It has been mandated in California, since January 1, 2015, that California businesses must train managers on how to identify “abusive conduct.” The regulations by the Fair Employment and Housing Council include instructions for employers to: Define “abusive conduct” as malicious behaviors that can include the repeated use of derogatory remarks, insults, and verbal or ...
With the recent publication of the FSMA Final Rule on Sanitary Transport of Food, the produce industry has come together to provide a FREE webinar briefing by FDA on this new final rule. The FSMA final rule on Sanitary Transportation outlines requirements that will affect many produce shippers, carriers and receivers as it establishes requirements ...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has scheduled scoping meetings to discuss proposals for changes to the Asian Citrus Psyllid and Huanglongbing regulations. The meetings will cover changes regarding citrus commodities and nursery stock. DETAILS TULARE Date: Friday, May 6, 2016 (citrus commodities only) Time: 9:00am-5:00pm Location: Tulare County Agricultural Commissioner’s…
Western Growers is offering members a secret weapon in helping attract and retain the best employees in California and Arizona’s produce industry. For the past six years, the Western Growers HR Practices and Compensation Survey has collected data to provide members with crucial information needed to keep compensation competitive. And your participation this year is ...
Agricultural Personnel Management Association (APMA) will offer a series of courses in Salinas designed specifically for agricultural human resources professionals and others who address personnel matters for their company. Graduates of this program will earn a prestigious designation of Human Resource Professional in Agriculture. Classes can be taken individually or as part of a…
Western Growers’ members are invited to attend the “Criminal Prosecution for Food Safety Violations and Prop. 65” seminar on May 24 at the WG Center for Innovation & Technology in Salinas, Calif. This seminar will be conducted by attorneys from Alston & Bird LLP who will address concerns about the expanding risk of criminal prosecution ...
Western Growers members are invited to attend the 2016 Western Food Safety Summit on May 4-5 to learn key strategies needed to comply with the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). Hosted at Hartnell College in Salinas, Calif., the summit will feature presentations from some of the nation’s top food safety experts. WG’s Science & Technology ...
IRVINE, Calif. (April 7, 2016) – Statement by Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif condemning the alleged arson of a migrant farmworker housing project on Mads Place in Nipomo, Calif., the evening of April 6th. “These family farmers are trying to do things the right way. They are going through the proper (and extremely ...
Without crop protectants, up to 40 percent of the world’s food production would be lost to pests and diseases. So why is the government constantly trying to take away our crop protection tools? Western Growers has a long history of advocating for the registration and safe use of pesticides that are critical in the production ...
Brian Curtis’ passion for clean energy in the food industry spurs from having been raised in the Salinas Valley and being exposed at an early age to cooling and refrigeration systems on surrounding farms. “I grew up around coolers my whole life,” he says. Curtis, the founder and CEO of Concentric Power Inc., recognized a ...