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Industry Profiles W - Z
WASHINGTON AGRICULTURE
& FORESTRY EDUCATION
FOUNDATION
9211 E. Mission, Suite J
Spokane, WA 99206-4096
509-926-9126; FAX 509-926-6993
E-mail: leaders@agforestry.org
Web site: www.agforestry.org
David Roseleip, President
E-mail: dave@agforestry.org
The AgForestry Leadership program offers an array of seminars to help participants increase and expand their leadership skills, including two study travel seminars in the United States and internationally.
WASHINGTON APPLE
COMMISSION
PO Box 18; Wenatchee, WA 98807
509-663-9600, Ext. 234
FAX 509-662-5824
Web site: www.bestapples.com
The purpose of the commission is to administer the federal MAP grants, to protect the Washington apple logo, and to subsidize industry organizations. The commission has 14 board members, nine growers and four shippers, and one representative from the Washington Department of Agriculture.
WASHINGTON APPLE
EDUCATION FOUNDATION
PO Box 3720; Wenatchee, WA 98807-3720
509-663-7713; FAX 509-663-7469
Web site: www.waef.org
Jennifer Witherbee, Executive Director
E-mail: www.waef.org
The Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) fosters educational opportunities, encourages academic excellence and promotes awareness of the values of Washington's tree fruit industry.
WAEF is best known for providing and managing industry scholarships. Yearly, over $100,000 is pledged to students continuing their education at community colleges and four-year universities. Scholarships are made honoring the memory of industry leaders, in the name of industry organizations, and through funds voluntarily contributed to WAEF.
A farmworker education program is also coordinated and promoted by WAEF with the goal to improve scholastic success of farmworkers and their families. The program provides college scholarships to the students of farmworkers, to farmworkers themselves, and to organization providing educational enhancements to farmworkers and their families. "English as a Second Language" curricula, summer learning programs, and library book purchases are a few of the programs receiving support from WAEF.
Funding for WAEF is voluntary with support coming from growers, packers, shippers, industry suppliers and others. WAEF is governed by a board of directors consisting of industry members and by various committees.
WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION
OF WINE GRAPE GROWERS
PO Box 716; Cashmere, WA 98815
509-782-8234; FAX 509-782-1203
Web site: www.wawgg.org
Vicky Scharlau, Executive Director
Paul Champoux, Chair
The Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers are advocates for the business interests of Washington wine growers and producers whether they are new or seasoned. The vision of the Association is to encourage a positive business environment that allows continued growth and production of world-class, Washington-grown wines. WAWGG was organized in 1983 and is supported solely by membership dues and proceeds from an annual educational meeting and trade show held each February, as well as other educational events held throughout the year.
Association activities include work on Vinewise, the Washington guide to sustainable viticulture, support for cold hardiness work, an annual suggested price list and market analysis, a grape dating service for buying and selling grapes and bulk wine, training growers to be Washington wine ambassadors, supporting the Washington Viticulture and Enology Education Consortium, building a Latino viticulture education program, representing the industry on issues including water, minimum wage indexing, drift, and plant quarantines at both state and federal levels, and a plant improvement and education effort.
The nine members of the board are elected by peers and serve three-year terms. There is a representation from growers, winemakers, and others associated with the wine grape industry.
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WASHINGTON CHERRY
MARKETING COMMITTEE
Administers Federal Marketing Order 923
United States Department of Agricultural
105 S. 18th Street, Suite 205
Yakima, WA 98901-2176
509-453-4837, Ext 202; Fax/509-453-4880
BJ Thurlby, Administrator
Marketing Order 923 is designed to help stabilize market conditions for cherries. The program assists growers in allowing them to collectively work to solve marketing problems. The industry voluntarily entered into the program and chose to have Federal over- sight of certain aspects of their operations. The Marketing Order Administration Branch of the Fruit and Vegetable Programs oversees the program to make sure the order operates in the public interest and within legal bounds. Assessment fees are collected from handlers to cover operation and administrative costs for the local administration of the program.
WASHINGTON GROWERS
CLEARING HOUSE ASSN.
1505 North Miller, Suite 260, PO Box 2207
Wenatchee, WA 98807-2207
509-662-6181; FAX 509-664-6670
Web site: www.waclearinghouse.org
Kirk Mayer, Manager
E-mail: kmayer@waclearinghouse.org
Serving some 2,200 grower-members in both north and south central Washington State, the organization disseminates marketing information. The association also acts as a vehicle to enable and facilitate grower participation in industry, state, and federal discussions of issues and regulatory processes impacting growers. It is governed by an elected 24-member tree fruit grower board of directors and is member- funded.
