Photo Gallery: 2012 Supima annual meeting photos

Oct. 25, 2012

Supima leadership, from left: Board Chairman Don Cameron, Helm, Calif.; plus President-CEO Jesse Curlee and Executive Vice-President Marc Lewkowitz, both of Phoenix, Ariz.
Californians at the Supima annual meeting include, from left: Steve Williams, Jess Smith and Sons, Bakersfield; plus Pima cotton growers Bryan and Justin Bone, and Ben Manning of B B Farms, Bakersfield.
From left, Californians Harry Peck, Dow AgroSciences, Tulare; plus Pima growers Steve and Michael Boyette (brothers), Boyette Farms, Concoran; John Pucheu, Jr., Pucheu Brothers Ranch, Tranquility; and Kevin Lehar, Woolf Farming Company, Huron.
The Western Cotton Shippers Association annual meeting is held in conjunction with the Supima event. Pictured, from left: WCSA President John Chilton, Handwerker-Winburne Inc., Peoria, Ariz.; Vice-President Kevin McDermott, Jess Smith and Sons, Bakersfield, Calif.; and guest speaker Gary Adams, National Cotton Council, Cordova, Tenn.
Good yields and fiber quality should lead to a strong year for American Pima cotton producers.

Supima has crafted its marketing wizardry to successfully promote American Pima cotton directly through clothing brands and retailers. Companies that become Supima licensees agree to use 100-percent American Pima cotton, exclusively, in clothing and home fashion products.

For story, see: Supima pins Pima cotton’s future on brands, retailers