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Northeast Product Guide There are many products and commodities grown and raised in the Northeast U.S. The region has both fruitful farmland and highly developed manufacturing sectors. This section of our web site will introduce you to some of the main Northeast U.S. food and agricultural products and commodities, including contact information for relevant product-specific organizations. You have several options if you are interested in locating a supplier for any of these (or any other) U.S. products. First, you can access the Locate U.S. Suppliers page of our site and complete our Trade Lead Form or locate companies through our member states' on line food and agricultural directories (if available). You can also contact the product-specific organizations that we have provided for each food product or commodity listed below. The Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) also has a database of U.S. Suppliers that can be accessed by visiting the FAS website at http://www.fas.usda.gov/scripts/agexport/ussupplierquery.asp Contents Apples Beef Beer Blueberries Chocolate and Confections Cranberries Dairy Products Honey Horticulture / Nursery Kosher Maple Products Nuts/Peanut Butter Organic Pasta Peaches Pet Foods Popcorn Poultry Seafood Snacks/Convenience Foods Vegetables Wine Wood Apple Contacts New England McIntosh Growers Association (NEMGA) PO Box 2176 Amherst, MA 01004-2176 Tel: (617) 253-1200 Fax: (617) 253-1201 www.apples-ne.com Pennsylvania Apple Marketing Board 2301 N. Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Tel: (717)783-5418 Fax: (717)783-4262 Contact: Kyle Nagurny, Executive Director USA Apple Export Council 6707 Old Dominion Dr., Suite 315 McLean, VA 22101 Tel: (703) 556-9300 Fax: (703) 790-0845 Beef Contacts American Meat Institute (beef, pork, lamb, veal, turkey) 1700 N. Moore St., Suite 1600 Arlington, VA 22209 Tel: (703) 841-2400 Fax: (703) 527-0938 www.meatami.org National Cattleman's Beef Association 5420 S. Quebec St. Englewood, CO 80111 Tel: (303) 694-0305 Fax: (303) 694-2851 >www.beef.org U.S. Meat Export Federation (beef, lamb, pork) 1050 17th St., Suite 2200 Denver, CO 80265 Tel: (303) 623-6328 Fax: (303) 623-0297 www.usmef.org Blueberry Contacts Massachusetts Cultivated Blueberry Growers Association 577 Gorwin Drive Holliston, MA 01746 Tel: (508) 429-6795 Contact: Elizabeth Patt The New Jersey Blueberry Industry Advisory Council 7201 Weymouth Road Hammonton, NJ 08037 Tel: (609) 561-8600 Fax: (609) 561-5033 Contact: Dennis Doyle North American Blueberry Council 4995 Golden Foothill Pkwy Suite 2El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 Tel: (916) 933-9399 Fax: (916) 933-9777 www.blueberry.org Wild Blueberry Association of North America 59 Cottage St P.O. Box 180 Bar Harbor, ME 04609-0180 Tel: (207) 288-2655 Fax: (207) 288-2656 www.wildblueberries.com Chocolate and Confections Contacts Chocolate Manufacturers Association 7900 Westpark Drive Suite 7 A-320 McLean, VA 22102 Tel: (703) 790.5011 Fax: (703) 790.5752 www.ecandy.com Cranberry Contacts American Cranberry Grower's Association, Inc. P.O. Box 423 Chatsworth, NJ 08019 Tel: (856) 726-9292 Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Association 266 Main St.Wareham, MA 02571 Tel: (508) 295-4895 www.cranberries.org Dairy/Cheese Contacts Massachusetts Farmstead Cheese Association Westfield Farm 28 Worcester Road Hubbardston, MA 01452 Tel: (508) 928-5110 New England Ice Cream Association H.P. Hood Ice Cream Division 500 Rutherford Ave. Boston, MA 02129 Tel: (617) 242-0600 New England Dairy & Food Council 1034 Commonwealth Ave. Boston, MA 02215 Tel: (617) 734-6750 Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program 2301 N. Cameron St. