Posts By: Stephanie Metzinger

ACWA Hosts Movie Screening on Future of Water Security

The Association of California Water Agencies (ACWA) is hosting a movie screening on the future of water sustainability on March 14, followed by a panel discussion with agricultural leaders including Karen Ross and Joe Del Bosque. This screening is sponsored by Western Growers and Clean Water & Jobs in California. The documentary, Beyond the Brink: ...

Donate to Western Growers Foundation with Next Amazon Purchase

Western Growers is now part of AmazonSmile, a charitable program where a percentage of any item purchased on an Amazon website will be donated to the Western Growers Foundation automatically. AmazonSmile is a website operated by Amazon with the same products, prices and shopping features as Amazon.com. The difference is that when you shop on ...

Western Growers Board of Directors Endorses Senator Feinstein

IRVINE, Calif., (March 23, 2018) — This week, the Western Growers Board of Directors voted unanimously to endorse Senator Dianne Feinstein in her 2018 reelection bid. After the vote, Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif issued the following statement: “During her tenure in office, Senator Feinstein has demonstrated a willingness to approach the concerns of ...

Strengthening Company Culture…One Mindset at a Time

The clock strikes midnight and disagreements continue to hold strong. The realization that they just missed a crucial deadline is slowly starting to sink in among the management team at agtech startup SWIIM System. Gradually, dissent about how the project should have been carried out dissipates, but one glaring fact remains: the company’s culture has ...

Innovation Summit Brings AgTech to Imperial Valley’s Backyard

Chatter surrounding the latest in technology and ag innovation filled the corridors of the Stockmen’s Club in Brawley, CA, on February 8. Drawing a crowd of nearly 200 people, Western Growers’ Innovation in the Imperial Valley Summit brought together farmers, researchers, technologists and agtech startups to delve into the labor and water issues facing agriculture ...

WaterBit: Tech to Simplify Irrigation and Make Smarter Water Decisions in Real Time

Can smart technology offer remote irrigation for agriculture that’s affordable? With the help of WaterBit, the answer is “absolutely.” When Manu Pillai, founder of WaterBit, was growing up in Nigeria, prolonged droughts were a typical occurrence. The massive shortage of water supply wiped out agriculture and devastated the country, severely hindering the ability of Nigeria’s ...

WG #InnovationWeek Spreads Awareness of AgTech Innovation through Social Media

Western Growers and its Center for Innovation & Technology recently hosted #innovationweek where all WG and WGCIT social media accounts—Facebook, Twitter and Instagram—spread awareness about the innovations coming out of the Center, as well as highlighted the WG members who are implementing creative solutions on their farm. The social media pages featured posts such as ...

March/April Edition of WG&S Magazine Now Online

The March/April edition of the Western Grower & Shipper Magazine can now be found online through a digital flipbook here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/282254/ Starting with the January/February 2018 edition, Western Growers officially launched its magazine in a digital flipbook format. In addition to receiving your print edition in the mail, the digital flipbook format allows you to…