The marketing information provided over the years by the Clearing House has evolved into an extensive and timely tracking of pricing and movement of fruit according to grade, size, and pack of apples, pears, cherries, and other soft fruits. The Clearing House monitors both domestic and export sales.
The information is available to grower-members via a weekly newsletter and on the Internet. Internet reports include the weekly bulletin, daily market updates, annual summaries, storage and shrink information, and organic sales. Annual apple and pear summaries are also published showing a compilation of the monthly average f.o.b. price received for all major varieties separated by storage type. Red and Golden Delicious information includes monthly grade and size breakdowns.
WASHINGTON
GROWERS LEAGUE
406 West Chestnut Avenue
Yakima, WA 98902
509-575-6315; FAX 509-452-4834
E-mail: info@growersleague.org
Mike Gempler, Executive Director
The Washington Growers League assists growers, packers, processors, and other employers in dealing with all agricultural labor-related issues. The league performs an advocacy function for ag employers on labor and employment legislation and regulations. At present, the league is representing member interests with regard to such issues as immigration, farmworker occupational safety and health, farmworker housing, wage and hour laws and regulations, and seasonal unemployment, among others. The league offers compliance handbooks, consultation, legal information, and training to its members.
The Growers League also runs a housing program that assists growers with employee housing development and manages the cherry harvest rent-a-tent program.
WASHINGTON-OREGON
CANNING PEAR ASSOCIATION
105 S. 18th Street, Suite 218
Yakima, WA 98901
509-576-3088; FAX 509-453-4880
E-mail: wocpa@yvn.com
Jay Grandy, Secretary/Manager
The association represents Bartlett pear producers in Oregon and Washington states. The association was formed to bargain on behalf of member producers with canning pear processors in Oregon and Washington to establish the per-ton price growers receive for their Bartlett pears of a determined grade and size.
In addition to its bargaining mandate, the association has become an information clearing house for both canners and Bartlett pear producers in the two states.
The association works closely with both fresh and canned product promoters and marketers to boost the sales and consumption of canned pears, including the Pear Bureau Northwest and the Pacific Northwest Canned Pear Service.
WASHINGTON
STATE FARM BUREAU
PO 2009, 1011 10th Ave SE
Olympia, WA 98507-2009
360-357-9975, 800-331-3276
Web site: www.wsfb.com
Dean Boyer, Public Relations Director
E-mail: dboyer@wsfb.com
Dan Wood, Government Relations Director
E-mail: dwood@wsfb.com
Linda Harvey, Retro/Safety Program Director
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WASHINGTON
STATE FRUIT COMMISSION
105 South 18th Street, Suite 205
Yakima, WA 98901
509-453-4837; FAX 509-453-4880
E-mail: stonefruit@wastatefruit.com
Web site: www.wastatefruit.com
B.J. Thurlby, President
JoAnne Daniels, Treasurer
The Washington State Fruit Commission is a nonprofit political subdivision of the State of Washington. The commission collects assessments on sweet cherries, peaches, apricots, prunes, plums, pears, and nectarines for the purpose of promotion, advertising, education, and consumer research.
WASHINGTON
STATE GRAPE SOCIETY
PO Box 267; Grandview, WA 98930
509-786-7888; FAX 509-786-7880
Web site: www.grapesociety.org
Jack Watson, Board President
Debbi Heintz, Executive Secretary
The purpose of the Washington State Grape Society nonprofit organization is for the overall advancement of the grape industry in Washington State. Its duties include collecting and distributing valuable data and information to our members, and protecting and assisting the grape interest in the state. Members are growers and industry personnel who have an interest in and lend their assistance to promoting the organization's purpose.
The society organizes an annual grape seminar and trade show every November. The annual proceedings and a simi-yearly newsletter are posted on the Web site. The Washington Grape Society serves as a unified voice on important issues, supports legislative activities, sponsors annual pruning strategies and demonstrations, awards an annual scholarship, organizes a summer tour, and recognizes the Grower of the Year and Walter J. Clore Award. Washington Grape Society will be celebrating their 35th anniversary as part of the annual meeting and trade show scheduled for November 16-17, 2006. Special guest speakers and topics are planned for this event at the Church of the Nazarene, 500 N. Elm, Grandview, Washington.
