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WG Recognizes Integrated Pest Management Innovator Award Winner

The State of California Announced one local nonprofit as a 2012 Integrated Pest Management Innovator, tapping the Coalition for Urban/Rural Environmental Stewardship (CURES) for its work reducing pesticide use in agricultural areas and providing less toxic alternatives to creating partnerships and developing educational materials.

Wendy Fink-Weber Mar 21 2013 in

Tractor-Mounted Transportation Units Prohibited

Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) staff has confirmed that Cal/OSHA will issue citations to operations that transport workers on tractor-mounted transportation units (TTUs). TTUs are commonly used to transport irrigators from one end of a field to the other and for other on-farm transportation.

Jason Resnick Mar 21 2013 in Farm Labor

Nassif Speaks at Pistachio Conference

WG President and CEO Tom Nassif spoke to more than 500 growers and others associated with Paramount Farms at its annual conference Thursday in Visalia. Nassif talked to the group about the latest news in immigration reform and the success of the independent expenditure committee Family Farmers Working for a Better California ...

Wendy Fink-Weber Mar 21 2013 in

WG Members Give Back: The Ag Leadership Council Receives HERO Award

The year is just underway, but members of one ag philanthropic group have already kicked off 2013 by raising more than $200,000 for a Salinas, Calif. hospital. The Agricultural Leadership Council (TALC) donated $214,400 during its January/February fundraising campaign allowing Natividad Medical Foundation to purchase important medical equipment ...

Wendy Fink-Weber Mar 21 2013 in

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