Posts By: Tim Linden

WGCIT Sponsor: Duda Farm Fresh Foods – Collaboration Key to Technology Effort

By Tim Linden For Sammy Duda, sponsoring the efforts of the Western Growers Center for Innovation & Technology is a simple equation that boils down to strength in numbers. “How do you tackle these issues except with collaboration?” he asked. He noted that the larger issues facing production agriculture—labor and water shortages and the need ...

A Bit of Normalcy Returns to Ag Legal Battles

By Tim Linden There is no question that 2020 was a year like no other and that also permeated the legal work associated with the business of agriculture. “Last year was all about COVID,” said Jason Resnick, Senior Vice President & General Counsel for Western Growers. “We are not yet living in a post-COVID world, ...

California Legislator Profile: John Laird — A Life of Public Service

California State Senator John Laird representing District 17, which includes Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo Counties, as well as Portions of Monterey and Santa Clara Counties John Laird, who was elected to the California State Senate on November 3, 2020, has had a lifetime of public service that began more than 40 years ago ...

Drought Triggers Cuts to Arizona Water Supply

By Tim Linden On August 16, in their annual report on the level of Hoover Dam’s Lake Mead, federal officials revealed that the water level has fallen to a point that automatically triggers cuts in Arizona’s water deliveries for 2022. Arizona Department of Water Resources Director Tom Buschatzke told Western Grower & Shipper that the ...

Director Profile: Organic Pioneer Has Deep Salinas Valley Roots

Rod Braga, President/CEO Braga Ranch Director since 2020  |  Member since 1977 By Tim Linden Family History: Sebastian and Josie Braga began farming in the Soledad region of the Salinas Valley in 1928 with fresh vegetables and dairy products forming the core of their business. A cattle operation was added later. Ninety-three years later their ...