Former Dole owner David Murdock dead at 102
David Murdock, the last of the old-school Los Angeles developers who helped transform greater Thousand Oaks into a major corporate center, has died at age 102. Murdock, a high school dropout from Missouri, built homes in Phoenix and Los Angeles in the boom years of the 1980s. After observing the growing use of leverage in Read More →
Summit addresses need for affordable farmworkers housing
The lack of affordable housing for Ventura County’s thousands of farmworkers was the focus of a May 8 conference aimed at developers. “We’re trying to bring awareness to local developers to keep their minds open to serving farmworkers in their projects,” Ken Trigueiro, who sits on the board of House Farm Workers, which put on Read More →
Summit addresses need for affordable farmworkers housing
The lack of affordable housing for Ventura County’s farmworkers was the focus of panel discussions at a May 8 program in Santa Paula. “We’re trying to bring awareness to local developers to keep their minds open to serving farmworkers in their projects,” Ken Trigueiro, who sits on the board of House Farm Workers, which put Read More →
Agromin, Limoneria partner on commercial-scale composting facility
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Hub-Western Growers insurance partnership blooming
Three months after they joined forces, the Hub International Limited/Western Growers Insurance Services partnership is blooming. With offices throughout California, including the Central Coast, Hub announced in November that it had acquired the retail insurance brokerage business of the Western Growers Association. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Chicago, Hub is a Read More →
Trump policies impacting Ag in tri-county region
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