OPS 2022 Schedule

OPS 2022 Schedule

The only event dedicated exclusively to bringing together producers and buyers of the organic fresh produce industry.

2022 S C H E D U L E

July 13-14th, 2022 | Monterey, California

Wednesday July 13th, 2022 Retailer and Buyer Field Tours 8:00 am – 1:00 pm

Thursday Continued Morning Break 10:00 am – 10:30 am

Opening Reception 5:30 pm – 7:00 pm Steinbeck Ballroom

Keynote Presentations 10:30 am – 12:00 pm Steinbeck Ballroom

Keynote 1 The Growth of Omnichannel Merchandising That’s Driving

Keynote 2 The Solution to Ocean Plastic David Katz Plastic Bank

Keynote 3 The Future of Grocery Retailing Walter Robb Moderator Karen Christensen Madhavi Reese Whole Foods

Thursday July 14th, 2022 Breakfast 7:00 am – 8:00 am

Retail Sales John Ruane The GIANT Company

Lunch 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm / Custom House Plaza

Educational Sessions 8:00 am – 9:50 am

8:00 – 8:50 am

CEA Part One / Hydroponics: To Soil or Not to Soil? Regenerative Ag 101: Is Regenerative the “New” Organic? Private Label vs. Consumer Brand: The Competition for Shelf Space CEA Part Two / CEA of Tomorrow: From the Greenhouse to the Consumer Sustainability Through the Supply Chain: What’s Working and What’s Not?

Exhibition 12:30 pm – 5:00 pm Serra and DeAnza Ballrooms

A sold-out tradeshow floor featuring over 150 organic growers, ship- pers, and processors from across North America show- casing their fresh produce items.

9:00 – 9:50 am

Organics in an Era of Inflation and Changing Consumer Behavior

Education Session One + Two

Education Session Three + Four

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CEA Part 1 Hydroponics: To Soil or Nor to Soil?

Regenerative Ag 101: Is Regenerative the “New” Organic?

8:00 am – 8:50 am

8:00 am – 8:50 am

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In the first of a two-part session devoted to Controlled Environment Agriculture (CEA), leaders from opposing sides of whether hydroponics should continue to be eligible for organic certification will discuss the current lawsuit filed against the USDA, and what the future of organic hydroponics may look like.

Regenerative agriculture is reshaping the production of how food is grown. In this informative educational session, three large-scale organic specialty crop growers will discuss their involvement with regenerative production, including the challenges, future outlook, and how the retail community may manage and market these products to consumers.

Todd Linsky Host, Todd-versations

Lee Frankel Executive Director,

Karen Archipley Co-CEO, Archi’s Institute for Sustainable Agriculture

Sylvia Wu Senior and Managing Attorney, Center for Food Safety

Aaron Brookes Director of Sales and Marketing, Jacobs Farm del Cabo

Shelby Layne Director of Environmental Social Governance, Bolthouse Farms

Eric Morgan VP of Environmental Science and Resources, Braga Fresh Family Farms

Bruce Taylor Vice President of Organic, Taylor Farms

Vernon Peterson Owner, Abundant Harvest Organics

Coalition for Sustainable Organics

E D U C A T I O N S E S S I O N T W O CEA Part 2 CEA of Tomorrow: From the Greenhouse to the Consumer

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Sustainability Through the Supply Chain: What’s Working and What’s Not?

9:00 am – 9:50 am

9:00 am – 9:50 am

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How are organic CEA growers and the retail community investing in our future? In this follow up educational session, leaders from a pair of organic indoor grown farming operations and a leading national retailer discuss the integration and consumer response to indoor grown products.

People, Planet, Plastics, and Profits—As companies grapple with efforts to consider the environmental and human impact of their products through the supply chain, this ed session will explore the sustainability measures used by growers and retailers—and what future sustainability efforts may look like.

Todd Linsky Host, Todd-versations

Michael Castagnetto President, Robinson Fresh

Matt Ryan Chief Executive Officer, Soli Organic

Andrew McGregor VP of Produce

Brendon Kreig Co-Founder and Vice President, Revol Greens

Daniella Velazquez de Leon General Manager, Organics Unlimited

Shawn Peery National Vice President Produce, Albertsons Companies

Monica Wyant Produce Business Manager, Meijer

and Floral Sales Merchandising, Sprouts

Education Session Five + Six

Keynote Presentation One

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Private Label vs. Consumer Brand: The Competition for Shelf Space

8:00 am – 8:50 am

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The Growth of Omnichannel Merchandising That’s Driving Retail Sales

The grocery landscape continues to evolve, with retailers developing a

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As the landscape of the produce department continues to evolve, consumers are faced with more choices than ever before. And as private label offerings grow, what does this mean for consumer brands offered by organic producers?

consistent shopping experience across all customer touchpoints and creating a seamless brand experience throughout every sales channel.

Randy Riley Owner, GoldenSun Insights

Jeff Cady Director of Produce and Floral, Tops Friendly Markets

Josh Leichter CEO, Pacific Trellis Fruit

Dave Hewitt Vice President of Sales, 4Earth Farms

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John Ruane Senior Vice President and Chief Omnichannel Merchandising Officer, The GIANT Company At The GIANT Company, Ruane leads a best-in-class merchandising team that is focused on developing and implementing customer-centric strategies to ensure continued growth of the brand, while continuously improving both the customers’ experience and value propositions.

