CLFP awarded its very first scholarship 62 years ago. Today, CLFP continues to award scholarships each year to CLFP member employees and their children.  The 2022-2023 winners were celebrated on February 15th during breakfast at the CLFP EXPO, attended by more than 200 people in the Food Processing industry. 

 

These scholarships are intended to recognize the accomplishments of the students and the commitment of their families to our industry.  We received many outstanding applications this year and are very pleased with the quality of our 16 scholarship winners. 

 

The success of CLFP’s Scholarship Program is due to the support and generosity from the CLFP Supplier Host Council members as well as Food Processor members and industry friends.

 

Please consider donating to CLFP’s Scholarship Program which directly benefits various California college students each year.

 

We sincerely appreciate any monetary donation your company can contribute to the program!

To donate, please visit CLFP’s Scholarship Page, or contact Jacqueline Ostrander at jackie@clfp.com.

 

 

FDA is going to blow up the food side of the agency and create something brand new and powerful, the Human Foods Program! It will be capable of solving all the thorny issues on the horizon – such as cultured meat, CBD and THC in foods, heavy metals in baby foods – and making sure no American ever gets ill from food again.

 

iTi Tropicals, Inc., a supplier of tropical fruit juice concentrates and purees, has unveiled its predictions for some of the biggest trends it expects to see in 2023. At the forefront of iTi’s forecast for the upcoming year is a combination of provenance and authenticity, providing consumers with genuine flavors while acknowledging their source.

 

Facing criticism that stormwater flowed out to sea, the governor asked the water board to waive rules designed to protect salmon and other endangered fish. Environmentalists call it “a breakdown of law and order” while growers laud it as a way to ensure more water is delivered this year.

 

The government agency responsible for tracking down contaminated peanut butter and defective pacemakers is taking on a new health hazard: online misinformation. It's an unlikely role for the Food and Drug Administration, a sprawling, century-old bureaucracy that for decades directed most its communications toward doctors and corporations.

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Canonsburg, PA 15317

Mark Dodd

P: (724)746-5301

When it comes to treating wastewater for manufacturing, there is no “one size fits all”.  Each facility has a unique water makeup, and that means a wastewater treatment solution must be customized to ensure compliance while being optimized to be cost-efficient. As water costs rise due to water scarcity, it is more important than ever that companies look for sustainable solutions that address future long-term costs and supports corporate responsibility. For almost 40 years, Aquatech has provided a wide array of solutions to nearly every major industry sector, including food and beverage, and has earned a reputation for creating systems that meet the exact specifications of client’s needs with reliability that your business can rely on. Aquatech has worked extensively in every stage of wastewater treatment, from auditing and consulting to design to installation and commissioning. As a single source provider, your company receives a simple implementation process designed to lower your cost and with a globally recognized operations and maintenance division, Aquatech has the real-world experience to support you and your business needs.

 

2451 Eastman Ave., #1

Oxnard, CA 93030

Ivan Vera

Marketing Manager

P: (805)981-2972

AGQ Labs is a multi-national analytical laboratory serving many industries around the world. With a strong emphasis in Agronomy and Food Safety analysis in the United States, we strive to provide industry leading turnaround times, expertise, and customer service to support all sectors of food and agriculture. Maintaining an ISO-17025 accreditation has allowed us to serve clients with high-quality data for over 20 years. With the increasing complexity of regulations and varying complex agricultural environments around the world, assure yourself to partner with a lab you can trust!

 

1040 S Andreasen Dr., Ste. 100

Escondido, CA 92029

Juli Iacuaniello

Marketing Manager

P: (858)405-6476

Aquacycl treats complex industrial wastewaters to support healthy watersheds, helping food and beverage companies achieve their climate, water, and business goals by providing wastewater treatment as a service that reduces treatment costs by 20-60% and mitigates up to 90% of greenhouse gas emissions.

 

3717 Sweetwater Dr.

Rocklin, CA 95677

Chris Torgerson

Vice President            

ctorgerson@woodruffsawyer.com

P: (916)759-9641

Woodruff Sayer is a nationally recognized "World Class" and Top 50 Insurance Agency and Risk Management Advisor with specific focus on the Food Production Industry. With our team of over 500 employees in 15 offices throughout the US, and over 600 partner offices worldwide, Woodruff Sawyer provides fierce advocacy while protecting clients’ bottom lines by aligning their risk management strategy with their overall business strategy.

 

1143 Martin Luther King Junior Way, Unit 100

Seattle, WA 98122

Trevor Cox

President

P: (509)720-8318

Terrantic builds industrial-grade software that empowers organizations to unify their operational data in real-time. Terrantic’s Digital Twin 2.0 technology unifies your real-world data in real-time to deliver the critical insights that drive better performance and better results. Our mission is to help provide the right insights at the right time to enable improvements in all aspects of your business - from production planning and supply chain management to manufacturing, quality control, and traceability. Our cloud-based Digital Twin 2.0 platform enables you to be on top of your operations in real-time and prevent problems before they occur.

 

7621 N Del Mar Ave., Ste. 102

Fresno, CA 93711

Nancy Ervin

Partner

P: (559)903-5358

We are an investment banking firm dedicated to advising family led businesses on mergers, acquisitions, and capital raises, as well as strategic business decisions. We take a consultative, data driven approach to help food and agriculture companies navigate complex transactions and structure the best deal for the company and the founders or family who lead it.

 

900 Tower Dr.

Troy, MI 48098

Jeremy Mendoza

Account Executive

P: (562)881-6911

Compliance. Control. Visibility. Traceability. Optimize your end-to-end food and beverage manufacturing process with the Plex Smart Manufacturing Platform. Plex is a complete smart manufacturing platform for food and beverage manufacturers, offering a path to transformation that gets you there quickly. Achieve fast value with feature-rich, rapidly deployable modular and full ERP options.