Posts By: Chardae Heim

Bryan Nickerson among the Graduates of CALP’s 48th Class

Bryan Nickerson, Manager of the Trade Practices and Commodity Services Department at Western Growers, is among the recent graduates of the California Agricultural Leadership Program (CALP). After committing 17 months, Nickerson, as well as the other 22 graduates, have successfully completed the program making them the 48TH class. Over the past 40 years, CALP has ...

Western Growers Partners with AFF for Pesticide Calculator Video

Western Growers has partnered with the Alliance for Food and Farming to produce “How Safe Are Your Fruits and Veggies?”- a video featuring the residue calculator section of safefruitsandveggies.com. The purpose of this calculator is to show how small the residues found on fruits and vegetables are. Using toxicologist Dr. Robert Krieger’s analysis, it has ...