Vegetables Never Sleep

Fruit Attraction 2025

Location: Madrid, Spain

Date: Sept 30 - Oct 2, 2025

We are really looking forward to this upcoming opportunity!  Update to come!!

Alliance Northwest 2025

Location: Tacoma, WA

Date: March 19-20, 2025

This event was a great opportunity for us to attend the largest business-to-government conference in the Pacific Northwest. We attended many great workshops and spent quality time in one-on-one meetings. It was an amazing networking opportunity for government representatives, primes, and other businesses to connect with small and diverse businesses!

Washington, D.C. / East Coast Visit

Location: DC, MD, VA

Date: Jan 16 - 23, 2024

This was a COLD visit to the east coast calling on potential customers!  It’s always a great opportunity when you can spend time in our nations Capital.  

GSI - Meet the Bigs

Location: Spokane, Wa

Date: November 20, 2024

We spent the day at Meet the BIGS! – a premier government contracting show with the opportunity to network with large government purchasers in our area, like Fairchild Air Force Base and the City of Spokane, as well as large prime contractors doing millions of dollars of work with the government.  This was a fantastic opportunity to network and explore the possibilities as we await our WOSB/EDWOSB certification approvals.  

Rio Grande Valley Visit

Location: McAllen, Tx

Date: Oct 28 - Nov 1, 2024

We spent 5 days in the Rio Grande Valley on field and warehouse tours with our growers, visiting our vendor warehouses and with our consolidation warehouse partners.  It was a very productive visit reviewing current business, exploring future possibilities, and enjoying getting some face-to-face time with everyone!  We also took the opportunity to meet with other vendors and growers to see all the valley has to offer.

Washington State DES - Tacoma

Location: Tacoma, Wa

Date: October 7-8, 2024

VNS Sales participated in this annual conference connecting small, diverse, and veteran-owned businesses in Washington with the procurement professionals from state and local governments, including counties, cities, schools, ports, commissions, and more.  The conference had many great speakers with lots of opportunities for networking.

Midwest Visit

Location: IL, WI, OH

Date: August 5-8, 2024

We had an extremely productive trip on a rental car and plane adventure to visit customers, grower/suppliers, and one of our logistics partners.  Along the way we also had the opportunity to meet with prospects and take time to talk about ways we could partner up on projects!

Greater Spokane, Inc Meet Up

Location: Spokane, WA

Date: June 26, 2024

VNS Sales Company has joined the Greater Spokane, Inc – the Chamber of Commerce that helps connect businesses withing the Inland Empire and offers many ways to network while offering a vast array of resources for business success.  A great evening!

Viva Fresh 2024

Location: Houston, TX

Date: April 11-13, 2024

What a great show!  Viva provided an opportunity to attend the Women in Bloom – a fun networking session for all the women in the produce to get together for a little fun!  We met with many of our Texas and Mexico growers, our warehouse partners and had the opportunity to meet many new contacts and explore some new pathways and partnerships!

IFPA Global Produce & Floral Show

Location: Anaheim, CA

Date: October 19-21, 2023

VNS Sales had a great show!  We had the opportunity to network with and meet many new suppliers and took the opportunity to meet up with existing partners and long time industry friends!

Small Business & Government Procurement Path to Prosperity Workshop

Location: Boise, ID

Date: September 27-28, 2023

2 Day workshop:  https://www.usda.gov/path-to-prosperity

“The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in partnership with the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), has hosted a series of regional economic development workshops on the “Path to Prosperity” in States and Territories across the country to provide small businesses (including farmers and ranchers) the resources and tools they need to grow their businesses.”

EXPO East 2023

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Date: September 23, 2023

VNS Sales takes the opportunity to see what the Natural and Organic producers and suppliers have to offer.  It’s a great opportunity to network with new contacts and catch up with the old!

Midwest and New Jersey

Location: Illinois, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, New Jersey

Date: May 1 - 4, 2023

A whirlwind visit to current and potential growers as well as current customers.  Topping off all the activity each night finding some amazing food sources.

Viva Fresh 2023

Location: Gaylord @ Grapevine, Tx

Date: March 30 - April 1

Taking in the sites and flavors of all the produce and products the Texas and Mexican markets have to offer!

It was  a great 2 days of networking, grazing on samples, exploring opportunities and getting all our steps in!

Texas Vegetables

Location: South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley

Date: March 2023

Taking a few days to visit our Rio Grande Valley partners.  Visiting with our consolidation warehouse, our Mexican Customs Brokers, and checking in on the Pharr International Bridge.  We also took some time to visit with one of our South Texas growers to see the fields, cooler and product processing equipment.  Always taking a small bit of personal time where ever we go – this trip was to spend a little bit of time at the Alamo and the San Antonio River Walk before flying home.

Location: Anaheim, CA

Date: March 7-11, 2023

VNS Sales always looks forward to attending the largest exhibition of natural and organic products in the country.  It’s an amazing networking opportunity as well as offering an exciting few days to see and sample the latest product trends, services and technology.  We also enjoyed all the yummy and innovative products as well as connecting with new and old friends!  Looking forward to 2024!