ltd. BerryWorld accounts for over 30% of soft fruit supplies to UK multiple retailers. The company represents growers with substantial areas of soft fruit production in the UK and other countries in Europe, The Americas, the Middle East and South Africa. Annual sales were in excess of $250m in 2011.The soft fruit market is one of the fastest growing sectors within fresh produce, and consumers are increasingly aware of the many health benefits of eating berries. The company employs 60 members of staff. Entry Level Positions Available:The company provides internships for students with an Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics or Marketing background. Internship roles are project based and the intern is likely to work on one large project throughout the summer. The project is likely to be a combination of field work, analysis and presenting to conclusions both internally and externally. An example of a recent project is a study on potential shelf-life extension for various berry varieties. This involved visiting growers, analyzing and writing up conclusions and presenting to leading U.K. retail customers. |
 California Giant Berry FarmsContact: California Giant Berry Farms is a grower/shipper of fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries and raspberries. We are a privately held, family owned company in business for over 35 years, now growing and shipping over 20 million trays of berries annually. From our nurseries to state-of-the-art cooling facilities, the family-owned company controls every aspect of our berry production to ensure superior quality and supply to our customers both domestically and internationally. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 C.H. Robinson WorldwideContact: At C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc. our roots run deep. In 1905, Charles Henry Robinson started a small produce brokerage that developed the traditions and standards of service that shaped the Fortune 500 Company we are today. As a global provider of multimodal transportation and produce services, we are headquartered in Eden Prairie, MN and operate through a network of more than 7,000 employees in more than 235 offices in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and the Middle East. We are the largest third party logistics (3PL) company in North America, and our services extend to more than 35,000 customers globally, ranging from other Fortune 500 companies to small businesses in a variety of industries. Our people are our greatest asset and create a unique corporate culture that has built strong relationships with customers around the world. They execute our tradition of service on a daily basis and take pride in sustaining our dynamic leadership in the transportation logistics industry. You’ll feel the energy the moment you step into one of our branches. That energy is what inspires us to find motivated individuals to join us in our quest to find solutions, develop innovative technology, and provide exceptional service to our customers. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Curry and Co.Contact: PO Box 9187 Curry & Company is a 3rd generation produce company headquartered in Brooks, OR. We specialize in sweet onions, onions, potatoes, blueberries, blackberries and Vidalia Sweet Carrots™. Our innovative and committed approach to produce has been the reason for our continued growth. You can find delicious product from Curry & Company in the nation’s leading local, regional and national retailers, plus, the leading club stores. Consistent quality, integrity and outstanding customer service have been the hallmark of Curry and Company since our launch in 1967. Those attributes are still appropriate, but they are also known for their fresh approach to produce such as the introduction of their year round sweet onion and blueberry programs allowing buyers to have a reliable source for year round product. In 2010 we launched our Vidalia Sweet Carrot program, providing excitement in a category that had been stagnant for several years. |
 DMA SolutionsContact: DMA Solutions, Inc. is a leading marketing and business development company in the fresh produce industry. Working as an integrated marketing resource, we provide customized solutions that positively impact our clients’ bottom line. Our successful track record ranges from the enhancement of traditional sales and marketing tools to the development and implementation of cutting edge business strategies and marketing initiatives that enrich our clients’ value proposition. Entry Level Positions Available: Internships with DMA Solutions provide an exciting opportunity for marketing, design and/or agriculture students or recent graduates looking to further their experience within the dynamic fresh produce industry. The creative marketing intern