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An interview with Jessie Gunn, Marketing Manager, Wholesum Harvest. PSD: Tell our readers about your company. JG: Wholesum Harvest is a third-generation family-owned grower/shipper, providing sustainably grown, delicious organic produce to families all over North America. Our company began in Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico in the 1930s and we have been headquartered in Nogales, Arizona since the early 1990s. We grow throughout Mexico and in Arizona and California as well, and emphasize social and environmental responsibility in every aspect of our operations. In April of this year, we were awarded the 2017 Whole Foods Market Supplier of the Year Award for WHOLESUM HARVEST: SUSTAINABLY GROWN ORGANIC PRODUCE For more than 15 years, Farm Fresh Flowers has been providing wholesalers in the United States, Canada and Europe with the freshest, most magnificent roses, carnations, pompoms, hydrangeas, tropical flowers and more. Farm Fresh Flowers prides itself on providing customers with the highest quality products and reliable service. Farm Fresh Flowers is committed to innovation, which gives it the opportunity to introduce new products into the mar- ket to offer customers the perfect complement to any floral program. It achieves this by eliminating the middle man and growing its flowers on its expansive 100-plus acre farm in Colombia. It is located 8,500 feet above sea level with exceptionally rich local soil, offering superior environmental conditions for growing flowers. Continued on Page 21 Continued on Page 21 DISCOVER THE FARM FRESH FLOWERS DIFFERENCE Continued on Page 21 Continued on Page 21 Oser Communications Group Chicago Wednesday, June 14, 2017 By Mark D. Barnes, Chief Executive Officer, LNL Systems, Inc. For brick-and-mortar stores, omnichannel is the golden ticket for achieving the ultimate retail experience. With new technology advancing daily, every store has the potential to transform itself into the ultimate experience center. Using personalization systems and tools to tie online activity to in-store interactions, decision makers can gather data from numerous systems, rapidly analyze it and use the results to upgrade stores and cater to every customer need. Let's look at the solutions available to help you achieve an omnichannel cus- tomer experience. When it comes to produce, corrugated containers are the cleanest, most versatile and economical shipping solution for your prod- ucts, providing protection from damage and spoilage and helping reduce exposure to contaminants as fruits and vegetables move from field to the store. Research has shown corrugated containers enter into the food chain clean, and reduce microbial contamina- tion, which can occur with reusable containers. This will become increasingly important as the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is implemented in the U.S. The Food Safety Modernization Act aims to keep the U.S. food supply safe by "shifting the focus from responding to contamination to preventing it," and is now being implemented in the U.S. Learn more about growers' responsibilities at www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA. TRANSFORM YOUR STORE INTO THE ULTIMATE EXPERIENCE CENTER SMART SOLUTIONS FROM APPLES TO ZUCCHINIS AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH UF