WASHINGTON STATE
HORTICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
Mailing address:
PO Box 136; Wenatchee, WA 98807
1505 North Miller, Suite 260
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-665-9641; FAX 509-665-8541
Web site: www.wahort.org
Jim Hazen, Executive Director
E-mail: :hazen@wahort.org
Steve Hull, Board President
The WSHA works to advance the tree fruit industry through education and training programs and it serves as the advocate on issues affecting the tree fruit industry, particularly on legislation and regulation.
Annual events the association hosts include a three-day meeting/postharvest conference and trade show that alternates between Wenatchee and Yakima each December, a memorial scholarship golf tournament in Chelan each August, and a tree fruit industry awareness day in Olympia each February.
The WSHA is supported entirely through voluntary memberships paid by orchardists, shippers, and related businesses and organizations. We are proud to say that over 2,500 individuals in the tree fruit industry currently call themselves WSHA members.
This year, the WSHA Annual Meeting, Postharvest Conference and Trade Show, which is the largest gathering of tree fruit industry members in the world, will take place December 4-6, 2006, in Yakima, Washington.
WASHINGTON
STATE UNIVERSITY
411B Hulbert Hall
Pullman, WA 99164-6230
509-335-2933; FAX 509-335-2926
Web site: ext.wsu.edu
Dr. Linda K. Fox
Dean and Director of Extension
E-mail: lkfox@wsu.edu
Dr. Ed Adams, Director of Agriculture
and Natural Resources Programs
E-mail: adamsE@wsu.edu
WSU Spokane, PO Box 1495
Spokane, WA 99210-1495
509-358-7960; FAX 509-358-7900
DEPARTMENTS
School of Economic Sciences
Dr. Ron Mittelhammer, Chair; 509-335-5555
E-mail: mittelha@wsu.edu
Biological Systems Engineering
Dr. Claudio Stockle, Chair; 509-335-1578
E-mail: stockle@wsu.edu
Plant Pathology
Dr. Timothy Murray, Chair; 509-335-9541
E-mail: plpchair@wsu.edu
Crop & Soil Sciences
Dr. William Pan, Chair, 509-335-3611
E-mail: wlpan@wsu.edu
Entomology
Dr. Richard Zack, Chair; 509-335-3394
E-mail: zack@wsu.edu
Food Science & Human Nutrition
Dr. Barry Swanson, Co-Chair; 509-335-3793
E-mail: swansonb@wsu.edu
Dr. Boon P. Chew, Co-Chair; 509-335-1427
E-mail: boonchew@wsu.edu
Horticulture & Landscape Architecture
Dr. William Hendrix, Chair; 509-335-9502
E-mail: hendrix@wsu.edu
Dr. Preston Andrews; 509-335-3603
Physiology‹Crop Management
Dr. B.W. Poovaiah; 509-335-2487
Physiology-Growth Regulators
Dr. John Fellman; 509-335-3454
Postharvest Physiology
E-mail: fellman@wsu.edu
Extension Specialists
Dr. Herb Hinman; 509-335-2855
Farm Business Management,
E-mail: hinman@wsu.edu
Carol Ramsay; 509-335-9222
Entomologist, Pesticide Education,
E-mail: ramsay@wsu.edu
RESEARCHERS
Dr. Ken Casavant; 509-335-1608
Transportation
E-mail: casavantk@wsu.edu
Dr. Raymond Folwell; 509-335-1005, Fruit
E-mail: folwell@wsu.edu
Dr. Thomas Wahl; 509-335-6653
Director, IMPACT
E-mail: wahl@wsu.edu
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WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY AREA TREE FRUIT
Extension Educators
Benton-Franklin Counties
1121 Dudley Avenue; Prosser, WA 99350
509-786-5609; FAX 509-786-5525
Gwen-Alyn Hoheisel
Chelan-Douglas-Okanogan Counties
303 Palouse Street
Wenatchee, WA 98801-2670
509-667-6540; FAX 509-667-6561
Web site: www.ncw.wsu.edu
Timothy J. Smith; E-mail: smithtj@wsu.edu
Grant-Adams Counties
35 C Street NW; Ephrata, WA 98823
509-754-2011; FAX 509-754-0163
Web site: grant-adams.wsu.edu
Karen Lewis; E-mail: kmlewis@wsu.edu
Skagit County
306 South First Street
Mt. Vernon, WA 98273-3805
360-428-4270; FAX 360-428-4263
Web site: skagit.wsu.edu
Don McMoran
E-mail: donaldm@co.skagit.wa.us
Whatcom County
