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 […]
Western Growers will give Chandler Farms’ Carol Chandler its highest honor, the Award of Honor, during the 2021 Annual Meeting that is being held between Nov. 7 – 10 in San Diego. You can join us in celebrating Chandler by purchasing a congratulatory advertisement or by reserving a table to receive preferred seating at the ...
Attorney and author Gordon G. Chang will deliver the keynote at the PAC Lunch Nov. 8 at the Western Growers 2021 Annual Meeting. Chang lived and worked in China and Hong Kong for almost two decades, most recently as Counsel to American law firm Paul Weiss in Shanghai. Previously he was a Partner at the ...
It’s the final few days to sign up for the Western Growers 2021 Annual Meeting, as the deadline to register for the event at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar in San Diego is Nov. 1. The Annual Meeting will be held from Nov. 7 -10, and there are numerous can’t-be-missed educational opportunities and social events. ...
IRVINE, CALIF. (October 6, 2021) – The first two episodes of the new season of Voices of the Valley, hosted by Dennis Donohue, the Director of Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology, and Candace Wilson, the Vice President of Business Development of GreenVenus, are now available. Each week, Donohue and Wilson will interview leading entrepreneurs, ...
IRVINE, CALIF. (October 20, 2021) – As the drought continues to devastate California almond growers, Almond Board of California Chief Science Officer Josette Lewis is looking for a silver lining by studying ways to give almond groves a sustainable second life. In the most recent episode of Voices of the Valley, the podcast hosted by ...
IRVINE, CALIF. (October 21, 2021) – Western Growers Senior Vice President, Science De Ann Davis, PhD, will serve a second two-year term as a member of the National Advisory Committee on Microbiological Criteria for Foods (NACMCF). The Committee provides impartial scientific advice to federal agencies to use in developing integrated food safety systems from farm ...
IRVINE, CALIF. (October 27, 2021) – On the heels of closing a $10.9 million Series A round of funding, Burro CEO Charlie Andersen said his company is set to meet the needs of growers – even as those needs are constantly changing and close to impossible to predict. In the most recent episode of Voices of the Valley, ...
On this week’s episode of the Voices of the Valley podcast, CEO and Co-Founder Aidan Mouat discusses the trajectory of his company since its 2017 AgSharks win.
