The latest issue of Western Grower & Shipper Magazine is now available both online and in print. With a new look and feel, the magazine gives readers an inside look of the various faces of Western Growers. Learn more about Chairman of the Board Ryan Talley, Class 6 of the Future Volunteer Leaders and more. ...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Office of Farm to Fork has opened the application for the 2021 Farm to School Incubator Grant Program. This program involves two funding tracks, awarding competitive grants to support innovative local and regional farm to school projects in nutrition education, sustainable food production and procurement. The deadline to ...
One of California’s recent COVID-19 laws, AB 685 which requires employers to notify employees who have possibly been exposed to the virus and report workplace outbreaks to the local health department, went into effect January 1, 2021. This law also allows the Division of Occupational Health and Safety to more aggressively enforce health and safety ...
By Chardae Heim, Communications Coordinator (Editor’s Note: David Valadao is a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing California’s 21st Congressional District. He is a lifelong resident of California’s Central Valley and an active member in agriculture and dairy industry groups. He initially won three consecutive terms serving from 2013-2019, before losing the…
2020 will be remembered as a year of constant challenges and transportation was no exception. The Western Growers Transportation Program Team and experts from C. H. Robinson answer the most common member questions regarding the 2020 transportation market and what we can expect in 2021: Q. Transportation rates have been extremely high in recent months. ...