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Posts By: Tim Linden

GENETIC ENGINEERING: A Fresh Look at the Technology

This summer, in a small way, genetically modified fresh produce got a bit of a makeover, with a larger transformational effort planned for the future. Since the first genetically modified fresh crop hit the market more than two decades ago with the Calgene Flavr Savr tomato, the pro-GMO movement has not done particularly well.  While ...

Crawford Transitions Storied Firm

The Harold Crawford Company Bakersfield, California Member Since 1978   Harold Crawford has been an integral part of the Southern San Joaquin Valley produce industry since he moved the headquarters of his Northwest firm to Bakersfield 55 years ago. Today he still comes into the Bakersfield office on a regular basis and is chairman of ...

2015 WG ANNUAL MEETING: Top Chef Shirley Finds Passion in Cooking

Chef Shirley Chung, who is the chef owner of Twenty Eight Modern Chinese Cuisine restaurant in Irvine, Calif., and will be a featured presenter at the Western Growers Annual Meeting in San Diego, did not discover her passion for the culinary arts until her late 20s.  In fact, her restaurant name pays homage to the ...

2015 WG ANNUAL MEETING: Varney Sees Huge Economic Growth on the U.S. Horizon

Admittedly going against the grain a bit, Fox business commentator and show host Stuart Varney expects to see a dramatic jump in the America economy over the next several years. “I think we are about to see four to five percent growth on an annual basis,” he told WG&S magazine in mid-August.  “We are going ...

California Assembly Member Autumn Burke represents the 62nd District, a largely coastal swath of Los Angeles County

(Editor’s Note: The answers and questions have been paraphrased for brevity and clarity.)   Autumn Burke was elected to the California Assembly as a freshman in 2014, which made her part of the first mother-daughter team to ever serve as California legislators.  Her mother, Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, had a distinguished career as a Los Angeles ...