Our Story

FITC was founded in 1988 by Tom O'Connell and Rich Casler. Initially, it only offered programs to select customers that could outsource the time consuming and labor intensive functions of the procurement of agricultural commodities, logistics management and inventory management. 

FITC assumed these functions for three independently owned and operated facilities in New York and New England, allowing the principals to devote more of their time on other growth related aspects of their business. FITC also provided transportation consulting services for operations throughout the northeast.

This business model proved to be very successful. However, a fair portion of the original market territory being covered was not being accessed. Thus, the founders decided to extend services to the rest of the regional customer by selling agricultural commodities directly to other customers in the traditional "merchandising" manner. FITC quickly became an active and vital supplier of a full range of agricultural commodities to the Northeast US.

Today, FITC is merchandising agricultural commodities across the US and Canada.

After very successful careers, Tom O'Connell retired in 2009, followed by Rich Casler in 2019. 

FITC is a privately-owned company.