Ag Council welcomes our newest members: Wawona Frozen Foods and the following nurseries: Belmont Nursery, Everde Growers, Four Winds Growers, Frantz Wholesale Nursery, Green Acres Nursery & Supply, Matsuda’s Nursery, Kawahara Nurseries and Otto & Sons Nursery.
Ag Council President Emily Rooney said, “These farmer-owned businesses join existing members to build upon the agricultural diversity of our membership. Ag Council is energized to add to our base of respected members, and we look forward to working on their behalf to achieve positive public policy outcomes.”
Wawona Frozen Foods
Founded in 1963, Wawona Frozen Foods specializes in the growing and freezing of a variety of fresh fruit. From orchard to table, the business produces fruit, including fresh frozen peaches, strawberries, pears, plums, and unique mixed fruit blends.
The family-owned company supplies the retail, club store, food service, school, and food ingredient industries from its three processing plants in Clovis, Fresno and Watsonville.
“We are pleased to join Ag Council and participate in the association among its esteemed members,” said Blake Smittcamp of Wawona Frozen Foods.
Emily Rooney said, “I welcome the Smittcamp family and Wawona Frozen Foods to Ag Council. Together, I know we will further strengthen our unified voice on legislative and regulatory issues.”
Click HERE to go to the Wawona Frozen Foods website.
Nursery Members
Ag Council also extends a warm welcome to our new members from the nursery sector.
Michael Frantz of Frantz Wholesale Nursery, said, “Like all of agriculture, the nursery industry needs to grow its voice in Sacramento. Ag Council’s deep relationships with decision-makers made them an obvious choice. With Emily and Tricia on my team I can keep my focus on growing plants.”
Emily Rooney said, “Ag Council is pleased to have several nurseries join our membership to help us become an even stronger organization advocating at the state level.”
Ag Council welcomes the following plant nurseries to its membership.
Belmont Nursery
Belmont Nursery of Fresno provides quality plant material to Central and Northern California’s landscape professionals and retail garden centers. In addition, the 10-acre retail garden center offers trees, shrubs and flowers for home projects.
For more information, please click HERE.
Everde Growers
Everde Growers is one of the largest outdoor nursery plant growers in the nation and a leader in the horticulture industry. With 14 farm locations, Everde’s inventory mix includes a variety of trees, shrubs, perennials, succulents, grasses, and numerous other products.
Click HERE for more information.
Four Winds Growers
Four Winds Growers is a wholesale nursery stock producer of citrus, olives and other types of edible plants and shrubs. It is a fourth-generation business that began in 1949 and is based in Watsonville.
Please go to the link HERE to learn more.
Frantz Wholesale Nursery, LLC
Frantz Wholesale Nursery grows containerized trees and shrubs for landscape projects and the retail trade. The nursery grows a broad range of fruit trees, citrus, figs, and more, including California natives, shade trees, groundcovers and perennials.
More information is available HERE.
Green Acres Nursery & Supply and Matsuda’s Nursery
Green Acres Nursery & Supply and Matsuda’s Nursery comprise nursery growing operations and retail garden centers growing woody ornamentals, perennials, vegetables, and house plants.
Click HERE for Green Acres Nursery and HERE for Matsuda’s Nursery.
Kawahara Nurseries
Since the early 1940s, Kawahara Nurseries has worked to grow and supply quality nursery plants and operates with multiple generations of family members and over 200 employees. Kawahara Nurseries offers more than 10,000 plan varieties and grows in two facilities in Morgan Hill and Gilroy.
Visit Kawahara Nurseries by clicking HERE.
Otto & Sons Nursery
With over 43 years in the business, Otto & Sons Nursery supplies independent retail garden centers and landscapers and strives to offer the best selection and the highest quality plant material.
To learn more about Otto & Sons Nursery, click HERE.