Jeana Cadby
Western Growers, Associate Vice President, Environment and Climate
Jeana Cadby is the Associate Vice President, Environment and Climate for Western Growers. She supports growers to lead the industry in sustainability to produce the freshest, safest, and most affordable fruits, nuts, and vegetables. She has her BS and MS in Plant and Soil Sciences and PhD in Sustainable International Agricultural Development. Jeana leads Western […]
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Predicting the Uncertain Future: 100 Years of Climate Change
Expect the unexpected. This is the message that climatologists have been repeating over the past few years. Well, that, and the word of the season: anomalous (which essentially means, “whoa, didn’t see that coming”). Over the past few years, California has experienced several record-breaking events: “hottest night on record,” the “first-ever tropical storm” and most recently, a…
Diamondback Moth Management Field Day
Thursday, October 22 9:30-11:00 AM Huntington Farms - Soledad, CA Diamondback moth (DBM) continues to be one of the most challenging pests facing California cole crop production. Join UC Davis and UCCE researchers (Ian Grettenberger/Fi-Ve Bug IPM lab and Dylan Beal) and industry (Abby Taylor-Silva, Pest & Disease Task Force) representatives for a field day focused…
Update to Monarch Butterfly ESA Listing Settlement
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Center for Biological Diversity, Center for Food Safety reached a settlement that will require the agency to issue a final listing determination for the Monarch butterfly. While the settlement does not automatically grant Endangered Species Act (ESA) protections to monarchs, it ensures that the federal government will ultimately make a final decision on…
Why Food Is Left in the Field—and What It Takes to Reduce Food Loss
Edible food left unharvested is rarely the result of a single failure, and growers cannot solve the problem alone. Leigh Prezkop, Senior Program Officer on World Wildlife Fund’s food loss and waste team, explains in a recent Voices of the Valley conversation with Western Growers the causes of food loss and waste as well as opportunities to address this important issue. Reducing food loss…
Western Growers Breakout Session Highlights Innovation in Integrated Pest Management
Western Growers is hosting a breakout session at the upcoming CAPCA Annual Conference on Sunday Oct 11th from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, CA. The Western Growers Association Breakout Session will bring together industry leaders, growers, researchers, and technology providers to explore practical solutions that are advancing integrated pest…