1000 N. Forest Street, Suite 201
Bellingham, WA 98225-5594
360-676-6736; FAX 360-738-2458
Web site: whatcom.wsu.edu
Craig B. MacConnell;
E-mail: cbmac@wsu.edu
Yakima County
128 N. 2nd St., Room 233
Yakima County Courthouse
Yakima, WA 98901-2631
509-574-1600; FAX 509-574-1601
Web site: treefruit.yakima.wsu.edu
Dr. Dana Faubion
E-mail: faubiond@wsu.edu
Dr. Michael Bush
E-mail: bushm@wsu.edu
WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY MT. VERNON
RESEARCH & EXTENSION UNIT
16650 State Route 536
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
360-848-6131; FAX 360-848-6159
Web: mtvernon.wsu.edu/frt_hort/fruit_horticulture.htm
Dr. Debbie Inglis, Interim Director
Tree Fruit & Wine Grape Research
Gary Moulton, Horticulturist
E-mail: gamoulton@wsu.edu
WSU-Mt. Vernon fruit research programs provide both home orchard and commercial growers with information on tree fruit and wine grape varieties, hard cider production, improved culture methods, and potential alternative fruit crops. For dates and times of Field Days open to the public and further information on projects, please check the regularly updated Web page.
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WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY NATIONAL VIRUS
TESTED FRUIT TREE PROGRAM
WSU-IAREC
24106 North Bunn Road
Prosser, WA 99350-8694
FAX 509-786-9370
Web site: www.nrsp5.prosser.wsu.edu
Robert Stevens; 509-786-9385
Interim Director
E-mail: keastwell@wsu.edu
Bill Howell; 509-786-9251
Manager
E-mail: wehowell@wsu.edu
WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY PUYALLUP
RESEARCH &
EXTENSION CENTER
7612 Pioneer Way
Puyallup, WA 98371-4998
Dr. Jon Newkirk, Director Extension Specialists
Carrie Foss; 253-445-4577 IPM and Pesticide Safety Education
Dr. Arthur Antonelli; 253-445-4545 Extension Entomologist
Jenny Glass; 253-445-4582 Plant Diagnostician
WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY TREE FRUIT
RESEARCH &
EXTENSION CENTER
1100 North Western Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-663-8181; FAX 509-662-8714
Dr. Jay Brunner, Director; Ext. 238
SPECIALISTS
Dr. Bruce Barritt; Ext. 233
Apple Breeding/Orchard Systems
E-mail: etaplz@wsu.edu
Dr. Elizabeth Beers Peryea, Entomology
Ext. 234; E-mail: ebeers@wsu.edu
Dr. Jay F. Brunner; Ext. 238
Tree Fruit Pest Management
E-mail: jfb@wsu.edu
Dr. John Dunley; Ext. 236
Entomology/Resistance Management
E-mail: dunleyj@wsu.edu
Dr. Don Elfving; Ext. 252
Horticulture
E-mail:
David Granatstein; Ext. 222
Sustainable Agriculture
E-mail: granats@wsu.edu
Dr. Vincent P. Jones; Ext. 273
Pest Management of Deciduous Fruit Insects
E-mail: vpjones@wsu.edu
Dr. Eugene Kupferman; Ext. 239
Horticulturist/Postharvest
E-mail: kupfer@wsu.edu
Dr. Frank Peryea; Ext. 232
Soils/Mineral Nutrition
E-mail: FJPeryea@wsu.edu
Dr. Larry Schrader; Ext. 265
Physiology
E-mail: schrader@wsu.edu
Dr. Chang-Lin Xiao; Ext. 229
Epidemiology and Control of Fungal
and Bacterial Diseases of Tree Fruits
E-mail: clxiao@wsu.edu
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WASHINGTON STATE
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH &
EXTENSION CENTERS
WSU IRRIGATED AGRICULTURE
RESEARCH & EXTENSION CENTER
24106 North Bunn Road
Prosser, WA 99350-8694
509-786-2226; FAX 509-786-9370
Web site: www.prosser.wsu.edu
Dr. Robert G. Stevens, Interim Director
EXTENSION
Gary Ballard, Vineyard Manager
E-mail: gballard@wsu.edu
Dr. James Harbertson, Extension Enologist
E-mail: jfharbertson@wsu.edu
Dr. Mercy Olmstead
Extension Educator, Viticulture
E-mail: molmstead@prosser.wsu.edu
Dr. Robert Parker, Weed Science
E-mail: rparker@wsu.edu
Dr. Bob Stevens, Soil Management
E-mail: stevensr@wsu.edu
Dr. Doug Walsh, Entomology
E-mail: dwalsh@wsu.edu
CENTER FOR PRECISION AG
