On Feb. 1, 2023, Western Growers, in collaboration with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, held a webinar titled “On-Farm Flood Management and Response.” The webinar was offered to answer important flood management questions and was presented by Dr. Ali Stickland, FDA Biologist; Dr. Erin Leigh DiCaprio, Associate Professor UC Davis Cooperative Extension; Vivian Soffa, County…
Pre-harvest testing is a hot topic and technical support is now offered by Western Growers. On Nov. 2, 2022, Western Growers, in collaboration with the California Leafy Green Marketing Agreement, (CA LGMA) held an in-person workshop on the subject at the Monterey County Farm Bureau in Salinas, Calif. The event was the first in a series of workshops we plan to offer on this topic and was free…
Western Growers will be hosting a webinar on August 8, 2023, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT to allow participants to learn about and have questions addressed regarding California LGMA’s standardized approach to product testing data collection and considerations regarding flooding assessments. Western Growers is opening a comment period from July 5 to August 4, 2023 at…
The Climate Smart Practices in Fresh Produce webinar will highlight projects and opportunities for produce operations on climate smart agriculture. This event will Showcase the projects of two Climate Smart Commodities grant recipients─ CSU Monterey Bay/ UC Davis research team and Elevated Foods ─which will include their objectives and outcomes, Give an overview of CDFA’s specific…
The Produce Safety Alliance (PSA) recently posted a factsheet on the Produce Safety Rule subpart E entitled “Agricultural Water System Inspection is Different from the Proposed Agricultural Water Assessment.” According to PSA, “This fact sheet provides information about the differences between an Agricultural Water System Inspection (§ 112.42) and the proposed Agricultural Water…
