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How This Small Family Farm Is A Supplier To Big Corporations

How This Small Family Farm Is A Supplier To Big Corporations

For nine years Robert Thompson worked as a marketing executive for Fresh Del Monte Produce in Long Beach, California, before he decided to branch out and grow his own business. In 2004, he launched Thompson Family Farms. Now the Pasco, Washington-based business is a potato grower for some of the nation’s largest food processing companies, including Burger King, the world’s second-largest fast food hamburger chain.

Safeguard Your Startup Sanity and Success

There are a number of issues that affect the mental state of entrepreneurs from depression to solitude to substance abuse. What is one strategy that you can use to avoid some of the issues that plague yourself and your fellow entrepreneurs? BlackEnterprise.com consulted members of Young Entrepreneur Council (YEC) to get some answers.

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