| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Ryan Cerney |
Director of Information Technology | Profile |
Mr. Greens Produce was founded in 2003; In August 2011 it was purchased by Peter Politis with six employees and four vehicles in a rented 3000 sq. ft. facility in Allapattah. In 2012, the firm expanded to its own 14,000 sq. ft. facility near the produce market on NW 22nd Street. Mr. Greens Produce has been a big contributor of employment in Allapattah as its philosophy has been to hire local residents as well as military veterans. The staff grew during its first year under new ownership to 24 employees and 11 vehicles. In 2015, the firm moved into its own 65,000 sq. ft. facility on six acres in Liberty City. Mr. Greens has grown to over 180 employees, 52 refrigerated trucks and 16 refrigerated vans.
Flowers Foods, Inc. (NYSE: FLO), with 2015 sales of $3.8 billion, is a leading producer and marketer of packaged bakery foods for retail and foodservice customers in the U.S. The company`s 49 highly efficient bakeries produce breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, pastries, and tortillas. Approximately 85 percent of the U.S. population has access to the company`s fresh bakery foods through a network of independent distributors serving the East, South, and Southwest. Flowers` frozen bakery items and snack cakes are delivered to customers` warehouses nationwide. Flowers` top brands include Nature`s Own, Whitewheat, Wonder Bread, Dave`s Killer Bread, Cobblestone Bread Company, Tastykake, Mrs. Freshley`s, European Bakers, BlueBird, and Mi Casa and regional brands that include Merita, Home Pride, Butternut, Country Kitchen, Barowsky`s Organics, ButterKrust, Captain John Derst`s, Evangeline Maid, Sunbeam, Bunny, Mary Jane, Aunt Hattie`s, and Holsum, and Mary Jane & Friends.
Kroptek is a UK-based AgriTech company that provides grower-focused LED horticultural lighting and smart farming solutions. They aim to produce high-quality food at a consistent quantity, anywhere in the world and anytime of the year at the lowest cost...
Kalera is a produce grower and a world leader in the science and technology for vertically farming the highest quality produce. Kalera combines the latest data-driven process automation technologies with the science of hydroponics to create the perfect growing conditions for plants to thrive. We give plants everything they need to thrive in nature and in return, they deliver an abundance of clean, fresh, healthy and nutritious produce. Our produce is virtually perfect because we measure and meter every element they require to grow strong. The cleanroom standards of our growing facilities means that pest don’t chew on our leaves, and we never have to kill them with chemical pesticides. We never use genetically modified seeds. Our plants are the cleanest simply because they are never in contact with dangerous environmental pathogens. This is the future of produce, with our growing environments creating an eternal spring in terms of growing cycles and a resulting abundance of everything we grow available year-round. Our flagship HyCube model is installed at the Orlando World Center Resort. Every day, that facility provides produce for the largest Marriott resort and conference center in the world. We also support the restaurant and food service trade with the finest possible selection of specialist produce. Chefs can depend on the absolutely dependable consistency from our HyTaste brand of succulent leafy greens, micro greens, baby greens, flowers and vegetables. Kalera is also offering a number of select living plant products to retailers interested in the best locally grown hydroponic produce. This is the future of farming and the science of great greens.