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Ann Donahue
Western Growers, Director, Marketing and Communications

Ann Donahue serves as Director, Marketing and 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, […]

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Western Growers to Honor Sonny Rodriguez

Western Growers will bestow The Growers Company President and CEO Sonny Rodriguez with the 2024 Award of Honor at the organization’s 98th Annual Meeting in November. The Award of Honor is Western Growers’ highest recognition of achievement and is given to individuals who have contributed extensively to the agricultural community. The Growers Company has offered custom produce harvesting…

Farm to Fork for Real with Garrett Nishimori of San Miguel Produce

This interview has been adapted and expanded from an episode of Western Growers’ Voices of the Valley podcast. It has been edited and formatted for print. Garrett Nishimori grew up in a farming family in Oxnard, Calif. He left to attend Cal and culinary school, after which he became a chef in a two-star Michelin restaurant in San Francisco. Fifteen years ago, he returned to his family’s…

Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association’s Emerging Leaders Program Visits WGCIT

Fourteen future leaders from Florida’s agriculture community visited the Western Growers Center for Innovation and Technology on Tuesday to hear pitches from the Center’s startups and learn about how the cutting edge of agtech could be implemented in their home state. Lead by CIT Executive Director Dennis Donohue, Sonia Tighe, FFVA Director of Membership, and Tori Rumenik, FFVA Director…