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WGIS Welcomes Darcie Floyd as Director of Employee Benefits

Western Growers is pleased to announce the recent hire of Darcie Floyd, who has joined the Insurance Services team as the Director of Employee Benefits. As Director, Floyd will be responsible for supporting the production employee benefits to new and existing customers. In addition, she will oversee all employee benefit account executives. Floyd brings over ...

Western Growers Adds Darcie Floyd to Employee Benefits Team

IRVINE, Calif. (March 22, 2019) – Western Growers is pleased to announce the recent hire of Darcie Floyd, who has joined the Insurance Services team as the Director of Employee Benefits. As Director, Floyd will be responsible for supporting the production employee benefits to new and existing customers. In addition, she will oversee all employee benefit ...

Grower’s Secret Good For Business, Good for the Earth

After stumbling upon an edible mushroom farm in Maui in 1995, two great friends, Bryan Hiromoto and Wesley Chun, embarked on a journey that would result in the development of a compound that would significantly stimulate plant growth. Hiromoto and Chun identified several species of mushrooms that produced nematicidal compounds. One mushroom was found to ...

WG Industry Relations Manager Taking SJV by Storm

Unlike many others working in the agriculture industry, Matt Jones was not born into a family of farmers. Though born and raised in Salinas, known as the “salad bowl of the world,” Jones was not raised in the fields. However, he vividly remembers his father working for various ag-related businesses, including Western Growers in the ...

WG Announces the Recent Hire of Anna Bilderbach to Lead Training Programs

Western Growers is proud to announce the recent hire of Anna Bilderbach, who will serve as the Learning and Development Manager on the Human Resources team. In her role as Learning and Development Manager, Bilderbach is responsible for conducting all training for Western Growers member farmers and the agricultural community, in both English and Spanish. ...