Longtime produce association leader dies Bob Carey, the former CEO who led the Produce Marketing Association for nearly four decades, died Nov. 29 at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, Del. He was 82. A cause of death was not provided. Carey joined PMA in 1958 believing he would only stick around long enough to get the then-struggling organization back on its feet, according to a biography on PMA's website. He would instead stay with PMA for 38 years, growing it from a nearly bankrupt organization with fewer than 100 members to one with more than 2,700 when he retired in 1996. "I was privileged to work with Bob from the time he hired me in 1983 until his retirement in… Read More