{"id":446,"date":"2012-11-27T16:54:04","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T21:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2012-11-27T16:54:04","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T21:54:04","slug":"the-opma-tips-its-cowboy-hat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.produceinventory.com\/blog\/the-opma-tips-its-cowboy-hat\/2012\/11\/27\/","title":{"rendered":"The OPMA Tips Its (Cowboy) Hat!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Ontario Produce Marketing Association corralled 460 growers, packers, shippers, wholesalers and retailers on November 9, 2012 at the Liberty Grand to honour the best of the best of the produce industry at The OPMA Gala. WaudWare congratulates these “good guys and gals”:<\/p>\n

Fresh Award: Ashlee Mclean, Ontario Produce Marketing Association<\/p>\n

Outstanding Achievement Award: Partners of Fresh Fest 2012<\/p>\n

Cory Clack-Streef Product Person of the Year Award:\u00a0 Angela Santiago, The Little Potato Company<\/p>\n

Lifetime Achievement Award:\u00a0 Hank Bloomers, EarthFresh Foods Corp.<\/p>\n

In case you didn’t know, the theme for this year’s event was The Wild West! Yeeha!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Ontario Produce Marketing Association corralled 460 growers, packers, shippers, wholesalers and retailers on November 9, 2012 at the Liberty Grand to honour the best of the best of the produce industry at The OPMA Gala. 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