The Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 Awards honor 40 outstanding individuals making their marks in the industry.

These 40 young professionals represent the best in the industry. The Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 Class of 2023 will be honored at the Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO, and recognized in issues of Fruit Growers News and Vegetable Growers News.

Thank you to the sponsors who support the 40 Under 40 recognition program: AgBiome Innovations, Miller Chemical, Stokes Seeds and Huma.

Nominations for the Class of 2024 will open in December.

• Class of 2018
• Class of 2019
• Class of 2020
• Class of 2021
• Class of 2022
• Class of 2023

Class of 2023

Amy Rial

MyLand- A Soil Health Company

Andrew DeGroot

DeGroot's Vegetable Farms

Andrew Kirk

Ohio State University-Ashtabula Agricultural Research Station

Andrew Ochs

The Veggie Boys

Anna Testen

USDA-ARS

Bill Groenink

Endeavor Ag & Energy

Brent Christensen

Blake's Orchard and Cider Mill

Chad Reenders

Blue Mitten Winery LLC

Christopher Gottschalk

USDA ARS

Cliff Riner

G&R Farms

Cory Justus

Justus Orchard

Courtney Hamilton Griffin

Southern Valley Fruit & Vegetable, Inc.

Dane Hauser

Hauser's Superior View Farm and Apfelhaus Cidery

Emily Gant

AgroFresh Solutions Inc.

Emily Grabemeyer

Wilbur-Ellis Company

Erin Doughtie

Syngenta Vegetable Seeds

Ethan Rosen

Pure Line Seeds, Inc.

George Zhuang

University of California Cooperative Extension at Fresno County

Jake Emling

Emling Agricultural Services LLC

Jason Stanton

Stanton Farms

Jeremy Shank

Central Produce Sales, Inc.

Joseph Sutton

Sutton Agricultural Enterprises

Joshua Duley

Hartung Brothers, Inc

Justin Ballew

Clemson University

Kelly Liberator

AgBiome

Kyle Rasch

Third Leaf Farm/ Tom Rasch & Son Orchards

Leonard Burger III

Burger's Farm

Leslie Holland

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Luke DeHaan

Crossroads Blueberry Farm

Marcio Resende

University of Florida

Matthew Macrie

Macrie Brothers Blueberry Farm

Mike Basedow

Cornell Cooperative Extension

Rachel Itle

University of Georgia

Rebekah Alstede Modery

Alstede Farms LLC

Tara Oomen

BASF

Travis Torrey

Torrey Farms Inc

Troy Bland

Bland Farms

Ty Torrance

UGA Extension

Valerie Ramsburg

Rice Fruit Company

Zach Wortiska

Seedway