About FFVA

The Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association is a non-profit agricultural trade organization whose mission is to enhance the business and competitive environment for producing and marketing fruits, vegetables and other crops.

FFVA members have access to a team of the industry's leading experts on crop protection, labor, water management, government relations, marketing and communication. The association offers several membership categories: Producer members, affiliate members, trade associate members and insurance associate members (companies affiliated with FFVA Mutual Insurance Co.).

FFVA manages and/or owns three subsidiary companies:

• Florida East Coast Travel Service, which recruits, provides travel and supports labor through the H-2A and H-2B programs of the U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service
• Third Party Registrations Inc., which administers 24(c) limited liability pesticide registrations for FFVA members
• FFVA Mutual Insurance Co., which provides workers’ compensation insurance for numerous industry sectors, including agriculture, in the Southeast

FFVA was organized from the vegetable committee of Florida Farm Bureau in 1941. Known initially as the Florida Vegetable Committee, the organization’s primary focus was to represent vegetable growers during wartime regulation of production quotas, rationing, labor availability and transportation. Formally incorporated as a state organization in 1943, the association has become the leading voice of agriculture in Florida.