By Will Scott Jr. (Editor’s Note: The following op-ed originally published in The Fresno Bee on April 2, 2021) As a Central Valley farmer, I experience some of the most serious issues facing our state on a daily basis: climate change-fueled drought, navigating some of the strictest regulations, the painfully high cost of doing business ...
By Eric Trost, Vice President of Employee Benefits, Western Growers Insurance Services You have been stuck with skyrocketing healthcare costs while your employees face the maze of medical care without the adequate tools and resources they need to be healthy. You can’t measure what you can’t see! Welcome to Western Growers Insurance Services and Western ...
By James Burling The United States Supreme Court is about to decide a case that was planted in the fertile soil of California’s agricultural politics, but which has its roots going back to the first stirrings of colonial resistance against the British empire. What’s more, the results in Cedar Point Nursery v. Hassid will reverberate ...
By Bryan Nickerson, Manager, Trade Practices & Commodity Services Retailer supplier performance compliance policies have been in force for many years with varying degrees of success. However, the rigorous requirements of the Walmart policy have caused considerable concern among shippers regarding how to retain Walmart’s high volume produce business and avoid fines. According to McKinsey…
Grower’s Past Helps Navigate the Future Couture Farms: Member since May 1, 1946 (75 years) Background Information: My grandfather came to California shortly after the beginning of the 20th century. My father was born in 1918, and he started farming after he got out of college. In the 1940s, he came to Huron; he planted ...
The Western Growers Family of Companies is built on the strength of 445 dedicated employees providing expert advocacy and services across multiple business lines. Whether it is securing healthcare benefits for agricultural businesses and their employees or advocating for growers and shippers in the produce industry, WG employees are fully committed to helping ensure the ...
IRVINE, Calif. (May 11, 2021) – In response to Governor Gavin Newsom’s expansion of the emergency drought, Western Growers President & CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement: “Governor Newsom took a measured step in the right direction, but caution is needed in implementation of this proclamation. The declaration provides regulatory flexibility for water transfers ...
For all its beauty, California’s wine country is also a land of crushing inequality. The distrust and social alienation felt by farmworkers and laborers has become fuel for anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. Can mutual trust beat disinformation? One woman tests the power of presence in a community accustomed to neglect. FULL…