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Tel: (717)787-6903 Fax: (717)772-3095 Contact: Tom Smith International Dairy Foods Association (milk, cheese, ice cream, frozen desserts) 1250 H St. NW, Suite 900 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 737-4332 Fax: (202) 331-7820 www.ifda.org Note: Includes Milk Industry Foundation, National Cheese Association, and International Ice Cream Association U.S. Dairy Export Council 2101 Wilson Blv., Suite 400 Arlington, VA 22201-3367 Tel: (703) 528-3049 Fax: (703) 528-3705 Honey Contacts National Honey Board 390 Lashley St. Longmont, CO 80501-6045 Tel: (303) 776-2337 Fax: (303) 776-1177 www.nhb.org Horticulture Contacts Delaware Association of Nurserymen P O Box 897 Hockessin, DE 19707 Tel: (888) 448-1203 Maine Landscape & Nursery Association Rte 2, Box 1584 Turner, ME 04282 Tel: (207) 225-3998 New England Nursery Association 8D Pleasant St South Natick, MA 01760 Tel: (508) 653-3112 Fax: (508) 653-4112 Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association P.O Box 387 Conway, MA 01341 Tel: (413) 369-4731 Fax: (413) 369-4962 www.mnla.com Contact: Rena Sumner, Exec. Director sumner@mnla.com Massachusetts Flower Growers Association 59 Foster Street Littleton, MA 01460 Tel: (508) 952-0116 www.horticulture.com/mfga Contact: Bob Luczai Massachusetts Horticultural Society Horticultural Hall 300 Massachusetts Avenue Boston, MA 02115 Tel: (617) 536-9280 Fax: (617) 262-8780 masshort@masshort.org www.masshort.org Massachusetts Nursery & Landscape Association P O Box 387Conway, MA 01760 Tel: (413) 369-4731 Fax: (413) 369-4962 New Jersey Nursery & Landscape Association Inc 605 Farnsworth Ave Bordontown, NJ 08505 Tel: (800) 314-4836 Fax: (609) 291-1121 New York State Nursery Landscape Association P O Box 657 Baldwinsville, NY 13027 Tel: (800) 647-0384 Fax: (315) 635-4874 Pennsylvania Landscape & Nursery Association Inc 1707 S Cameron StHarrisburg, PA 17104 Tel: (717) 238-1673 Fax: (717) 238-1675 Rhode Island Nursery & Landscape Association 64 Bittersweet Dr Seakonk, MA 02771 Tel: (800) 758-9260 Kosher Contacts NY State Department of Agriculture & Markets - Kosher Marketing 55 Hanson Place Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tel: (718) 722-2834 Fax: (718) 722-2836 Contact: Felise Gross Maple Contacts New Hampshire Maple Producers Association Sunday Mountain Maple Farm Rt. 25, Box 93 A Orford, NH 03777 Tel: (603) 353-4883 Nut Contacts American Peanut Council 1500 King St., Suite 301 Alexandria, VA 22314 Tel: (703) 838-9500 Fax: (703) 838-9508 www.peanutsusa.org Organic Contacts Maine Organic Farmers and Growers Association (MOFGA) Common Ground Country Fair PO Box 170 Unity, ME 04988 Tel: (207) 568-4142 Fax: (207) 568-4141 www.mofga.org mofga@mofga.org Northeast Organic Farming Association (NOFA) P O Box 697 Richmond, VT 05477 Tel: (8002) 434-4122 www.nofavt.org info@nofavt.org Northeast Organic Farmers Association