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 U.S. Small Business Administration has announced that AgTech Nation is a Stage Two winner for the 2023 Growth Accelerator Fund Competition. AgTech Nation will use this award to leverage partnerships with leading agrifood-focused entrepreneur-support organizations across the country to support the launch, growth, and scale-up of STEM/R&D-focused small businesses pioneering innovations in…
Data are components of a language. Like letters or words, they need to be organized in a specific structure to make sense. They need a context for us to appreciate the power of understanding that they bring. But like a language, the power resides in the ability to convey information to one another in a way that creates understanding and motivates action. In a time when information is at a…
The second year of Western Growers’ Specialty Crop Automation Report reveals an industry on the precipice of dramatic benefits to crops, the environment—and people. Change may be spurred by an individual, but it is driven by the many. Progress is pushed by the cumulative efforts of people coming together, sharing their ideas and combining their actions. The need for adaptation to…
Genetically Modified Organisms, or GMOs, have become a featured topic when it comes to food and food regulation since its introduction to the market in the early 1990s. While the acronym is familiar, many don’t know what it actually means for something to be a genetically modified organism, and fewer still have looked into what it means for them if they consume something that falls within the…
The 2023 Western Growers Annual Meeting PAC Luncheon is a must-attend event for meeting attendees who are interested in the political conversations happening within the agricultural industry. The Western Growers Political Action Committee (PAC) provides strategic campaign support to elected officials and candidates. Proceeds from our annual PAC Luncheon help amplify our members’ voices in…
This year’s Western Growers Annual Meeting in Kauai will include a scenic golf tournament on the oceanfront Poipu Bay Golf Course. The WG Annual Meeting Growers Cup will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 15 with a putting contest starting at 7:00 a.m. Foursomes will spend the day competing for not just acclaim among family, friends and peers but prizes as well. Those who have already…
Join Western Growers, GOFAR and VINE/University of California, Agriculture and Natural Resources (UC-ANR) UC ANR, F3 Innovate, Naïo Technologies, Stout, Agtonomy, Monterey Bay Dart, U-Blox Ag and County of Monterey at FIRA USA 2023, the three-day agtech and robotics event in Salinas, Calif. from Sept. 19-21, 2023. When: Sept. 19-21, 2023 Where: Salinas Sports Complex 1034 N Main St,…
Jeana Cadby, Environment and Climate Director at Western Growers, has been selected as one of 24 fellows to join the 53rd class of the California Agricultural Leadership Program. Started in 1970, The California Agricultural Leadership Program has a long and established history of providing advanced leadership development for those who have a proven career record of being emerging leaders in…
The Arizona Department of Water Resources (ADWR) is now accepting applications online for Grandfathered Rights of the Douglas Active Management Area (DAMA) and Irrigation Authorities in the Hualapai Valley Irrigation Non-Expansion Area (HVINA). On Dec. 1, 2022, the Douglas Groundwater Basin was designated a subsequent active management area, so only those lands that were legally irrigated in…
Western Growers President and CEO Dave Puglia has been reappointed to the Foreign Agricultural Service Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee and Vice President of Federal Government Affairs Dennis Nuxoll has been reappointed to the Agricultural Technical Advisory Committee for Trade in Fruits and Vegetables by the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA) and United States Trade…
Share your well-wishes and congratulations to Award of Honor recipient John D’Arrigo in this year’s Annual Meeting Award of Honor dinner program. The deadline to claim space within the program’s pages is September 1, 2023. John D’Arrigo, CEO/President and Chairman of the Board of D’Arrigo Bros. Co. of California, will receive Western Growers’ highest recognition of achievement…
A new Executive Compensation Calculator will be one of the components offered as part of Western Growers’ 2023 Compensation Report. The report will be available in mid-September 2023 for free to those who contributed data or for purchase for $2,500. The custom-built Executive Compensation Calculator integrates with agriculture-specific executive compensation data and provides an estimated…
In November 2022, The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) contracted Crowe LLP to conduct a Regulatory Alignment Study with the goal of streamlining administrative processes and optimizing information collection for evaluating food safety and water quality regulations. To promote stakeholder input, Crowe is offering listening sessions─both group and individual─for the…
“Fruit and vegetable growers need every tool in the toolbox because production is so challenging.” — Dr. Frank Wong, U.S. Industry Affairs Lead at Bayer. The only thing better than having a powerful ally is having an ally that is also dedicated, motivated and smart. Bayer is that ally for the specialty crop industry and Western Growers. Bayer has supported the Western Growers Center for…
With the motto “From soil to health,” Probelte puts its purpose of being a player in the chain of environmental and human health front and center. Hector Rodriguez, the CEO of Agronova—of which Probelte is the biological solutions subsidiary—has a keen eye on the future of biologicals in U.S. agriculture. In the broad framework of the Probelte catalog of products, there are three main…
For many, standing at the edge of a growing crop—whether it’s a plot of land filled with thick and rustling broccoli leaves or swaying stalks of sweet corn—is a peace that borders on the sublime. The plants move in the breeze, capturing the gust to make sound. The soil is rich with minerals from careful cultivation and plant matter that has been churned into it over and over again. The…
The National Hurricane Center today issued a hurricane and tropical storm warning for much of Southern California and Baja California. These areas and other parts of mainland Mexico are expected to experience flooding rains, strong winds and the potential for wildfires between this evening and the start of the week of Aug. 21, 2023. The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has…
As far as the whole story of agriculture goes, farming is just the beginning. The rows of leafy-green heads of lettuce or carrot greens is the scene opener to a much grander narrative. The farm is the start and the wellspring around which communities are created, mirroring the growth of the product that brought the people to the rural regions of the United States. In an industry where many…
January 2023 started the year with a dramatic entrance for much of the U.S. West. This new year is just one part of the story of years of unprecedented challenges with climate, pandemic-response regulations and policy changes, to name a few, creating a broad horizon of issues the Agriculture Committee leadership in the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate have to consider for the…
Netafim USA has a clear mission: Advance the agricultural industry and help farmers. Navigating challenges like rising input costs, water scarcity and labor shortages is a daily reality for growers, and Netafim has set out to not only remedy strains on production but to increase yields with less. As the world leader in drip irrigation technology, Netafim supplies many industries with smart…