supports the DMA Solutions team managing industry accounts. The intern assists with execution and implementation of a variety of marketing and creative efforts for our clients. Responsibilities may include: writing marketing content for such media as web sites, email communications, electronic/print advertisements and eNewsletters, designing marketing and advertising collateral, conducting industry and client-specific research, monitoring client and industry media coverage, updating media lists, maintaining client files, and other efforts as needed. The ability to juggle multiple assignments/projects and be a detail-oriented team player is needed for this position. Candidates must also be proficient with Microsoft Office. |
 DriscollsContact: 345 Westridge Drive, Phone: (831) 763-3290 Driscoll’s is the leading provider of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, and blueberries. Family owned for over 100 years, Driscoll’s has built upon the genetic work and innovation of our founders to fulfill our mission. We utilize traditional plant breeding methods to create plant varieties “genetic breeds” that produce the finest quality berries. This plant material is then patented, cultivated in Driscoll’s nurseries, and supplied to our independent farmer partners around the world to grow Driscoll’s brand berries. Driscoll’s creates a work environment that fosters open and friendly communication, encourages collaboration and team interaction, and provides clear focus and direction. Employees are truly empowered in our daily work life. Driscoll’s is committed to Growing Great People. This means that we help our employees learn and support Driscoll’s overall business strategies, while also providing opportunities for individuals to grow their skills in a fast-growing and always changing work environment. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Frieda’s, Inc.Contact: Frieda’s Specialty Produce was the first woman founded and operated wholesale produce company in the US and in 2012 is celebrating 50 years in business! We supply most of the nations’ supermarkets and foodservice distributors (and chefs) with over 500 different exotic and ethnic fruits and vegetables. Frieda’s is located in Los Alamitos, CA. Frieda’s mission is to Change the Way America Eats Fruits and Vegetables and has been a pioneer in all of its marketing including its award winner website www.friedas.com and CEO Karen’s Caplan blog: http://whatsonkarensplate.blogspot.com Our typical internship is in our marketing department, in the analytics department or in operations. |
 Fru-Veg Marketing, Inc.Contact: Fru-Veg Marketing, Inc., is one of the nation’s leading importers of fresh produce from the best growers of Europe and Latin America. The company’s philosophy is founded on the principle of selecting the finest growers in each region. By representing only the top growers each region has to offer, it is able to offer unrivaled quality and volume supplying supermarkets, wholesalers, and foodservice companies nationwide as well as Canada. Fru-Veg’s success stems from surpassing the benchmarks of its competitors and working closely with its customers to meet their needs on a year-round basis. Founded in 1988, Fru-Veg Marketing, Inc. is headquartered in Miami, FL adjacent to their own state-of-the-art cooling facility. Positions: Social Media/Marketing Assistant |
 Fundo Sacramento S.A.C.Contact: FUNDO SACRAMENTO S.A.C. is a producer and exporter company of fruits. Founded in June 1998, the plantation is located in Pampas of Villacuri in Ica, 272 kilometers south of Lima, Peru’s capital city, a place with one of the most suitable microclimates for agriculture in the world as well as excellent soils and hydric resources. FUNDO SACRAMENTO is a Peruvian company that grows and exports table grapes all over the world during the months of October, November, December, January, February and March. In the year 2008 our company decided to expand and diversify its export offering introducing Pomegranates, Citrus crops and Avocados. The pomegranates have high levels of antioxidants, potassium, folic acid and vitamins. Our company cultivates the “wonderful” variety which is known to be the biggest, juiciest and most appealing of all. Our Certifications include: GLOBALGAP, BRC, HACCP, TESCO’S NATURE CHOICE, RAIN FORREST ALLIANCE, ETHICAL AUDIT, BASC. Our Commitment: Freshness, Quality and Guaranteed Safe Products Positions: Sales, Operations, Food Safety, International Business Administration. |
