Press Releases

• PMA Donates Salad Bar in Support of Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools and the First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative

  05/15/2012 - 4:22pm

  Produce Marketing Association (PMA), as a member of the National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance, donated a salad bar to John R. Downes Elementary School in Newark, Del., on Friday, May 11, as part of its commitment to increasing children’s consumption of fresh produce, in support of the Let’s Move Salad Bars to Schools and the First Lady’s Let’s Move initiative, which focuses on providing students access to healthy foods.

• PMA CALLS FOR INDUSTRY LEADERS TO VOLUNTEER

  04/18/2012 - 2:25pm

  —More than 80 positions are available in PMA’s volunteer leadership structure — NEWARK, Del., April 18, 2012 — Produce Marketing Association (PMA) is now seeking members from across the global fresh produce supply chain for a variety of volunteer opportunities that will play an active role in guiding the association and the future of the produce industry.

• PMA FOUNDATION FOR INDUSTRY TALENT NAMES EMERGING LEADERS CLASS FOR 2012

  04/16/2012 - 10:16am

  —Second annual program underway with sold out attendance for best and brightest in the produce industry— NEWARK, Del., April 16, 2012 — Embracing a future characterized by strong leadership and business success, the PMA Foundation for Industry Talent held its second annual Emerging Leaders Program.  Held March 25-28, 2012 at one of the world’s leading business schools, Thunderbird School of Global Management, the next generation of produce industry leaders was cultivated through this first three-day session with a diverse g

• UNDERSTANDING PROPOSED RULES UNDER THE FOOD SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT, A KEY FACTOR FOR THE PRODUCE INDUSTRY

  03/08/2012 - 10:54am

  With the passage of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) in 2011, new food safety regulations mandated by the government are an important concern for the produce industry. The U.S.

• PMA in favor of USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

  02/24/2012 - 4:10pm

  PMA in favor of USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program NEWARK, Del., Feb., 24, 2012 — Kathy Means, vice president of government relations and public affairs for Produce Marketing Association (PMA), today issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program proposed rule. “PMA strongly supports the USDA’s Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program proposed rule.

• PRODUCE PAVILION AT THE N.G.A. SHOW SHOWCASES TOP PRODUCE COMPANIES AND LATEST INDUSTRY INNOVATIONS

  02/06/2012 - 11:53am

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                  Christine Cunnick, 703-516-0700 ccunnick@nationalgrocers.org With more than 2,500 square feet of Exhibit Space, the Inaugural Produce Pavilion Provides Perfect Place for Indepen

• FOOD SAFETY FOR PRODUCE INDUSTRY TOP PRIORITY FOR PMA MEMBERS WITH $900,000 CONTRIBUTION TO THE CENTER FOR PRODUCE SAFETY

  01/12/2012 - 10:09am

  —Money to fund CPS administrative costs through 2013— SAN DIEGO and NEWARK, Del., Jan.

• Mixed Generations Challenge Cohesive and Productive Workforce

  01/03/2012 - 9:15am

  —Leadership Symposium speakers will help executives embrace differing ideas and energy — NEWARK, Del., Jan. 3, 2012 —Today’s workforce mixed with multiple generations of differing values, attitudes and goals presents many challenges for company executives. Leaders must routinely decipher how best to capitalize on their people’s strengths yet balance differences in order to foster a unified workplace with a commitment to the company’s mission.

• Council Available for Decoding Globalization, Branding Complexities

  12/21/2011 - 4:42pm

  —PMA Foundation Leadership Symposium speakers will sort opportunity from risk— 

• Tip Murphy Scholarship for Leadership Excellence Recipients Announced

  12/21/2011 - 4:32pm

  Tip Murphy Scholarship for Leadership Excellence Recipients AnnouncedNEWARK, Del., Dec. 21, 2011— Kellen Stailey and Patrick Morris have been selected to receive the fourth annual Tip Murphy Scholarship for Leadership Excellence offered through the Produce Marketing Association Foundation for Industry Talent.