Bruce Hollabaugh Joins GenNext Growers Advisory Board
February 18, 2014 
Bruce Hollabaugh, production and personnel manager of Hollabaugh Brothers Fruit Farm in Biglerville, PA, has been named a founding member of the Advisory Council of the GenNext Growers™ initiative.
Hollabaugh is the third generation to grow tree fruit at the farm and was instrumental in the introduction of small fruits including blueberries, raspberries, strawberries, and vegetables.
He is a graduate of Penn State University, with a degree in horticulture in May 2002. He returned to the farm after graduation and became an owner and member of the company’s board of directors in 2007. A fluent Spanish speaker, Bruce can most often be found in the field with the crew.
About the GenNext Growers Initiative
The GenNext Growers Initiative was founded in 2013 by American Fruit Grower, American Vegetable Grower, and Florida Grower magazines as a cross-produce-industry “umbrella” initiative to help identify, inform and inspire the next generation of growers who:
- Were born after 1970
- Are preparing to assume, or already have assumed, leadership in a farming enterprise
- Have a passion to produce high-quality specialty crops: fruits, vegetables, and citrus
- Seek to be advocates for their industry
The aim of this Initiative is to identify, develop and promote across the industry the best practices of the nation’s most promising up-and-coming specialty crop growers; to help pull together and bring a national voice to the many national, state, and regional young growers programs currently underway; and to ensure a smooth generational transition and the long-term viability of America’s fruit, vegetable and citrus industries.
For more information about the GenNext Growers Initiative, visit www.GenNextGrowers.com, follow the Initiative on Twitter at @GenNextGrowers, visit the GenNext Growers LinkedIn group and at facebook.com/GenNextGrowers.
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