Leo & Suzette Overgaag North Shore Greenhouses Inc. Thermal, CA Member Since 1996 Background: Leo and Suzette Overgaag met at Hollandia Farms in Carpinteria where Leo worked at his father’s firm in the greenhouse flower business and Suzette first found employment as a teenager. After several years went by, the duo became a couple and ...
The human resource staff at Tanimura & Antle spend a lot of time carefully filling out the forms that make up the annual Western Growers Professional Compensation and HR Practices Survey. “We are spending a lot of time getting it right and we hope other companies are doing the same thing,” said Carmen Ponce, vice ...
In his January column in this magazine, Western Growers President and CEO Tom Nassif told readers it is the association’s goal “to advance technology innovation in the fresh produce industry thereby improving our ability to produce more food in more efficient ways.” He said the association is not willing to sit back and let others ...
(Editor’s Note: The questions and answers have been paraphrased for brevity and clarity.) Ben Allen won in his first attempt for the California Legislature in November of 2014. At 36, he is the second youngest senator in the state. Where did you grow up and did you have any defining moments in your ...