Village Farms Celebrates 25 Years with Guest Chef Darren Brown


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Tue. October 15th, 2013 - by Jordan Okumura-Wright

<p>Village Farms is happy to have Chef Darren Brown from Fairmont Pacific Rim as guest chef at the PMA in New Orleans October 18 – 20. 2014 marks the year the company celebrates 25 years in business as one of the pioneer greenhouse growers, marketers, and distributors of delicious fruits and vegetables.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/chef101513bodn.jpg" alt="Croppped images 101513" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Village Farms describes its celebration as, ‘25 Years - Setting the Standard in Flavor, Quality, and Sustainability,’ with many surprises for guests at the company’s Fresh Summit tradeshow booth. Chef Brown has invented a number of unique dishes just for Village Farms to help observe the milestone anniversary. Recipes will be featured on select packages of tomatoes including their Delectable TOV®, Juicy Beefsteak® etc., using a QR code linking to a micro site where the recipes can be found.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/chef101513body.jpg" alt="Croppped images 101513" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">According to Helen L. Aquino, Marketing Manager for Village Farms, “The mobile ready website will be updated with more recipes for consumers to access throughout the year and make meal planning very easy.” Chef Brown describes the recipes as containing simple, fresh ingredients that are easy to prepare. There is also a movie on the micro site featuring Chef’s unique insights on Village Farms tomatoes that can be viewed at www.villagefarms.com/25yearrecipes. Village Farms will also be featuring the new packaging in the New Product Showcase located in the conference center main lobby. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>ANUK congratulates Village Farms on its collaboration with Guest Chef Darren Brown!</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.villagefarms.com" target="_new"> Village Farms </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">