<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"> Immokalee, FL-</span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Jordan Okumura<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">03.04.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p> <img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/lipman-fresh-horizons-banner.jpg" alt="Lipman Kent Shoemaker" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Lipman Produce has sold its procurement solutions business, Fresh Horizon. Fresh Horizon was sold internally to former Lipman employee Joe Murphy, according a press release. Mr. Murphy previously served as the General Manager of Fresh Horizon.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/kent-shoemaker.jpg" alt="Lipman Kent Shoemaker" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Kent Shoemaker, CEO of Lipman, states, “This transaction gives us increased alignment with our customers and focuses us on our core product mix – fresh tomatoes and eastern vegetables.”<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Fresh Horizon is a procurement solutions business that allows customers to source produce from a variety of vendors and to enhance or complement fruits and vegetables offered by a particular farming operation. Fresh Horizon is a one-stop shop.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Based in Immokalee, Florida, Lipman commands a significant percentage of the fresh tomato industry with locations throughout the United States and Mexico.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">The company provides a year-round supply of fresh produce through an integrated network of research & development, farming, processing, and repacking.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Lipman has farms in Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, California and Mexico.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href="http://www.lipmanproduce.com" target="_new">Lipman Produce</a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
