In 2000, Steve Brazeel founded SunTerra Produce, which has grown from a one-person produce brokerage firm into an industry-leading, full-service platform handling sales, marketing, farming, food safety, harvesting, storage, and distribution activities for specialty crop producers throughout North America. Prior to founding SunTerra, Mr. Brazeel held various sales and management positions for produce industry giants Sun World International and the DiMare Co. Experiences learned at these companies, as well as business-to-business technology pioneer buyproduce.com, led Mr. Brazeel to start SunTerra Produce. Additionally, Mr. Brazeel founded and continues to hold leadership positions at several produce and distribution companies. Born out of SunTerra’s participation in the USDA’s ground-breaking Farmers to Families Food Box program, Project FoodBox was launched in 2020. Since the program’s inception, the SunTerra/Project FoodBox teams have delivered over 120,000,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables to individuals in need through its execution of food-is-medicine interventions with healthcare plans, and direct partnerships with food banks and community-based organizations. Launched in 2020, Elevated Foods is a mission-driven company formed to bring transparency to the fresh produce supply chain and return more profit to the farmers growing our food, while increasing the health of people and planet.