Posts By: Cory Lunde

Nassif Panel Kicks Off Forbes AgTech Summit

This morning, Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif participated in the opening panel of the Forbes Reinventing America AgTech Summit being held in Salinas. Titled “The World’s Biggest Opportunity,” panelists discussed how a generation of new technologies will revolutionize the way farming is done in the future. Nassif focused his remarks on the need ...

Water Starved West Pins Hopes on Western Water Bill

Today, the House of Representatives passed the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015, which provides tangible benefits for drought-stricken parts of the western United States. The bill seeks to expedite water storage projects by shortening the time it takes for environmental reviews to be conducted. Western Growers president and CEO Tom Nassif ...

PRESS RELEASE: Western Growers Commends House on Passage of Western Water Bill

IRVINE, Calif. (July 16, 2015) — Statement by Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif commending passage of the Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015 by the U.S. House of Representatives today: “We want to thank Rep. David Valadao for his leadership in introducing and helping secure passage of the Western Water ...

PRESS RELEASE: Western Growers Praises Introduction of Senate Water Bill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE IRVINE, Calif. (July 29, 2015) — Statement by Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif praising Senators Dianne Feinstein and Barbara Boxer for introducing the California Emergency Drought Relief Act of 2015 today:   “We want to express our thanks to Senators Feinstein and Boxer for re-introducing much needed legislation aimed at ...