But the low temperatures brought a different set of problems for produce distributors in the region.

His mother is a produce broker for Harvestwest, a produce distributor in Salinas.

But it is Hunts Point - a heavy industrial area with hundreds of produce distributors, auto shops and delivery trucks - that offers the most incongruous backdrop.

The company was in operation since the early 1900s and was one of the largest fresh produce distributors in the United States.

The town contains a pub, hall, two churches, a primary school, a general store and a rural produce distributor.

His mother, Corinne Austin, is a senior data processor at Twin County Grocers Inc., a produce distributor in Piscataway.

His father worked as a produce distributor.

Deputy Mayor Rudy Washington, who has met with opponents of the produce distributors, did not return repeated phone calls.

It bought a 60% stake in two Dutch fresh produce distributors, Haluco and Nedalpac, in 2008.

His father is the president of M. Trombetta & Sons, a wholesale produce distributor in the Bronx.