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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Cal/OSHA Encourages Employers to Follow Updated CDPH Mask Guidelines
The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) recently updated its Guidance for Use of Face Coverings to recommend that all individuals wear face coverings while indoors regardless of vaccination status. Cal/OSHA is encouraging employers and workers to follow the new guidance due to the recent increase of COVID-19 infections in the workplace. Employers should ensure ...
Two-Day, In-Person Facilitated Arbinger Workshop for WG Women Now Open for Registration
Join us for an exclusive two-day, in-person, facilitated Arbinger Institute training on Oct. 12-13 at HMC Farms in Kingsburg, California, led by Western Growers SVP of Human Resources Karen Timmins, MAM, SHRM,-SCP, SPHR. Click Here to Register! What You’ll Learn: Arbinger’s work reveals two distinct mindsets from which people and organizations operate—a self-focused inward mindset ...
Entrepreneur and Economic Activist Magatte Wade to Deliver Kickoff Keynote at Western Growers 2021 Annual Meeting
Magatte Wade, the founder and CEO of SkinIsSkin, will deliver the kickoff keynote at the Western Growers 2021 Annual Meeting, which will be held from Nov. 7 – 10 at the Fairmont Grand Del Mar, in San Diego. SkinIsSkin, “the lip balm with a mission” is produced in Senegal, and Wade is dedicated to reducing ...
Congratulatory Ads, Tables for Award of Honor Recipient Carol Chandler Now Available for Purchase
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 ...
Gordon Chang to Keynote PAC Lunch at Western Growers 2021 Annual Meeting
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 ...
Last Chance to Register for the Western Growers 2021 Annual Meeting
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. ...
OGS 2021 Sets Keynote with Next Generation of Organic Leaders
The keynote presentation at the 2021 Organic Grower Summit, presented by Western Growers and OPN, will be moderated by WG President and CEO Dave Puglia and feature panelists Keith Barnard, Senior Vice President of Sales and Sourcing, Mission Produce; Bianca Kaprielian, CEO and Co-owner, Fruit World; Mike Valpredo, President and Co-founder, Country Sweet Produce. “Next ...
Final 2021 Digital Edition of WG&S Magazine Now Available
The November/December 2021 edition of Western Grower & Shipper magazine is now available both online and in print. Click here for the digital version of the magazine, which features Mark Nickerson of Prime Time on the cover. Additional features in this issue include: The Farmworkers Behind the Greens Western Growers honors the journey of skilled ...
Registration Open for AgTechX Food Safety Technology Event Feb. 2 in Yuma
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 ...
$27.5 Million Remains in Healthy Soils Incentives Program Funding
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, ...
Dr. David Acheson to Keynote AgTechX Food Safety Event Feb. 2 in Yuma
Dr. David Acheson, President and CEO of The Acheson Group and former Chief Medical Officer at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, will deliver a virtual keynote at AgTechX Food Safety event on Feb. 2, 2022 in Yuma, Ariz. Acheson graduated from the University of London Medical School ...
Cal/OSHA Reminds Employers of Feb. 1 Deadline for Posting of 2021 Annual Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses
California employers must post their 2021 annual summary of work-related injuries and illnesses – including those related to COVID-19 – in a visible and easily accessible area by February 1, 2022, per Cal/OSHA. The Form 300A summary must be posted each year from February 1 through April 30. To be recordable, an illness must be ...
FDA Public Meetings on Proposed Changes to the Ag Water Requirements to be Held Soon
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is hosting two virtual public meetings on the recently released proposed rule “Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption Relating to Agricultural Water.” We encourage produce stakeholders to attend and voice their views. These public meetings are intended to facilitate and support ...
Western Growers Mourns the Passing of Former Board Chairman and Award of Honor Recipient Basil Mills
Basil Mills, the founder of Mills Distributing, died Jan. 14, 2022, at the age of 91. Mills was the Chairman of the Western Growers Board of Directors in 1997; in 2002, he received WG’s most prestigious award, the Award of Honor. Mills Distributing was one of the Salinas Valley’s leading vegetable grower-shippers for decades; Mills ...
March 10 Deadline for USDA-NRCS Cover Crop Initiative Applications in California
The USDA National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in California is encouraging producers to sign up for a special cover crop initiative offered through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program. The deadline is March 10, 2022, and more information about EQIP can be found here. $6.8 million in fiscal year 2022 is being provided for the utilization ...
California Water Commission Increases Potential Funding for Seven Water Storage Projects
On Wednesday the California Water Commission increased potential funding for the seven water storage projects in the Water Storage Investment Program. The Commission voted to increase the potential funding amount for the Sites Project by $25 million, correcting a shortage from 2018 due to limited funding. The Commission also voted to adjust the Maximum Conditional Eligibility ...
FDA Podcast, Upcoming Abstract Highlight WG’s Food Safety Data Sharing Platform
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s TechTalk Podcast this week featured an in-depth exploration of Western Growers’ Food Safety Data Sharing platform. Cronan McNamara, the Founder and CEO of Creme Global, speaks about how his company’s food safety data analytics and predictive modeling software and services are working in tandem with the WG Science team ...
WGCIT Welcomes Seven New Start-Ups to its Ranks
The Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology has welcomed seven new start-ups to its roster. They are: aerialPLOT The company offers aerial imagery and analytics to provide real-time crop data. AgNote The farm management software company provides easy-to-use data tracking. Axis7 Based in New Zealand, the R&D service provider won a residence at the ...
Western Growers Applauds $4 Billion in Drought-Relief Funding
IRVINE, CALIF. (Aug. 8, 2022) – In response to the inclusion of $4 billion in drought-relief funding for the Colorado River Basin in the Senate spending bill, Western Growers President & CEO Dave Puglia issued the following statement: “We appreciate the determination of Senator Kyrsten Sinema and her colleagues to secure substantial new funding for ...
Pinnacle Claims Management Expands Management Services to its Cedar Health and Wellness Center in Santa Maria, Calif.
IRVINE, Calif. (Aug. 1, 2022) – Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc., part of the Western Growers Family of Companies (WGFC), has announced it will facilitate patient care as a managing services organization at the Cedar Health and Wellness Center located in Santa Maria, California. This comes after Pinnacle announced it was taking over health care delivery and ...