The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has launched a new initiative to better understand the ecology of human pathogens in the environment in the Yuma agricultural region. The initiative – which will focus on how pathogens survive, move and possibly contaminate produce prior to harvest – will be implemented with support from the Arizona ...
This issue of Western Grower & Shipper is about “firsts.” Western Growers has led the way in several areas of science and technology beginning with our leadership in the food safety arena. It is not well known, but Western Growers food safety history goes back decades. In 1990, when I joined Western Growers, we were ...
Recently, while the European Union was working to extend bans on glyphosate, Western Growers reinforced the need for science-driven policy and submitted comments to the Office of Pesticide Programs — Environmental Protection Agency to urge the continued registration and use of glyphosate. “Western Growers writes to you today to offer our preliminary comments on the ...
Western Growers and S2G Ventures is seeking your recommendations for technology companies you are currently working with or believe have an interesting technology to compete in the 2019 AgSharks® Competition. Selected entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to earn a $250,000 minimum investment and access to farmland to pilot their innovations. If any WG member is ...
Join Western Growers, the Produce Marketing Association, Bayer CropScience, SISC, Sustainable Conservation, The Monterey County Sustainability Working Group and Measure to Improve on Thursday, September 26, 2019, for the “Sustainability In Action” meeting. This event will offer practical solutions to support growers, packer shippers and handlers in tracking and implementing sustainability…
The National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is seeking 100 volunteers to serve as industry relevance reviewers for their Specialty Crop Research Initiative. Eligible candidates must be currently engaged in, or have been previously engaged in, specialty crop production, handling or processing. Trade association representatives who represent those in specialty production, handling and…