The importance of leadership and collaboration to the fresh produce and floral industry's future were center stage when the Fresh Summit Convention & Expo's first Forum for the Future got underway Oct. 18, as Joe Pezzini and Dave Corsi were honored with leadership awards. Pezzini, president and CEO of Ocean Mist Farms, Castroville, California, received the 2018 Robert L. Carey Leadership Award while Corsi, vice president of produce & floral for Wegmans, Rochester, New York, received the 2018 Bryan E. Silbermann Collaboration Award.