SISC + THESIS Webinar: Collecting and Reporting Performance Metrics for Fruit, Nut is Scheduled for Aug. 25

Join an Aug. 25, 2022 webinar at 10 a.m. CT as Tier One suppliers get a walkthrough of how the SISC Calculator can be used to work with growers to gather metric results, view aggregate results in a variety of reporting formats, send anonymized results back to growers, and report aggregate results to THESIS.

Speakers during the webinar will include:

*Alison Edwards, Director, The Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops

*Shawny Marsden, Director, Sales Engineering & SISC Implementation, CropTrak & The Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops

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Ann Donahue

Pollinator Partnership’s Technical Guide for Farmers and Ranchers in California Now Available

The final version of the Pollinator Partnership’s Technical Guide for Farmers and Ranchers in California is now available.

This guide was created for farmers and ranchers who want to act to protect and promote pollinators on their land, and can be used as a quick reference on individual topics or read in its entirety for a deeper dive into the subject.

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De Ann Davis

FDA Resumes Surveillance Sampling of Frozen Berries

This month the FDA plans to resume an assignment to collect and test frozen berries that it paused at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency says the strategy is being developed in response to a history of hepatitis A (HAV) and norovirus (NoV) outbreaks linked to the consumption of both fresh and frozen berries.

The assignment seeks to estimate the prevalence of HAV and NoV in frozen strawberries, raspberries and blackberries and help the FDA identify sites where practices or conditions may exist that constitute safety vulnerabilities.

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De Ann Davis

Pinnacle Claims Management Expands Management Services to its Cedar Health and Wellness Center in Santa Maria, Calif.

IRVINE, Calif. (Aug. 1, 2022) - Pinnacle Claims Management, Inc., part of the Western Growers Family of Companies (WGFC), has announced it will facilitate patient care as a managing services organization at the Cedar Health and Wellness Center located in Santa Maria, California. This comes after Pinnacle announced it was taking over health care delivery and management of its Cedar Health and Wellness Center in Oxnard, Calif. last year.

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Ann Donahue

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