of New Jersey 33 Titus Mill Road Pennington, NJ 08534 Tel: (609) 737-6848 Northeast Organic Farmers Association of Massachusetts 411 Sheldon Rd. Barre, MA 01005 Tel: (978) 355-2853 Fax: (978) 355-4046 www.ma.nofa.org Contact: Julie Rawson Jackkitt@aol.com Organic Trade Association 74 Fairview Street P.O. Box 547 Greenfield, MA. 01302 Tel: (413) 774-7511 Fax: (413) 774-6432 www.ota.com info@ota.com Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) 114 West Main Street P O Box 419 Millheim, PA 16854 Tel: (814) 349-9856 Fax: (814) 349-9840 www.pasafarming.org Pasta Contacts National Pasta Association 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 920 Arlington, VA 22201 Tel: (703) 841-0818 Fax: (703) 528-6507 www.ilovepasta.org Peach Contacts Jersey Fruit Cooperative Assoc., Inc. PO Box 885 Glassboro, NJ 08028-0885 Contact: Francisco Allende Tel: (856) 863-9100 Fax: (856) 863-9490 www.jerseyfruit.com Pet Food Contacts American Pet Products Manufacturers Association 255 Glenville Rd Greenwich, CT 06831 Tel: (203) 532-3603 Fax: (203) 532-0551 The Pet Food Institute 1200 19th St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20036-2401 Tel: (202) 857-1120 Fax: (202) 857-1186 www.petfoodinstitute.org Popcorn Contacts Popcorn Institute 401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2200 Chicago, IL 60611-4267 Tel: (312) 644-6610 Fax: (312) 321-6869 www.popcorn.org Poultry Contacts USA Poultry & Egg Export Council 2300 West Park Blvd Suite 100 Stone Mountain, GA 30087 Tel: (770) 413.0006 Fax: (770) 413.0007 www.usapeec.org Seafood Contacts American Seafood Institute/ Rhode Island Seafood Council 212 Main St., Suite 3 Wakefield, RI 02879 Tel: (401) 783-4200 Fax: (401) 789-9727 www.seafoodweb.net Snacks/Convenience Foods Contacts American Frozen Food Institute (frozen fruits, vegetables, etc.) 2000 Corporate Ridge, Suite 1000 McLean, VA 22102 Tel: (703) 821-0770 Fax: (703) 821-1350 www.affi.com National Confectioners Association (Chocolate Manufacturers Association) 7900 Westpark Blvd. Suite A-320 McLean, VA 22102 Tel: (703) 790-5750 Fax: (703) 790-5752 www.candyusa.org National Food Processors Association (canned foods) 1350 I St. NW, Suite 300 Washington, DC 20005 Tel: (202) 639-5900 Fax: (202) 639-5932 www.nfpa-food.org Snack Food Association 1711 King St., Suite One Alexandria, VA 22314 Tel: (703) 836-4500 Fax: (703) 836-8262 www.snax.com Vegetable Contacts New England Vegetable and Berry Growers Assocation Bonanno Farm 255 Merrick St. Methuen, MA 01844 Tel: (508) 682-9563 Contact: Richard Bonanno The New Jersey Tomato Council P.O. Box 588288 Co-op Drive Cedarville, NJ 08311 Tel: (856) 447-4393 Fax: (856) 447-3041 tomatocouncil@aol.com Vegetable Growers Association of New Jersey 377 North Locust Avenue Marlton, NJ 08053 Tel: (856) 985-4382 Wine Contacts Massachusetts Wine Growers Association Westport Rivers Winery 417 Hixbridge Rd. Westport, MA 02790 Tel: (508) 636-3423 Contact: Bob Russell New Jersey Wine Industry Advisory P.O. Box 330 Trenton, NJ 08625 Tel: (609) 292-8854 Fax: (609) 984-2508 Contact: Bill Walker william.walker@ag.state.nj.us New York Wine and Grape Foundation 350 Elm St.Penn Yan, NY 14527 Tel: (315) 536-7442 Fax: (315) 536-0719 www.nywine.com Pennsylvania Wine Association Debra Deis P.O. Box 2304 Sinking Spring, PA 19608 Tel: (610) 927-2506 Fax: (610) 927-2506 |