By Tim Linden Mike Way, managing partner of Coachella, Calif.-based Prime Time International Inc., is very appreciative of the interactions he has had with the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology. “This is our fifth year as a sponsor,” he said. “First of all, we got involved because we see the need for innovation ...
By Tim Linden Longtime Western Growers Board Member Vic Smith of JV Smith Companies will be honored with the Organic Grower of the Year award at the Organic Grower Summit on Thursday, December 2 in Monterey, Calif. The event, which includes Western Growers as the presenting sponsor, will be held at the Hyatt Regency Dec. ...
By Tim Linden When water officials for the federal government revealed in mid-August that, for the first time in history, there will be a cutback in water deliveries to Arizona starting January 1, many people saw dark skies ahead. But not everyone. “We had planned for it,” said Arizona State Representative Tim Dunn of Yuma. ...
By Tim Linden It has long been told that Western Growers began its life as the Western Growers Protective Association on March 9, 1926, to represent the interests of shippers of western produce before the Interstate Commerce Commission. The ICC was created in 1887 by the U.S. Congress to regulate railroad carriers and the rates ...
Five years ago, Western Growers launched its Center for Innovation and Technology (WGCIT), housed in the Taylor Farms building in downtown Salinas. WGCIT brings together the ag industry and firms operating in the technology space to actively work on some of agriculture’s most vexing problems.