During National Fruit and Vegetable Month, the Grower Shipper Association is celebrating the farmers and teams who work hard every day to bring healthy and wholesome foods to consumers. Therefore, we will be doing a series of new blogs featuring interviews with farmers and farm employees, including their biggest challenges, why they love farming and […]
https://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.png00Sabrina Maisonneuvehttps://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.pngSabrina Maisonneuve2019-09-26 20:23:582025-09-11 20:24:20Celebrating Farming by Highlighting a Leader in Human Resources: Laura Penera
During National Fruit and Vegetable Month, the Grower Shipper Association wants to celebrate the farmers and teams who work hard every day to bring these healthy and wholesome foods to consumers. Therefore we will be doing a series of new blogs featuring interviews with farmers and farm employees, including their biggest challenges, why they love […]
While in South Africa, the Grower-Shipper Association, along with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and others paid a visit to the Western Cape to discuss drought and climate change mitigation strategies for agriculture. GSA’s Abby Taylor-Silva is sharing a three-part blog series on the visit, focused upon urban education on drought, the empowerment […]
https://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.png00Sabrina Maisonneuvehttps://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.pngSabrina Maisonneuve2019-08-23 20:25:002025-09-11 20:25:22Part Two: The People and Re-Allocation of Resources after Apartheid
Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the Western Cape Water Supply System, at the height of the drought. GSA’s Vice President is currently in South Africa with the California Department of Food and Agriculture on their visit to the Western Cape to discuss drought and climate change mitigation strategies for agriculture. Joining CDFA Secretary […]
https://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.png00Sabrina Maisonneuvehttps://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.pngSabrina Maisonneuve2019-08-15 20:25:332025-09-11 20:25:57GSA South African Visit Blog Series Part 1: Cape Town’s Water Literacy Improves Quickly and Dramatically Following Crisis
The safe and judicious use of crop protection strategies by farmers of organic and conventional crops is an imperative priority to protect our families, our community, our food, farm workers and the environment. In fact, California has the most stringent standards in the nation when it comes to the approval and use of organic and […]
by Grower-Shipper Association of Central California The Grower Shipper Association of Central California staff joined farmers, farming companies, scientists, trade organization representatives and public health officials at the annual Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Research Symposium in Austin, Texas last week. Key themes included discussions about the importance of traceability system improvements throughout the supply […]
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by Abby Taylor-Silva In 1979 a Junior Attorney was just beginning a career in labor and employment in bustling Los Angeles, his home since birth, when he got a phone call from a college friend saying that her family’s company and others were looking for a new labor attorney to work for Western Growers out […]
https://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.png00Sabrina Maisonneuvehttps://growershipper.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Logo-horizontal-GSA.pngSabrina Maisonneuve2019-06-03 20:27:082025-09-11 20:27:29Jim Bogart Retires from GSA after 40 Years of Service
Traditionally, the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) staff and Board of Directors have sent regular updates to our members, the affiliated agricultural community as well as elected officials with information on a wide range of issues from water quality to labor to food safety to new technologies. Because farming is such a vital part […]
Celebrating Farming by Highlighting a Leader in Human Resources: Laura Penera
During National Fruit and Vegetable Month, the Grower Shipper Association is celebrating the farmers and teams who work hard every day to bring healthy and wholesome foods to consumers. Therefore, we will be doing a series of new blogs featuring interviews with farmers and farm employees, including their biggest challenges, why they love farming and […]
GSA Celebrates Our Farming Community
During National Fruit and Vegetable Month, the Grower Shipper Association wants to celebrate the farmers and teams who work hard every day to bring these healthy and wholesome foods to consumers. Therefore we will be doing a series of new blogs featuring interviews with farmers and farm employees, including their biggest challenges, why they love […]
Part Two: The People and Re-Allocation of Resources after Apartheid
While in South Africa, the Grower-Shipper Association, along with the California Department of Food and Agriculture and others paid a visit to the Western Cape to discuss drought and climate change mitigation strategies for agriculture. GSA’s Abby Taylor-Silva is sharing a three-part blog series on the visit, focused upon urban education on drought, the empowerment […]
GSA South African Visit Blog Series Part 1: Cape Town’s Water Literacy Improves Quickly and Dramatically Following Crisis
Theewaterskloof Dam, the largest dam in the Western Cape Water Supply System, at the height of the drought. GSA’s Vice President is currently in South Africa with the California Department of Food and Agriculture on their visit to the Western Cape to discuss drought and climate change mitigation strategies for agriculture. Joining CDFA Secretary […]
Using Production Tools Safely to Protect Our Communities
The safe and judicious use of crop protection strategies by farmers of organic and conventional crops is an imperative priority to protect our families, our community, our food, farm workers and the environment. In fact, California has the most stringent standards in the nation when it comes to the approval and use of organic and […]
CPS Conference Focuses on Traceability, Implementation and Responsive Research
by Grower-Shipper Association of Central California The Grower Shipper Association of Central California staff joined farmers, farming companies, scientists, trade organization representatives and public health officials at the annual Center for Produce Safety (CPS) Research Symposium in Austin, Texas last week. Key themes included discussions about the importance of traceability system improvements throughout the supply […]
Jim Bogart Retires from GSA after 40 Years of Service
by Abby Taylor-Silva In 1979 a Junior Attorney was just beginning a career in labor and employment in bustling Los Angeles, his home since birth, when he got a phone call from a college friend saying that her family’s company and others were looking for a new labor attorney to work for Western Growers out […]
New GSA Blog Strives to Enhance Communications Beginning with Food Safety Update
Traditionally, the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California (GSA) staff and Board of Directors have sent regular updates to our members, the affiliated agricultural community as well as elected officials with information on a wide range of issues from water quality to labor to food safety to new technologies. Because farming is such a vital part […]