i am karen sallenger, director of sales and one of three women owners of verytible vegetable company, the oldest produce distribution company. thank you for your consideration of adding us to the legacy business registry. as a second generation native from san francisco i am proud of this honor. we began operations in 19 1974 n 20th and alabama in the mission. we have moved several times over the 45 year history. we own our building and are proud to operate out of three weawarehouses in the same city block. we wan wanted to operate in the great city and are here to stay by providing hospitals and schools with fresh produce we impact what makes san francisco san francisco. i am proud to own and operate a company with values. we have been a certified b corp over five years. one way to demonstrate we are an instrument for social and environmental change. our environmental initiatives include the zero emotion street of truck -- mission strucks. in 2006 we installed the solar panels. our staff recycle training has led to landfill only 1% of the waste we produce. to further demonstrate comm