Dr. Fran Pierce, Director
E-mail: fjpierce@wsu.edu
Eileen Perry, Assistant Director
E-mail: eileen_perry@wsu.edu
Todd Elliott, Systems Analyst/Developer
E-mail:
Gary Matthews, Research Technician
E-mail: gmatthews@wsu.edu
Will Corsi, Technical Coordinator PAWS/AgWeatherNet
E-mail: wcorsi@wsu.edu
Dr. Jose L. Chavez, Post-Doctorate
E-mail: jlchavez@wsu.edu
Lynn Hartz, Technical Coordinator PAWS/AgWeatherNet
E-mail: lhartzi@wsu.edu
RESEARCHERS
Dr. Joan Davenport, Soil Science
E-mail: jdavenp@wsu.edu
Dr. Kenneth Eastwell, Viruses
E-mail: keastwell@wsu.edu
Dr. Gary Grove, Diseases
E-mail: grove@wsu.edu
Bill Howell, Viruses
E-mail: wehowell@wsu.edu
Dr. David James, Grape Entomology
E-mail: djames@wsu.edu
Dr. Markus Keller, Viticulture
E-mail: mkeller@wsu.edu
Dr. Ekaterini Riga, Nematode Control
(grapes and other crops)
E-mail: riga@wsu.edu
Dr. Sara Spayd, Wine Quality
E-mail: spayds@wsu.edu
Dr. Matt Whiting,Tree Fruit Physiology
E-mail: mdwhiting@wsu.edu
USDA-ARS
Dr. Julie Tarara, Micro-meteorologist‹Grapes
E-mail: jtarara@wsu.edu
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WASHINGTON TREE FRUIT
RESEARCH COMMISSION
1719 Springwater Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-665-8271; FAX 509-663-5827
Web site: www.treefruitresearch.org
James Doornink, Chair
Jim McFerson, Manager
Established by the Washington State legislature in 1969 as a political subdivision, the commission is grower-funded and grower-administered. Funding is achieved through a per-ton assessment on all commercial tree fruit producers in Washington State. Each year, the nine-member board allocates about $3,000,000 in research funding.
The overriding purpose of the commission is to support applied research that gives growers tools they can take to the field and immediately implement. The benefits that have accrued to Washington growers from their research investments are incalculable. There are few aspects of tree fruit production and handling the commission's research efforts have not addressed since its formation.
WASHINGTON
WINE INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
PO Box 716; Cashmere, WA 98815
509-782-1108; FAX 509-782-1203
Web site: www.washingtonwinefoundation.org
Vicky Scharlau, Executive Director
Roger Gamache, Chair
The Washington Wine Industry Foundation provides resources to meet the needs of the Washington wine industry. Organized in 2001 as a 501(c)(3), it seeks opportunities to administer scholarships and charitable donations, and to provide for or coordinate education, outreach and research programs. In many cases, WWIF partners with other industry organizations to fulfill these objectives.
The foundation is funded through contributions and grants made by individuals, companies, and organizations. Special fundraising events include a live and silent auction held during the Washington Association of Wine Grape Growers Annual Meeting in February, and the annual Wine Cup® golf tournaments held during the summer. Memorials made in honor of industry friends and family are also accepted by the foundation year-round. Donations to the 501(c)(3) non-profit are tax deductible as allowed by law. A volunteer board of directors and committees govern the foundation.
WENATCHEE VALLEY COLLEGE
Agriculture Department
1300 Fifth Street; Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-662-2660
Dr. Kent Mullinix, Director
E-mail: mullinix@wsu.edu
Jim DuBruille, Leo Garcia,
Francisco Sarmiento, Janet Heath
The Wenatchee Valley College (WVC) agriculture department has five courses of study supporting Washington State's tree fruit industry. 1) The Orchard Business Management Program provides extensive instruction to professional orchardists in financial management of the orchard business.
