Equitable Food Initiative recently celebrated the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP) Leadership Circle at an event held on the first night of the Global Produce & Floral Show in Atlanta. The celebration served as a platform to recognize 26 supplier companies who have shown exceptional leadership in ECIP, accelerating and bringing uniformity to social responsibility in the produce industry.
The gathering, held at Der Biergarten in downtown Atlanta, brought together over 100 industry leaders, suppliers and buyers to recognize the suppliers named in the Leadership Circle. Among the attendees were retail giants Target, Sam’s Club and Costco.
The Leadership Circle includes:
- AMFRESH North America
- Ayco Farms
- Bonduelle
- Bostock North America
- Bridges
- Church Brothers
- Equifruit
- The Fruitist Company
- Gold Cup Fresh
- GoodFarms
- Homegrown Organic Farms
- McEntire Produce
- Misionero
- Naturipe
- NatureSweet
- Pacific Produce
- Peterson Farms Family of Companies
- POM Wonderful
- Red Sun Farms
- Stemilt
- Sun Belle
- Tanimura & Antle
- Taylor Farms
- WestPak Avocado
- William H. Kopke Jr.
- Windset
