Posts By: Tim Linden

2018 Chairman of the Board Craig Reade: First Job Yields a Career

Though Craig Reade’s dad was in the oil industry, he grew up around agriculture in the Central Coast and always knew he was destined to be in the farming business. “From the time I was 10 years old, I was driving a tractor on a neighbor’s farm and I knew that was what I wanted ...

It’s All About the Carrots

Member Profile Jeff Huckaby CEO/President Grimmway Farms Bakersfield, California Member Since 1986 Grimmway Farms began as a sweet corn growing operation in Orange County in the 1960s, morphed into the largest carrot grower in the world in the 1990s in Kern County, and is now also the largest organic grower of vegetables in the United ...

ORGANIC GROWER SUMMIT: First-time Event Draws Enthusiastic Crowd

With Western Growers as one of its significant sponsors, the inaugural Organic Grower Summit was held in Monterey, CA, in mid-December, with a lively audience and a tech-heavy trade show. The summit was co-hosted by the Organic Produce Network and California Certified Organic Farmers, with Western Growers serving as the technology sponsor, including hosting “Tech ...