Young Professionals – Growing in Produce

In this episode, we listen to the recording of the Learning Lounge from the recent CPMA’s Convention and Trade Show in Toronto. Moderator Stewart Lapage from Oppy talks with 4 Passion for Produce Alumni. These young professionals talk about their experiences in the produce industry, including going through the COVID years and their thoughts on what’s next in the evolving workplace.

Moderator: Stewart Lapage – Oppy
Panelists:
• Jessica Levac – Bellemont Powell Ltd
• Ryan Ostertag – Star Group/CFP Ltd
• Katrina McMorrow – Global Citrus
• Greg Palmer – Loblaw Companies

In addition, we've added a new segment to each of our monthly episodes called Industry Insights. Listen to the end of the podcast as Mike Mauti shares some current statistics from the Canadian consumer market.

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Mentorship and the CPMA Passion for Produce Program

Greg Ogiba is the Chair of the CPMA Education Committee and President of Mike and Mike’s. In this episode, Greg leads a discussion about mentorship and CPMA’s Passion for Produce Program with Jessica Levac of Bellemont Powell and Michael Wexler of the Oppenheimer Group. CPMA looks forward to hosting the next group of 18 Passion for Produce participants at the CPMA Convention and Trade Show April 25^th-27^th, 2023 in Toronto.

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Young professionals and CPMA's PFP program

This episode features a recording of one of the 2022 Convention and Trade Show Learning Lounges, Growing in Produce.

Moderator Mike Catalano of The Wonderful Company discusses with other young professionals who are Passion for Produce program (PFP) alumni about how they started in the produce industry and their current roles. The panelists are:
• Kevin Sorichetti, EarthFresh
• Stephanie Myles, Nature Fresh Farms
• Kelsey Van Lissum, Oppy
• Vaughn Smith, Global Citrus Group
The discussion is also around the benefits of CPMA's PFP program and how their PFP mentors continue to help them succeed.

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CPMA would also like to acknowledge Fresh from Florida as a sponsor of this podcast.
       

Episode 13 - Passion for Produce

In this episode we explore the Passion for Produce program offered annually at the CPMA Convention & Trade Show. This program is a once in a lifetime educational opportunity to learn about the produce industry and interact with a group of industry leaders as program mentors. Eric Biddiscombe from Loblaw joins us to discuss the program and how it came about.

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