2) The Hispanic Horticulture Education Program utilizes a variety of educational means to increase the technical communication and academic skills of the industry's Hispanic work force. 3) The Integrated Pest Management (IPM) technician program is a three quarter intensive course of study. It is designed to prepare orchard-level field scouts or technicians that support orchardists, horticulturists, and IPM specialists to implement and carry out IPM programs. 4) The Washington Tree Fruit Program is the nation's largest, most intensive undergraduate pomology program. This program was developed and is offered in collaboration with the
Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture at Washington State University (WSU).
Students originate their studies at WVC and, after two years of study, take an additional two years of study with WSU. Studies through WSU can be conducted either at the WSU learning center in Wenatchee or on campus in Pullman. This integrated, cooperative program offers students the opportunity to earn Associate and Baccalaureate degrees, sequentially. Students may exit at either degree level. All classes and both degree programs are available in Wenatchee.
The curriculum features an exceptional combination of classroom and industry/orchard-based, experiential studies. Graduates prepare to function as leading professional horticulturists in the Pacific Northwest fruit industry.
5) The WVC agriculture department and WSU entomology department cooperatively developed and offer a Bachelor of Science degree in entomology, with a tree fruit IPM emphasis. The tree fruit IPM option is designed to train professional IPM specialists for deciduous tree fruit industries.
WENATCHEE VALLEY
TRAFFIC ASSOCIATION
37 South Wenatchee Avenue
Wenatchee, WA 98801
509-662-2138; FAX 509-662-3127
E-mail: ctp@wvtraffic.com
Charles T. Pomianek, Manager
Wenatchee Valley Traffic Association (WVTA) represents the storage operators, packers, and marketers of north central Washington on regulatory and legislative issues, mainly at the state level. Volunteer members serve on committees that focus on issues on interest. WVTA tabulates the movement of crops out of storage and through marketing channels. It keeps track of export destinations and estimates the balance of tree fruit on hand and in storage. The WVTA keeps the industry apprised of the movement of crops weekly throughout the state, with comparisons to previous years. WVTA was formed in 1917 to assist producers in negotiating freight rates for the industry, and in tracking industry accounts receivable. Although WVTA serves growers in that most packers/shippers are also growers, it does not directly serve the broader grower community.
The WVTA is a service organization with an emphasis on informational services. Program offerings include a medical/dental insurance program. Some of the other key services provided include the following: Daily market reports of after-sale data and weekly sales averages; weekly statewide fresh shipment reports and reflections of crop left on hand; monthly re-inventories of all fresh apples available for sale; weekly reports of industry accounts receivable from domestic and international customers; bulletin updates of information pertinent to the industry; state level lobby representation on legislative and regulatory issues; a range of industry meeting platforms for information, discussion, and action.
WESTERN WASHINGTON
HORTICULTURAL ASSN.
2017 Continental Place, #6
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
360-424-7327; FAX 360 424-9343
E-mail: wwaa@fidalgo.net
Web site: www.wwha.wsu.edu
Jimmy Ridgeway, President
Mike Shelby, Executive Secretary
Wanda Horton, Office Manager
The Western Washington Horticultural Association (WWHA) consists of members involved in the small fruit and vegetable industry in western Washington State. The purpose of the association is to keep its members informed on cultural procedure, crop protection, farm management, and regulatory issues of concern to them. The 2005 WWHA Convention will be at the Radisson Hotel at SeaTac Airport, near Seattle. Additional information is available on the Web site.
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WINE INSTITUTE
425 Market Street, Suite 1000
San Francisco, CA 94105
415-512-0151; FAX 415-442-0742
Web site: www.wineinstitute.org
Wine Institute is the public policy advocacy association of California wineries. Wine Institute brings together the resources of 915 wineries and affiliated businesses to support legislative and regulatory advocacy, international market development, media relations, scientific research, and education programs that benefit the entire California wine industry.
In addition to opposing franchise monopoly bills and seeking legislation that will allow wineries to ship limited quantities of wine direct to consumers, Wine Institute pursues numerous programs and community alliances and promotes sustainable business practices from the ground to the bottle.
The mission of the Wine Institute is to initiate and advocate state, federal and international public policy to enhance the environment for the responsible consumption and enjoyment of wine.
