OUR COMPANY PRODUCTS GROWING RIPENING REPACKING FOOD SAFETY DISTRIBUTION HOME > OUR COMPANY > MEET OUR TEAM Meet Our Team Albert “Buzz” Horton Chairman ahorton@hortonfruit.com Jackson Woodward CEO jwoodward@hortonfruit.com Bill Benoit Vice President bbenoit@hortonfruit.com Steve Edelen Treasurer sedelen@hortonfruit.com Mike Passafiume Sales/Procurement mjpassafiume@hortonfruit.com Mark Parker Sales/Procurement mparker@hortonfruit.com Chuck Welsh Sales/Procurement cwelsh@hortonfruit.com Clint Simmons Sales/Procurement clint@growfarms.com Eric Bootes Transportation Manager ebootes@hortonfruit.com Norma Wood Human Resources nwood@hortonfruit.com James Schuengel Food Safety Manager jschuengel@hortonfruit.com Mike Wise President mwise@hortonfruit.com Tom Smith COO tsmith@hortonfruit.com Yanexy Beavers Human Resources ybeavers@hortonfruit.com Michelle Spencer Finance Assistant michelle@hortonfruit.com Hillary Then Finance Assistant hillary@hortonfruit.com Carlos Gamez Finance Assistant cgamez@hortonfruit.com Theresa Gibson Finance Assistant tgibson@hortonfruit.com Angie Gregory Finance Assistant agregory@hortonfruit.com Rhoni Hagan Finance Assistant rhagan@hortonfruit.com Lori Rodgers Finance Assistant lrodgers@hortonfruit.com John Belcher Plant Manager jbelcher@hortonfruit.com CONNECT The Horton Fruit Company, Inc. 4701 Jennings Lane • Louisville, KY 40218 • Phone: 502.969.1371

OUR COMPANY PRODUCTS GROWING RIPENING REPACKING FOOD SAFETY DISTRIBUTION HOME > RIPENING Ripening Consumers today are shopping for fresh produce that is ready-to-eat, especially avocados, bananas, and tomatoes. That means these items need to be ripened before they are delivered to the store. Ripening has become a very important sales factor for Horton Fruit as demand for ripe products continues to grow. That’s why we invested in 5 brand new state-of-the-art processing rooms dedicated to ripen avocados. In addition we have 14 ripening rooms for bananas, tomatoes, mangos, and various other commodities. We also have a designated team that focuses on monitoring, testing, and discovering methods of improving the ripening process. All ripening is performed according to each customer's specifications. From fully ripened produce ready to eat today, to less ripened product that offers longer shelf stability, our ripening program is designed to give our customers what they want, not what we have. CONNECT The Horton Fruit Company, Inc. 4701 Jennings Lane • Louisville, KY 40218 • Phone: 502.969.1371