| “I don’t have a lot of time to sit and research everything but VegetableXchange, American Vegetable Grower magazine took the time to research this. They asked me questions of what my needs were, they found the right people to send here. Every single person I met with was well worth seeing.” |
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- Michael Riner
Vegetable Farm Manager
CY Farms LLC |
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“Here it is a one-on-one, face-to-face, this is what I need, this is what I can do for you atmosphere. I don’t know a better way to spend your time than a one-on-one relationship with the people that are here.” |
- Bruce Buurma
President
Buurma Farms Inc. |
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| “We’ve learned more in two days than I have ever at a tradeshow or any convention and I go to them all the time.” |
- Paul Allan
Vice President / General Manager
R.C. Hatton |
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“It’s all about exchanging ideas and information, about what is being offered and what is needed by the industry. I thought this was a much better use of my time and would rather do this than have 20 company reps come visit me over the course of a year.” |
- Amy Kunugi
Farm Manager
JV Farms, Inc. |
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| “I don’t know that I would have had this much contact with this many suppliers and different companies in an entire year.” |
- Steven Bassi
Senior VP Agriculture Operations
Tanimura & Antle |
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“It was all about the core business and what our needs are not what the suppliers were trying to sell…it was, what are your needs as a grower and how can we better the service.” |
- Tony DiMare
Vice President
DiMare Company |
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"I was really thinking, do I want to do this, do I want to take time away from what’s going on back home to come. It was a really great experience and worth my time being here, I would do it again.” |
- Paul Allan
Vice President / General Manager
R.C. Hatton |
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“I had the ability to meet with twelve different suppliers in a period of two days that would probably have taken me months to track down these suppliers. Not only did I get to meet these suppliers, I was able to meet the decision makers.” |
- Troy Boutonnet
VP Production
Ocean Mist Farms |
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“I wasn’t sure how effective this would be prior to the event, but once here, when I got out of my first session, I went back to my room and said, I can’t believe how well this is set up to take care of Michael Reiner at CY Farms needs.” |
- Michael Riner
Vegetable Farm Manager
CY Farms LLC |
