SSGA hosting Philippines U.S. Identity Preserved Workshop

An SSGA delegation is heading to Manila to conduct a U.S. Identity Preserved Workshop on March 20. SSGA Executive Director Randy Duckworth and Manager of Strategic Programs Shane Frederick will lead the event, which will include panel discussions and presentations from SSGA members. 

Todd Sinner of SB&B Foods; Austin DeLong, The DeLong Co.; and Guillermo Mancebo of Puris will present about shipping identity preserved (IP) field crops, seed varieties and facility quality.  

Rick Brandenburger of Richland IFC; Tom Taliaferro of Montague Farms and Aaron Mohs of Brushvale Seed will present on a panel about farming and production. 

Presentations also include an overview of the U.S. Identity Preserved assurance protocol and brand mark and a briefing from Japnit Singh of Yamada Consulting & Spire with results of the economic proof point market research about tofu and soymilk conducted for SSGA. 

The workshop will be held in conjunction with U.S. Soybean Export Council’s Ag Supply Chain Asia March 17-19 and the Asia Soy Excellence and Food Summit, which will be held March 19-21.