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The best of the best have been crowned. 🏆 Meet your #GPFS2026 Best of Show winners, recognized for the creativity and innovation they brought to the Expo Floor. 👇
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⭐ Best First-Time Exhibitor: ESU
From 235 Fresh Ideas Showcase participants: 💡 Best Product Promo: Offshoot Brands, Baby Beets
♻️ Best Sustainable Packaging: Stemilt Growers, Compostable PLU
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Congratulations to every winner, and thank you to every exhibitor who helped make this year's show floor one to remember. 👏 #GPFS2026 #BestOfShow
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That's a wrap on #GPFS2026! 🍓🌿🌸 Thank you to every attendee, exhibitor, speaker, sponsor and partner who made three days in Orlando count. The countdown starts now. See you in Atlanta, October 20–22, 2027! #FreshProduce #Floral
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Day one of #GPFS2026 wrapped the best way possible: the industry together under one Orlando sky 🌴 Calypso music, good food, old friends and new connections at last night's Welcome Reception!
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What will define the next decade of produce and floral? At #GPFS2026, three influential leaders tackled Advocacy & Trade, Consumers & Demand, and Leadership in candid conversations on the trends, challenges and opportunities leaders can't afford to ignore.
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At #GPFS2026, IFPA CEO Cathy Burns used the annual State of the Industry keynote to call on fresh produce and floral to meet extraordinary disruption with deeper collaboration, stronger advocacy, and practical solutions.
Read more:: freshproduce.com/who-we-are/…
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Great news for U.S. fruit and vegetable growers! The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program is a cornerstone of federal support for our industry. Thank you @USDA @SecRollins for helping growers remain competitive through investments in research, innovation, and market opportunities!
USDA is investing $86.6 MILLION for the U.S. specialty crop industry through @USDA_AMS' Specialty Crop Block Grant Program 🍎🍊🫐🧅🥬
The funded projects help specialty crop businesses by enhancing food safety, supporting research, developing new and improved seed varieties and specialty crops, fighting pests and diseases, educating communities about healthy eating, and making it easier and more affordable to get specialty crops to market.
🔗 usda.gov/about-usda/news/pre…
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: Fruits and vegetables must be central to nutrition strategy and policy: "not an afterthought, not an add-on, but a starting point."
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: 50% of Americans get the recommended amount of protein. Only 10% get enough fruits and vegetables.
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: "The future of fresh will not be shaped by any one company, one country, or one idea. It will be shaped by all of us."
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: The next frontier isn't technology for technology's sake. It's technology as an enabler, and AI that helps members "see around corners."
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: Our message to policymakers is clear: "increasing produce consumption IS climate action." 🌎
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: Better health outcomes require eating more fruits and vegetables. That requires a safe, stable, year-round supply. And that takes a reliable workforce, affordable inputs, safe and sustainable packaging, and pro-produce and floral policies.
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: Nearly 1 in 4 U.S. consumers say they buy fewer, or skip, fresh fruits and vegetables when prices exceed what they're willing to pay.
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Overheard at #GPFS2026: Improved traceability gives us the speed and precision to "remove the problem without removing the entire category."
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