This is the first time since the committee’s inception that a Puerto Rican has been appointed to participate in it.
Restaurant chain Ponderosa announced recently an initiative to promote and support local produce farmers by boosting purchases starting this month, as a preamble to the holidays.
Family-owned industry Caribbean Produce has been recognized twice this month as distributor of the year and among Puerto Rico’s 100 outstanding companies, by the Marketing, Industry and Food Distribution Chamber (MIDA by its initials in Spanish), and the Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (CofC), respectively.