 L&MContact: Julia Hamberger, Human Resources Coordinator L&M is a family business, founded in 1964 in Raleigh, North Carolina, by Bob Logan and Joe McGee. Mr. McGee and his family continue to run the business, which started as a wholesaler / distributer company that began farming cabbage in northern Florida in 1973. Today, L&M is a fully integrated, year-round supplier of fresh produce, with farms across the United States and Mexico. The Company carefully maps out its volume of product and diversity of growing locations for a tighter control of quality and consistency throughout its four core product categories, all of which are available under the Nature’s Delight brand. The core categories are:
From the beginning, L&M has been committed to excellent service, unyielding integrity, and long-term relationships. After more than four decades of hard work and growth, L&M still lives by these same values. |
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 Mastronardi Produce USA, Inc.Contact: 28700 Plymouth Road, Phone: (734) 943-0243 Mastronardi Produce is a North American grower/distributor of premium tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Family owned for 50+ years. Headquarters in Kingsville, Ontario. Principal US location in Livonia, Michigan. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Mission Produce, Inc.Contact: 2500 Vineyard Avenue 3rd Floor Phone: (805) 981-3650 Mission Produce was founded in 1983 and has since grown to become a global entity in the avocado and asparagus industry. An experienced and knowledgeable field staff, highly efficient packing facilities, a national distribution network, Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Monterey MushroomsContact: Phone: (865) 966-7991 Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. was established in 1971 as a family-owned and operated farm in Royal Oaks, California. Today, Monterey is vertically integrated and able to control all aspects of mushroom production from seed to customer/consumer. An international, multi-facility company, with 10 mushroom growing farms strategically located throughout North America – Monterey’s mushrooms are literally “locally grown” nationwide. This means that Monterey is uniquely positioned to deliver the best, most innovative mushroom products possible to consumers throughout the country. Monterey is the country’s largest and only national marketer of fresh mushrooms, supplying unique, innovative and high quality products for sale to supermarkets, foodservice and ingredient manufacture operations, and for preparation of processed, canned, and frozen mushroom products. Headquartered in Watsonville, California, Monterey has production, sales and administrative offices, internationally. |
 Naturipe FarmsContact: 9450 Corkscrew Palms Cir #202 Phone: (239) 552-4464 Naturipe Farms is the sales and marketing arm of four grower-partners. Unlike most produce companies, Naturipe Farms works at cost, combining resources in order to enable even the smallest family farmer to better compete in a competitive world marketplace. To ensure year-round availability with a commitment to “locally grown” seasonal produce, Naturipe Farms sources fresh berries from the most optimal growing areas throughout North and South America. Number one in blueberries globally, and a top-three marketer of strawberries, Naturipe Farms offers a full line of conventional and organic berries under the Naturipe Farms brand, including blueberries, strawberries, blackberries, raspberries and cranberries. Naturipe Farms has offices located in California, Florida, Massachusetts and Michigan with over 60 employees nationwide. Our mission: to grow value and returns to our grower partners by selling and marketing berries to our best customers. Our vision: Naturipe Farms is the customer and consumers’ first choice for healthy, best tasting berries. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Ocean Mist FarmsContact: 10855 Ocean Mist Parkway Phone: (831) 770-6478 Headquartered in Castroville, California, near Monterey Bay, Ocean Mist Farms is one of California’s Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Paramount CitrusContact: 1901 S. Lexington Phone: (661) 342-1580 At Paramount Citrus a great deal of our 60+ years of success can be credited to the creativity, skill, hard work and dedication of our employees. Our team is a big reason why we have grown from a small acreage and single packinghouse operation to the largest fresh citrus shipper in the nation with multiple packing and forward distribution facilities and 30,000 acres of citrus (oranges, lemons, limes, and mandarins) in the United States and Mexico. As the largest citrus growers/packer/shippers in North America, Paramount Citrus is committed to finding new talent that can contribute progressive ideas and fuel our commitment to being a leader in the citrus category. Our positions range across a wide variety of fields such as Crop Production and Farming, Plant Operations/Production, Engineering, Sales, Finance, Logistics, Information Technology, Human Resources and a multitude of other categories. Entry Level Positions Available: Production (Packing Operations) |
