{"id":13790,"date":"2009-01-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mb.staging.nhp.cloud\/news\/to-jo-mushrooms-founder-damico-dies\/"},"modified":"2009-01-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-01-30T00:00:00","slug":"to-jo-mushrooms-founder-damico-dies","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/mushroombusiness.com\/pl\/news\/to-jo-mushrooms-founder-damico-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"To-Jo Mushrooms founder D&#8217;Amico dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe D&rsquo;Amico Sr., founder of To-Jo Mushrooms, based in Avondale, Pennsylvania and a pioneer in the fresh mushroom category, died after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 52. D&rsquo;Amico, president and owner of the company, died January 17.<\/p>\n<p>The D&rsquo;Amico family started growing mushrooms in 1932 after purchasing a stone quarry that came with a small mushroom farm, and Joe D&#8217;Amico founded To-Jo in 1980. He had worked in the family mushroom business for six years before that.<br \/>D&rsquo;Amico named his business after his two sons, Tony D&rsquo;Amico and Joe D&rsquo;Amico Jr., who now run the company.<br \/>Joe D&rsquo;Amico Sr. also was responsible for expanding To-Jo into several businesses, including To-Jo Food Products in 1994, value-added mushroom company To-Jo Fresh, which distributes fresh white, brown and specialty mushrooms in foodservice and retail packs, and Brownstone Mushrooms, the growing side of the business.<br \/>The company received the Impact Award for Excellence in Packaging from the Produce Marketing Association in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepacker.com\">www.thepacker.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe D&rsquo;Amico Sr., founder of To-Jo Mushrooms, based in Avondale, Pennsylvania and a pioneer in the fresh mushroom category, died after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 52. 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