By Stephanie Metzinger Just as the sun rises over the seemingly infinite fields of lettuce, the chatter of excited university students starts to echo down the highway. In the distance, you can see the silhouette of a bus heading toward the field. The bus arrives at its first stop, unloading 30 students who are marching ...
By Stephanie Metzinger We constantly hear that the collection of data connecting farm to fork is valuable, and Nathan Dorn believes that when it comes to data, more is better. Dorn jettisoned the regular career for the life of an entrepreneur and created a traceability software company called Food Origins with a colleague, Richard Sowers, ...
By Stephanie Metzinger There used to be a time when you would have to set your alarm so you would not miss a minute of your favorite television show. When you would be left in shock as an episode ended with a jaw-dropping cliffhanger and you would have to wait a full seven days to ...
Western Growers will honor Stephen (Steve) Patricio, whose visionary leadership has advanced the agricultural industry by leaps and bounds, with the 2018 Award of Honor during Western Growers 93rd Annual Meeting in Palm Desert, California. Patricio’s accomplishments and passion for shaping the ag industry will be recognized at the Award of Honor Dinner Gala on ...
Bayer, a platinum sponsor of Western Growers 93rd Annual Meeting, is hosting a Youth Ag Summit on November 4 – 6, 2019, and is looking for youth to participate. The 2019 Youth Ag Summit will take place in Brasilia, Brazil, where 100 people between the ages of 18 and 25 from across the globe will ...
The Western Growers Golf Tournament is back! This year’s shotgun “Scramble” golf tournament will begin at 11:00am on Sunday, October 28, 2018, at the beautiful Desert Springs Golf Club located on site at the JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort & Spa and designed by famous golf architect Ted Robinson. The Western Growers’ Golf Tournament includes: Unlimited ...