With annual revenue exceeding $2 billion, Hunts Point Terminal is one the busiest produce terminals in the world.

From there, Tom and Miriam traveled across the Hudson to meet with the Eastern Produce Council, where Tom addressed 130 attendees and discussed the implementation of the Country of Origin Labeling rule and other Federal legislation impacting the industry in the coming months.

Tom addresses attendees at Wednesday’s Rutgers Town Hall meeting.

On Wednesday, Tom and Miriam headed south on I-95 to the Rutgers Food Innovation Center for the final United Fresh Town Hall meeting of the year. Sixty attendees from the South Jersey and Philadelphia area participated in a question-and-answer session with Tom about how to become involved in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Snack program and the Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), as well as how the industry could be effected by food safety, immigration and other policy issues. Attendees also had the opportunity to tour the Food Innovation Center's new, $8 million Food Business Incubator facility, which opened in October. Many thanks to Al Murray, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for the State of New Jersey, for coordinating this event!

For more information on these events and future Town Hall meetings, please contact Miriam at 202-303-3400 ext. 410.