 Pro*Act, LLCContact: 24560 Silver Cloud Court Phone: (831) 658-1992 Pro*Act provides value added services (marketing, sales, procurement, IT, Food Safety, Human Resources and Client Services) for 38 independently owned produce distributors across the US and Canada. We have 250 employees and offices in Monterey, CA and Dallas, TX. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Progressive ProduceContact: 5790 Peachtree Street Phone: 323-890-5105 Progressive Produce is a year-round fresh produce grower/packer/shipper headquartered in Los Angeles, California and shipping nationally from California and Washington, specializing in consumer packaging and category management. Founded in1967, Progressive Produce continues its industry leadership for potatoes, onions, asparagus, citrus, Hispanic specialty produce and other items with over 200 employees. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Rouses Enterprises LLC, dba Rouses MarketsContact: 1301 St. Mary Street Phone: (985) 447-5998 Rouses, founded in 1960 by Anthony Rouse Sr. is an independent supermarket chain and is owned and operated by the Rouse family to this day. We operate 37 locations in Louisiana and Mississippi with more growth planned in the next 12 months. Our mission is to be the market leader in service, value, quality, professionalism and clean stores. Rouses employs over 5,200 associates in our collective companies. Entry Level Positions Available: |
 Seald Sweet Intl.Contact: 1991 74th Avenue Phone: (772) 569-2244 Seald Sweet was founded in 1909 when a grower cooperative formed to improve the standards of the Florida citrus industry. Today, Seald Sweet is a leading supplier of the full citrus category and other fresh produce such as apples, grapes, pears, stone fruit, pineapples and more. As a vertically integrated company, we grow and nurture fresh produce from seed to consumer with the highest food safety standards and consistent quality. Operating under the same values as parent company, UNIVEG, our fresh produce is grown “as near as possible but as far away as necessary,” ensuring delivery of quality, fresh produce available worldwide. |
 Steinbeck Country ProduceContact: Tami Schween, Chief Financial Officer Phone: (831) 754-1577 Steinbeck Country Produce is a family owned grower-packer-shipper of fresh vegetables headquartered in Salinas, California…the Salad Bowl of the world. We proudly market iceberg lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, romaine, leaf lettuces, celery, strawberries and green onions in the Nature’s Reward label. Our customers have come to expect only the highest quality produce and service from us and we are committed to ensure that this is what they receive. Steinbeck Country Produce’s size and structure allow us to be ultra-responsive to each customer’s requests. We specialize in servicing our client’s needs with special packs, contracts and private labeling. Direct communication between sales and our production foremen assure your needs are met. Quality, Service, Commitment… Welcome to Steinbeck Country Produce! |
 Sterilox FreshContact: Phone: (484) 321-2746 PuriCore is a water-based clean technology company focused on developing and commercialising proprietary solutions that protect people from the spread of infectious pathogens without causing harm to human health or the environment. Sterilox Fresh is a division of PuriCore. The Sterilox Fresh business focuses on the retail grocery sector. The Company’s products are the standard for food safety and are used for floral care in leading US supermarket chains. Hiring for Paid Internships Seattle, WA area |
 Tanimura & AntleContact: Phone: (831) 455-2950 Tanimura & Antle is an industry leader whose commitment to premium quality produce has remained strong since its beginning in 1982. The Tanimura & Antle families combined more than 50 years of experience and knowledge to establish a produce company unrivaled in its quality products, innovation and dedication. Today, Tanimura & Antle farms over 30,000 acres of rich, fertile farmland and ships a full line of premium fresh produce throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Intership Positions Available: |
 Taylor FarmsContact: 911 B Blanco Circle Phone: (831) 676-9024 Taylor Fresh Foods was founded by Bruce Taylor and several partners in 1995, with the quest of becoming America’s favorite salad maker. We are a young and exciting company supported by some of the most intelligent and focused professionals in the produce industry. In all Taylor Farms is involved nationwide, rest assured our values, integrity and principles of providing fresh, healthy and wholesome products is our number one priority. Entry Level Positions Available: |
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