Posts By: Western Growers

Big Data for the Healthcare Win

By Jason Verhoef It’s no secret that healthcare costs are rising at a rapid pace. How do we help reduce costs? We should be turning to innovative and technological solutions. Both consumers and employers are continually paying more for healthcare. According to the Milliman Medical Index, the cost for healthcare for a typical American family ...

Resolving Small Wage Claims: The Benjamin Solution

By Terry O’Connor It is the rare employer who has not had a terminated employee claim untimely payment of a last check, or failure to pay expenses. In response, most employers will insist that the employee got all of their pay and vow to fight the claim as legal extortion. However, when dealing with the ...

Western Growers Member Directory of Attorneys and Law Firms

In the 1970s, Western Growers had about a dozen attorneys on staff mostly handling labor law.  Today, agricultural lawyers have gone well beyond labor law and specialize in a wide variety of business decisions from wage & hour concerns to water law and even to issues surrounding cannabis production. Currently there are dozens of law ...

Press Release: Western Growers, S2G Ventures Partner to Launch “Live” AgTech Initiative

AgSharks™ event to identify and advance key innovations for agriculture IRVINE, Calif., (September 5, 2017) — Western Growers (WG) has partnered with S2G Ventures (Seed 2 Growth) to launch AgSharks, a new initiative to identify key innovations in the fresh produce industry. The AgSharks showcase event, sponsored by S2G will premiere at Western Growers 92nd Annual ...