Hort Americas to participate in and sponsor Tour de Fresh 2014

Chris Higgins, general manager at Hort Americas, will be riding in the Tour de Fresh 2014 sponsored by United Fresh Produce Association. The four-day cycling ride starts on Oct. 13 in Carmel, Calif., and finishes in Anaheim on Oct. 16, the day before the opening of the Produce Marketing Association’s Fresh Summit Convention & Expo.

This not-for-profit event will align fresh produce growers, shippers, packers and vendors, as well as family and friends of the industry, and will benefit the United Fresh Produce Association’s Let’s Move Salad Bars to Midwest Schools campaign.

Higgins will be riding to collect money for the Mattawan Consolidated School district in Mattawan, Mich. The school district is seeking funds to install four salad bars in its schools.

Higgins attended Mattawan middle school and high school while growing up in Michigan. Hort Americas is also a bronze sponsor of the cycling event.

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