Behind The Fruit - The Fresh Produce Podcast
The fresh produce industry is full of strong opinions and big decisions.
Behind the Fruit goes one step further and looks at the people behind them.
Through candid conversations with leaders from across the global produce sector, we explore careers, challenges, and the moments that shape how they lead. Expect thoughtful discussion, practical insight, and stories you won’t hear on a panel stage.
Behind The Fruit - The Fresh Produce Podcast
Latest Episodes
From Marketing to CEO: David Baxter on Leadership, Hiring and Growing Natural Delights
David Baxter’s route to becoming CEO of Natural Delights began with an engineering degree and a facilities management job. It later took him through General Mills, food marketing and a move to the Arizona desert.In Episode 13 of Behind t...
AI, Data and the Future of Fresh Produce with Todd Gibson | Behind the Fruit Ep. 12
Fresh produce businesses are generating huge amounts of information every day. Much of it still sits on paper forms, in spreadsheets and across systems that don’t communicate with each other.That creates a problem for companies ho...
Building Apeel: Food Waste, Food Safety and Founder Resilience with Jenny Du | Behind the Fruit Ep. 11
Jenny Du never expected a postdoctoral chemistry project to lead to co-founding a company focused on reducing food waste.As employee number two at Apeel Sciences, she helped take an idea from a garage in California to a business working ...
Building a Produce Brand from Scratch with Nuria Pizan | Behind the Fruit Ep. 10
Nuria Pizan spent years building SanLucar into one of the most recognisable brands in fresh produce. In this episode, she talks about what it actually takes to go from a name and an idea to a brand people trust and reach for.She covers w...
From Desert Farms to Global Shelves | Arturo Hoffmann, Talsa Group
From Peru's Desert Farms to European Shelves: Building a Global Fruit Business | Arturo Hoffmann Harrison, Talsa GroupWhat does it take to build a multi-country fruit operation from the ground up - and lead teams across continents...