Organics in an Era of Inflation and Changing Consumer Behavior

9:00 am – 9:50 am

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While organic fresh produce sales continue to outpace their conventional counterparts, inflation and increased costs may be impacting overall organic sales. This engaging session will discuss what the first half of 2022 looked like and what may be in store for the second half of the year as rising costs affect consumers.

Kevin Coupe Founder, Morning News Beat

Tom Barnes CEO, Category Partners

Richard Gonzales Vice President of Global Produce

Sourcing, Walmart

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Keynote Presentation Three

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The Solution to Ocean Plastic

The Future of Grocery Retailing

Imagine a worldwide chain of stores where everything from school tuition, insurance, or a trip to the dentist is available for purchase in exchange for plastic garbage. Plastic garbage that is sorted, shredded, and sold to brands who reuse “social” plastic in their products. That’s the goal of Plastic Bank, an ecosystem that provides an opportunity to collect and trade plastic waste for currency.

With organic fresh produce sales topping $9 billion last year, the future of grocery retailing is top of mind. This engaging conversation between a trio of respected industry leaders will discuss how retailers are addressing supply chain issues, the role of technology and e-commerce, the evolving consumer, and new innovations in retail.

David Katz Founder, Plastic Bank An ocean steward, David has created an opportunity for the world to collect and exchange plastic as a currency. Today, his social enterprise is a global network of over 500 collection communities with more than 30,000 members that are transcending poverty by saving the ocean from plastic.

Walter Robb Principal,

Karen Christensen Senior Vice President of Merchandising for Perishables, Whole Foods

Madhavi Reese Vice President

Stonewall Robb Advisor Senior Executive Partner, S2G Ventures

of Marketing, Whole Foods

Sun Pacific Marketing SunFed Sunkist Growers Sunview Marketing International Tanimura & Antle Taylor Farms / Earthbound Farm The Flavor Tree Fruit Company The Nunes Company, Inc. The Salad Farm Top Fox Snacks Touchstone Pistachio Co. Trinity Fruit Sales Twin River Valliwide Marketing, Inc. Veg-Fresh Farms-GoodLifeOrganic Veg-Land / JBJ Distributing Viva Tierra Organic, Inc. VIVE Wada Farms Marketing Well-Pict Berries Westmoreland Sales Topline Farms WestPak Avocado Wholesum Family Farms Wholly Guacamole / Hormel Wild River Fruit Wish Farms Youngstown Grape Distributors, Inc. Zespri Innovation and Education Area ANUK Blue Book Services Brighter Bites California Avocado Commission CDFA Chilean Fresh Fruit Association Fair Trade USA OFRF Plastic Bank The Produce News USA Pears Western Growers

Mountain View Muzzi Family Farms Nativa Peru Nature Fresh Farms Naturipe Farms Nichols Farms

Domex Superfresh Growers Dovex Driscoll’s Duncan Family Farms EarthFresh Foods Farm Fresh Direct of America

4Earth Farms A.V. Thomas Produce A&A Organic Farms, Corp Altar Produce LLC Andersen Organics Anthony Vineyards Awe Sum Organics Baja Son Growers Bard Valley Date Growers Bay Baby Produce Beachside Produce, LLC Berry People Better Produce, Inc. Bolthouse Farms Bonduelle Fresh Americas BoniPak Boskovich Farms, Inc. Bostock New Zealand Braga Fresh Family Farms, Inc. Bridges Organic Produce Cache Produce Cal-Organic Farms / Grimmway Calavo-Renaissance Food Group California Endive Farms California Giant Berry Farms Capay Organic CCH Citrus Central West Produce Charlie’s Produce Trading Co. Coliman Pacific Corp. Columbia Basin Onion Columbia Basin Organics Country Sweet Produce / Valpredo Covilli CrunchPak Chelan Fresh CMI Orchards Coke Farm

North Bay Produce North Shore Living Ocean Mist Organic Off Shoots / Genuine Coconut Olivia’s One Banana Onions 52, Inc. Oppy / Eco Farms Organic Girl Organic Harvest Network Organically Grown Company Organics Unlimited Pacific Coast Fruit Company Pacific International Marketing Pacific Trellis Fruit / Dulcinea Farms Peri & Sons Farms Perricone Farms Pete’s Phillips Mushroom Farms Prima® Wawona Procacci Brothers Sales Corp. Progressive Produce Pure Flavor® Pure Palm Produce Rainier Fruit Red Sun Farms Revol Greens Robinson Fresh RPE, Inc. Sage Fruit Seven Seas / Tom Lange Co.

Field Fresh Farms FirstFruits Farms Four Seasons Produce Four Star Sales, Inc. Frank’s Distributing / Royal Flavor Fresh Solutions Network / Side Delights Fresh-Innovations California, LLC Fruit World Co Fyffes Giddings Berries USA Giorgio Fresh Company Giumarra Companies Good Farms GreenFruit Avocados Heath & Lejeune Highline Mushrooms Hippie Organics (Alpine Fresh) HMC Farms Homegrown Organic Farms Honeybear Brands iDeal HarBest Ippolito International Jacobs Farm del Cabo Joolies King Fresh Produce, LLC Lakeside Organic Gardens, LLC Lakeside Produce Lipman Family Farms Liv Organic Produce Mastronardi Produce Misionero Mission Produce Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. Morning Kiss Organic (DiSilva Fruit) Mother Earth Organic Mushrooms Mother Raw

So Good So You Soli Organic, Inc. Starr Ranch Organics Stemilt Sun Belle

D’Arrigo California Del Rey Avocado Co. Divine Flavor, LLC Dole Food Company

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