E: [email protected]/P:949.241.5337 Kara Timmins is the Communications Manager for Western Growers. She has worked in marketing and publishing for over ten years. She has a keen interest in biological evolution and how science can be used to find solutions to human issues. Kara received her undergraduate degree in Anthropology from the University of […]
The deadline to apply for disaster assistance for physical damage under Disaster Declaration CA 17842 has been extended to Sept. 1, 2023. Disaster Declaration CA 17842 is characterized as damaged caused by severe winter storms, straight-line winds, flooding, landslides and mudslides occurring from Feb. 21, 2023 and continuing in the California counties of Kern, Madera, Mariposa, Mendocino,…
During the period of September 28 to December 20, 2023, romaine lettuce growers in counties Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, San Benito and Monterey in the Salinas Valley must conform to the following points to have produce accepted into Canada (items taken directly from inspection.canada.ca): A preventive control plan includes a written procedure describing how the sampling and testing requirement…
The July/August digital issue of the Western Grower & Shipper magazine is available for online perusing here. The feature article “Automatic for the People: Western Growers’ Specialty Crop Automation Report reveals an industry on the precipice of dramatic benefits” explores technological trends in agriculture using the Specialty Crop Automation Report. President and CEO Dave…
The marketing department for the Western Growers Family of Companies recently won four GDUSA 2023 American Digital Design Awards. Competitors for these awards included talented in-house marketing teams and national agencies that showcased their talents and expertise to effectively market for their organizations and objectives. On behalf of WGIS, CCPU (Pinnacle), CIT and WGA, the WGFC…
On Sept. 19-21, 2023, the second FIRA USA event will draw 2,000 growers, investors and innovators to the Salinas Sports Complex for panel discussions and in-field robotic demonstrations. FIRA USA will also welcome agricultural VIPs CDFA Secretary Karen Ross, California State Senator John Laird and UC Agriculture and Natural Resources VP Glenda Humiston. Panel topics at FIRA include: Ag…
Western Growers will be moving its main headquarters to a new address in Irvine on August 14, 2023. The new address is 6501 Irvine Center Dr, Suite 100, Irvine CA 92618. Please update all records for the Western Growers Family of Companies after the 1st of August.
The FDA’s Cyclospora Task Force has made updates to the Cyclospora Prevention, Response and Research Action Plan. In 2021, the Cyclospora Task Force brought together multidisciplinary experts across the FDA and CDC with the goal of reducing the public health burden of foodborne illness caused by C. cayetanensis in produce. In a move to accomplish this goal, the task force created the…
The University of California Agriculture and Natural Resource (UCANR) is conducting research on Diamondback moth treatment in cole crops. This survey will take approximately 10 minutes to complete, and all responses are kept confidential. Click here for more information. If you have any questions, feel free to contact UCCE IPM/Entomology Advisor Kirsten Pearsons ([email protected])…
In a continued effort to advocate for growers, co-chairs of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA)─Dave Puglia, President and CEO of Western Growers; Kam Quarles, President of the National Potato Council; Robert Guenther, Chief Public Policy Officer IFPA; and Mike Joyner, President Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association─met this week with Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D- MI) and Rep. Glenn…
Deardorff Family Farms has partnered with Food Share to create Farm Share, a social entrepreneurship project led by Kate Deardorff─a senior year in high school─to fight hunger in Ventura County. To address the fresh produce needs of those facing food insecurities in Ventura County, Deardorff Family Farms has dedicated several acres of their family farm for growing produce specifically for…
The FIRA USA is ramping up toward its Sept. 19-21 event happening at the Salinas Sports Complex. Young companies and start-ups in the agtech arena can now secure an exhibit area, a spot on the directory and two access badges for the full three-day event. Register with Emma Fullager at [email protected] by July 24th. The FIRA USA event that will bring together the agtech automation…
