A third-generation produce shipper with three generations and 80 years in the New York metropolitan produce industry, Jerry Shulman Produce specializes in Long Island potatoes, packing its Jerry’s Pride label at the family-owned Cutchogue facility. The company says it is Long Island’s only independent potato packer and the only facility there with USDA GAP/GHP certification. Since 2011, it has also supplied local produce to Long Island school districts through its Farm to School program.
USDA GAP and GHP Certification
Food Facility Plan
Compliance program
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Quality certification
Summit Harvest, IncBuilt on the Pallman family’s Northeastern Pennsylvania farming heritage, Summit Harvest, Inc. grows, repacks and distributes fresh tomatoes while connecting regional growers with East Coast buyers. The company traces its farming roots to 1920, has more than 80 years of produce experience, and is now guided by the fourth generation of the family. Its Family Farmers Direct program extends that farm connection to locally grown produce from family farms, while its operations hold PrimusLabs GMP and USDA GAP/GHP certifications.CLARKS SUMMIT, PA
Pete Pappas & Sons IncSince 1942, fourth-generation family business Pete Pappas & Sons has grown from a tomato repacking operation into a vertically integrated grower, packer, shipper and distributor of fresh produce. Its Smoky Mountain Family Farms operation adds field-grown Tennessee tomatoes to a business rooted in the Washington-Baltimore produce trade, while its Jessup facility serves grocery and foodservice customers throughout the Eastern Seaboard. The company pairs that multigenerational produce heritage with USDA Organic certification, a 100% GFSI rating and documented waste-reduction work.JESSUP, MD
New York Chips LLCNew York Chips makes all-natural potato chips from potatoes grown on the Marquart family’s farm in Gainesville, New York, including locally inspired flavors such as Spiedie and Anchor Bar Buffalo Wing. The family has farmed in Western New York for more than 70 years, began growing potatoes in 1974, and launched New York Chips in 2016. Today, the third generation helps run the operation, which is backed by a food-grade facility capable of storing, conditioning, and processing more than 50 million pounds of potatoes annually.FAIRPORT, NY
Treasure Isle FoodsFamily-owned and operated for more than 70 years, Treasure Isle Foods has built its Long Island business around serving professional kitchens and institutions. Based in Mineola, the company prepares customer-specified meat products in a USDA-inspected, HACCP-certified facility and is known for its holiday hams.ELMONT, NY