Posts By: Tim Linden

HIGH-TECH ANALYSIS: Using Imagery to Build a Better Crop

(Editor’s Note: As one of the two winners of the “Shark Tank” session at the 2015 Western Growers Annual Meeting, GeoVisual Analytics won the right to have a feature article in WG&S.  The second winner will be featured in a future issue of this magazine.)   In several ways, Jeffrey Orrey, chief executive officer of ...

Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, who represents parts of Southern Los Angeles County, including Lakewood, Paramount, Lynwood and South Gate

Editor’s Note: The questions and answers have been paraphrased for brevity and clarity.)   Anthony Rendon was elected in his first try for public office in 2012.  He served as chair of the Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee, which crafted the $7.5 billion state water bond that was passed by the electorate in November 2014.  ...

WG Chairman Cox: A Man Ahead of His Time

When Larry Cox was a younger man, he fought a losing battle against the concept and eventual enactment of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).  As a grower in 1991, he invested in 300 acres in a Mexican growing area near Mexicali, the year before NAFTA was enacted. “When I was in college I ...

Zwillinger Family Dates Back Four Generations

Barry Zwillinger Co-owner Legend Produce Dos Palos, CA WG Member Since 1999   AN NYC BEGINNING:  Back near the beginning of the previous century, Edward Zwillinger led generations of his family to the produce industry by first pushing a produce cart in New York City and then eventually opening up Zwillinger Company as a produce ...