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 […]
Albert Keck, President of Hadley Date Gardens and current Western Growers Chair of the Board of Directors, joins the podcast to talk about his family’s history in farming and how his decades of experience in the industry leads him to believe that the future could be bright for specialty crops. “You want to talk about ...
Hadley Date Gardens President and Western Growers Chair of the Board Albert Keck returns to the podcast to talk about what it will take for farmers and rural communities to change the narrative about the realities of earning a living in agriculture. “We’ve been playing defense for so long…boy, I would love to be able ...
Two new, free WG Women training events that are happening in the coming weeks – register today and beat the rush! The first is a virtual Advocacy Training that is occurring on July 19. Our Director of Federal Government Affairs, Tracey Chow, will give an overview of the current legislative slate and give tips on how ...
IRVINE, CALIF. (July 14, 2022) – Western Growers will honor California agricultural icon John Harris with the 2022 Award of Honor. The Award of Honor is Western Growers’ highest recognition of achievement and is given to individuals who have contributed extensively to the agricultural community. With more than 50 years’ experience in ranching, farming, hospitality ...
Karl Rove, the former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush, will speak at the Nov. 3 PAC Lunch at the Western Growers Annual Meeting. Before the White House, he ran Rove + Co., a Texas based public affairs firm that consulted on over 75 GOP campaigns for Senator, Governor, ...
The Nunes Company President Tom “T5” Nunes joins the podcast to discuss how his company remains nimble and open to technology adoption in an industry beset with challenges. The Nunes Company, known for the Foxy label, grows 40 conventional and 35 organic commodities. With that breadth of product, Tom is looking for common technologies that ...
The Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology this week hosted the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s ELDP Class 11, giving the group of future ag leaders an overview of the center and WG’s agtech initiatives. Besides a tour of the WGCIT and a presentation from Dennis Donohue, the Center’s Executive Director, the group went ...
Registration for the 96th Western Growers Annual Meeting is now open! The annual meeting will be held Nov. 2-5, 2022 at the Venetian Resort Hotel in Las Vegas – and the lineup for two of the gathering’s most popular events has been finalized. Western Growers will honor California agricultural icon John Harris with the 2022 ...
The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology is hosting the AgTechX Food Safety initiative, a yearlong program aimed at food safety technology acceleration to improve the toolkit of rapid diagnostics and prevention technologies. The next stop in the event series is on August 18, 2022, where we will feature panels on industry issues, regulatory views ...
At the midway point of 2022, WG Women reached a significant milestone: There are now more than 100 women participating in the leadership development program. The mission statement of WG Women is to identify and prepare women in production agriculture for positions of leadership with Western Growers and the fresh produce industry. Through virtual and ...
