Mar 9, 2018
Jet Harvest Solutions expands sales staff in Northeast

Jim Peterson

Jet Harvest Solutions has expanded their sales team with the addition of Jim Peterson in the Northeast.

The Florida-based company is dedicated to the development and use of agricultural and horticultural products to control disease and decay, and bio-solutions for crop health.

Peterson is based in Dresden, Maine and will primarily handle Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, New England and eastern Canada. Jim is no stranger to the region as he has worked in the greenhouse industry as well as chemical sales to both organic and conventional growers over the last 35 years. He is a graduate of SUNY Cobleskill with a degree in Ag Business.

“I am excited to join the Jet Harvest team. They are an innovative company and are forward thinkers, always striving to improve upon existing products and developing new products and applications to offer solutions to growers. Growers of ALL crops will benefit from their product offerings and product labels.”

The Jet Harvest Solutions product line includes Jet-Ag and Jet-Oxide, pre and post-harvest EPA registered peroxyacetic acid products with complete labeled applications from soil sanitation through post-harvest crop disinfection. Jet Harvest has other brand presence with Bio-Save, a post-harvest biological decay control agent, Bio-Soil, their Bacillus-based PGPR formulations, and OsmoPro, a naturally-occurring glycine betaine that aids in environmental stress caused by heat, cold, salinity and drought. Jet Harvest products are exclusively sold through AG Chem distributors.

“Jim brings a lot of experience to the Jet Harvest team, and we’re pleased to have him on board in the Northeastern US and Eastern Canadian region. The area has a very diverse agricultural and horticultural industry. Our products are well suited for the sustainable-minded grower. Jim has a lot of energy and passion and has hit the ground running,” said Bill Grant, Owner and Director of Business Development.

Founded in 2004, Jet Harvest Solutions is a high-quality provider of agricultural chemistries and biological products. Jet Harvest Solutions is dedicated to the development and delivery of quality biological products for disease and decay control of agricultural crops.  All Jet Harvest Solutions products are registered materials for organic use. For additional information, please visit: www.jetharvest.com/




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