Ann Donahue serves as Director, Communications for Western Growers, where she is responsible for external communication efforts and publicizing the Association’s executives, initiatives, and members across all media platforms. Ann spent more than 20 years as an editor and reporter covering entertainment journalism, with bylines at publications including Variety, the L.A. Times, Billboard, IndieWire, and […]
In the face of strong opposition from the environmental and tribal communities, the California Water Commission deemed four groundwater storage and reservoir projects feasible on Dec. 15, a key hurdle to construction set forth in Proposition 1, the 2014 water bond. The four projects – Kern Fan Groundwater Storage Project, Pacheco Reservoir Expansion Project, Sites ...
The Western Growers Center for Innovation &Technology is teaming with the Center for Produce Safety and Yuma Center of Excellence for Desert Agriculture to host AgTechX Food Safety in Yuma, Ariz. on Feb. 2, 2022. The event kicks off a yearlong initiative aimed at food safety technology acceleration to improve the toolkit of rapid diagnostics ...
The CDFA’s Healthy Soils Incentives Program has received almost $40 million in requests out of a total potential grant package of $67.5 million. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until 5 p.m. of Feb. 25, 2022 or until available funds are expended. More than $4 million in funding requests were received last week, ...
IRVINE, CALIF. (December 1, 2021) – Disheartening tales of agtech companies who focus on tech at the expense of ag are legendary, and a new generation of entrepreneurs are emphasizing that they approach agriculture with a respect for growers’ needs – and the economic data to back up their claims of efficacy. In the most recent episodes of ...
IRVINE, Calif. (December 9, 2021) – The U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4996, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2021 on December 8 with an impressive 364-60 vote, making clear its support for U.S. farm exporters that are reliant on maritime shipping transport. OSRA aims to crack down on unreasonable practices by container shipping lines, bolster U.S. enforcement…
IRVINE, CALIF. (December 15, 2021) – The most recent episode of Voices of the Valley, the podcast hosted by Dennis Donohue, the Director of Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, and Candace Wilson, CEO of GreenVenus, explores global water management innovation with Ethy Levy, Fund Manager at Kinneret Impact Ventures, As Israel has long been…
Western Growers mourns the loss of board member and beloved fresh produce industry veteran Franz De Klotz.
