Interview with Gale Ferranto, 2019 February 5
Part of collection: Oral history interviews on cultivated mushroom industry (2018-219)
Dates
- Creation: 2019 February 5
Biographical / Historical
Gale Ferranto (1969-) is the president of Buona Foods Incorporated based in Landenberg, Pennsylvania. After a career in children's fashion Gale began working for Buona Foods, a mushroom wholesaler and farm started by her mother in 1972. Ferranto's company is also invloved with the Pennsylvania Farm Show, they run the mushroom industry's part of the food court at that event.
Scope and Contents
This interview was conducted by Benjamin Spohn.
In this interview Ferranto talks about her role as President of Buona Foods Incorporated, she explains that before coming to the mushroom business she had a career in the children's fashion industry. She talks about how her mother founded the company and the dayd to day responsibilities of running it. Ferranto talks about promoting mushroom consumption and her company's role at the Pennsylvania Farm show. She elaborates on the Pennsylvania Farm Show and explains how her company runs the mushroom industry booth at the foodcourt. Ferranto talks about the challenges of being a woman in the mushroom industry and other women who have held leadership positions in mushroom farms, the American Mushroom Institute, and the Mushroom Council. [ID: Ferranto_Gale_20190205].
Physical Description
1 WAV file, TRT 01:25:00.
Extent
From the Collection: 18 item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Additional Description
Access Restrictions
This collection is open for research.
Related Names
Creator
- From the Collection: Spohn, Benjamin (staff) (Person)
- From the Collection: Williams, Amrys O. (staff) (Person)
- From the Collection: Hagley Museum and Library. Library. Oral History Project Office (Organization)
Repository Details
Repository Details
Part of the Audiovisual Collections Repository
