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The Phillip Alampi Industry Marketing Awards is presented to a member of the agribusiness industry (other than a farmers market) that excels in promoting New Jersey agriculture, with innovative ideas that create or enhance markets to increase sales.
This award is presented at the NJ State Agricultural Convention, during the Ag Society Luncheon.
2019 Phillip Alampi Industry Marketing Award
Frank Donio, Inc.
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Board President David Specca (left) presents the award to David Arena, President of Frank Donio, Inc.
In Memory of Phillip Alampi
A first-generation American, Phillip Alampi grew up on a small farm in Williamstown and graduated from Glassboro High School, where he was active in Future Farmers of America and 4-H. After graduating from Rutgers in 1934, he taught high school vocational education in Salem County for ten years. After completing a master's degree in education in 1945, he became a farm broadcaster. For the next decade, Alampi hosted various popular radio and television shows, many of them co-hosted and produced by his wife, Ruth.

In 1956, he was appointed New Jersey's Secretary of Agriculture, where he served under five different governors for a total of 26 years— longer than any cabinet member in the state's history. In that post, he successfully fought to preserve the state's farmland and to market the state's agricultural goods. He later became known as "Mr. Garden State."

After retiring in 1982, Alampi served as president of 42 civic and professional organizations and earned 146 awards, including an honorary doctorate from Rutgers in 1969 and the Rutgers Alumni Association's Ernest T. Gardner Award for public leadership in 1985. Phillip Alampi passed away in 1992, at age 79.

Past Phillip Alampi Industry Marketing Award Recipients

2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
2004
2003
​2002
Lucas Greenhouses
Chef Craig Korb (Crab’s Claw Inn) 
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John J. Formisano, Sr. (Formisano Produce)
Scott Fein (CH Robinson)
Beth Feehan (NJ Farm to School Network)
John McAleavey (Eastern Produce Council)
Bob Guarino (Guarino & Sons Produce)
Charlie Tombasco (Wegmans Markets)
Wes Kline (Cumberland County Extension)
Jim Weaver (Tre Piani Restaurant)
Edward & Mary Overdevest (Overdevest Nurseries)
Tim Wetherbee (Diamond Blueberry, Inc.)
William Consalo (Consalo & Brothers)
Bruce Cobb (Arc Greenhouses)

Jack Tomasello (Tomasello Winery)
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1998
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1986​
Raymond Blew (Centerton Nursery)
n/a
William S. Haines, Sr. (Tru-Blu & Ocean Spray Co-Op)
Dr. Lewis DeEugenio, Jr. (Eastern Pro-Pak)
David Meirs III (Standardbred Industry)
Joe Azzolina
Greg Scibilia (NJ Tomato Council)
Jeff Shilling (RLB Food Distributors)
Alex Wetherbee (Diamond Blueberry)
Al Ferri (Wakefern)
n/a
Terhune Orchards
Jersey Fruit Cooperative
Seabrook Brothers & Sons
Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc
Kings Supermarket
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