WESTERN GROWER & SHIPPER Published Since 1929 Volume XCIV | Number 1
To enhance the competitiveness and profitability of Western Growers members
Dave Puglia President & CEO Western Growers davep@wga.com
FEATURES
16 ROBOTS ON THE FARM: How
Farmworkers Have Safer, Better-Paying Jobs Thanks to Tech 22 How California Let Arizona Take the Driver’s Seat When It Comes to Using Autonomous Farm Vehicles 24 Upon His Retirement, the Western Growers Family of Companies Celebrates David Zanze’s 38 Years of Service
Editor Ann Donahue 949.302.7600 | adonahue@wga.com
Contributors Cory Lunde 949.885.2264 | clunde@wga.com Michelle Rivera 949.885.4778 | mrivera@wga.com Kara Timmins 949.885.4786 | kmtimmins@wga.com
Circulation Marketing 949.885.2248 | marketing@wga.com
Advertising Sales Dana Davis 302.750.4662 | dana@tygermarketing.com
ARTICLES 14 WG WOMEN PROFILE
29 WGCIT SPONSOR
Marisol Moreno, Controller at Allied Potato
Nutrien Ag Solutions 38 Farm Dogs and Barn Cats of Western Growers
TOGETHER.
WGA.COM
28 WGCIT RESIDENT Carbon Robotics
Western Grower & Shipper ISSN 0043-3799, Copyright © 2023 by the Western Grower & Shipper is published bi-monthly by Western Grower & Shipper Publishing Company, a division of Western Growers Service Corp., 15525 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine California 92618. Business and Editorial Offices: 15525 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine California 92618. Accounting and Circulation Offices: Western Grower & Shipper, 15525 Sand Canyon Avenue, Irvine California 92618. Call (949) 863-1000 to subscribe. Subscription is $18 per year. Foreign subscription is $36 per year. Single copies of recent issues, $1.50. Single copies of issues more than three months old, $2. Periodicals postage is paid in Irvine, California and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Western Grower & Shipper, PO Box 2130, Newport Beach, California 92658.
DEPARTMENTS
13 Director Profile 20 WG Member Welcome & Anniversaries 30 Updates from the WGCIT 33 WG News You Can Use 35 Contact Us 36 Connections 37 Inside Western Growers
4 President’s Notes 6 Agriculture & the Law 7 Advocacy | California 8 Science 10 Western Growers Assurance Trust 11 Innovation 12 California Member Profile
JANUARY | FEBRUARY 2023
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