WINEAMERICA
1212 New York Avenue NW, Suite 425
Washington, D.C. 20005
202-783-2756; FAX 202-347-6341
Bill Nelson, President
E-mail: bnelson@wineamerica.org
With more than 800 members in 48 states, WineAmerica is the only national winery trade association. The Association encourages the dynamic growth and development of American wineries and winegrowing through the advocacy of sound public policy, and through communication with policymakers at all levels of government, the press, and academic institutions.
WINEGRAPE
GROWERS OF AMERICA
601 University Avenue, #135
Sacramento, CA 95825
916-924-5370; FAX 916-924-5374
E-mail: info@cawg.org
Karen Ross, Executive Director
Formed in 1978 to represent the national winegrape growing industry, the Winegrape Growers of America (WGA) is based on the power of unity, cooperation, and efficiency.
WGA serves as the national lobbying arm of the domestic winegrape industry and provides a forum for communication and exchange of information among member states.
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WINTER PEAR
CONTROL COMMITTEE
4382 SE International Way, Suite A
Milwaukie, OR 97222-4635
503-652-9720; FAX 503-652-9721
Kevin Moffitt, Manager
Marketing Order #927 (formerly the WPCC) has been amended to cover all Northwest Pears. The fresh winter pears, fresh Bartletts and other Summer/Fall fresh pears now are under the FRESH PEAR COMMITTEE, and processed pears are under the new PROCESSED PEAR COMMITTEE.
Northwest pear assessments are consolidated through the amended MO#927 to simplify and streamline the Northwest pear industry. (See FRESH PEAR COMMITTEE MO#927.)
WISCONSIN
APPLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
211 Canal Road; Waterloo, WI 53594
920-478-4277, 800-722-3120
FAX 920-478-9586
E-mail: office@waga.org
Web site: www.waga.org
Anna Maenner, Executive Director
The Wisconsin Apple Growers Association (WAGA) is the primary association for the Wisconsin apple industry. WAGA's mission is to unite apple growers in common pursuits of education, research, and market development; assist apple growers to profitably produce and market high quality apples in an environmentally friendly manner; promote the purchase and use of Wisconsin apple products, and educate consumers, growers, and legislators about apple products.
YAKIMA POMOLOGICAL CLUB
PO Box 10812; Yakima, WA 98909
509-697-9858; FAX 509-697-9884
Web site: www.pomclub.com
Chris Paganelli, Past President
Jim Cowin, President
Jered Carlson, Vice President
Dan Plath, Treasurer
Jason Matson, Secretary
Yakima Pomological Club is a nonprofit organization of commercial tree fruit growers and professional horticulturists, formed to provide a network for current education and to promote excellence in the fruit industry. In addition, it works in cooperation with other industry organizations, such as the Washington State Horticultural Association, in the sponsoring and staging of industry events. Northwest Hort Expo is December 4-5, 2006, in Yakima, Washington. Postharvest Conference is now a part of the Expo.
YAKIMA VALLEY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Agriculture Department
PO Box 22520
Yakima, WA 98907-2520
509-574-4784; FAX 509-574-6877
Programs in crop production/pest management, food technology, agribusiness management, viticulture, and enology, plus shortcourse offerings in wine basics prepare students for direct entry into the agriculture and wine industries or for transfer to specific four-year degree programs at Washington State University in Pullman.
YAKIMA VALLEY
GROWERS-SHIPPERS ASSN.
105 South 18th Street, Suite 116
Yakima, WA 98901
509-452-8555; FAX 509-452-8754
E-mail: yvgsa@yvgsa.com
Miles Kohl, Manager
The Yakima Valley Growers-Shippers Association (YVGSA) represents the interests of some 60 packers of fresh tree fruits in the Yakima Valley. Those fresh-pack operations, along with an additional 60 associate members who have an interest in the region's fruit packing industry, make up the YVGSA membership.
The association acts as an information clearing house and service provider for its members, and represents association member interests with regard to both regulatory and legislative issues at the local and state levels. The association offers an extensive package of statistical reports on the production, storage, and marketing of the region's fresh market fruits, and tracks industry accounts receivables on a weekly basis. Program offerings include a medical/ dental plan and a Washington State Department of Labor & Industries Retroactive Rating Plan. The YVGSA's board of directors and support committees consider issues, develop positions, and direct all association activities.
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