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Western Plant Health Association (WPHA) represents "the interests of the fertilizer and crop protection manufacturers, distributors, formulators and retailers in California, Arizona and Hawaii. WPHA members market commercial fertilizers, soil amendments, agricultural minerals and crop protection products." [1]]

History

In April 2004, the California Plant Health Association (CPHA) announced that it would change its name to Western Plant Health Association to represent "the regulatory, legislative and communications interests" of its member companies. [2]

The CPHA itself had been formed in late 2000 as a result of the merger of the California Fertilizer Association and the Western Crop Protection Association. [3]

In 2003 and early 2004 the CPHA unsuccessfully campaigned against the Mendocino Country Measure H to ban the genetically engineered crops. The group spent $34,366 in December 2003 hiring the Sacramento-based law firm Olsen, Hagel & Fishburn in an unsuccessful attempt to sue the county to force a change in the wording of the proposed measure. [4]

Other groups hired as part of the campaign were the market research group Nichols Research Group and Woodward & McDowell, a Burlingame political consulting and PR firm.

While CPHA and CropLife America massively outspent supporters of the measure, they suffered a humiliating defeat. The measure passed by a margin of 56% to 43%. [5]

The failure of CPHA's campaign to defeat Measure H was ridiculed by conservative PR consultant and commentator Ross S. Irvine. "As part of its campaign, the industry took the uninspired position that the measure was badly written, would be costly and result in a tax increase. Such a notion was bland, even cold, compared to global adoration," he wrote.

For Irvine, who enthusiastically backs the biotech industry, the industry's defeat offered an important lesson. "...Passion, not money, is vital to earning public support. Passion is developed long before an issue becomes political," he wrote. [6]

Staff

Steven R. Beckley - President/CEO
Renee Pinel - Director of Policy and Legislation
Kevin Keefer - Director of Environmental and Regulatory Affairs
Richard Cornett - Director of Communications
Bonnie Nichols - Director of Administrative Services

Office bearers

Glenn Stith Chairman - Monsanto Agricultural
Steve Mansfield, Vice Chairman - H.J. Baker
Walt Johnson Secretary/Treasurer The Lyman Group.
ZÃ¶e Henderson, Dow AgroSciences,
Steve Gillette, PotashCorp
Steve Alexander, Helena Chemical Co.
Steve Beckley President as well as CEO

Also members of the Board of Directors are:

Tom Beardsley Beardsley & Son, Inc.
Neil Budge Crompton Uniroyal Chemical
Johnny Council The Tremont Group
Rich French Bear River Supply
Gordon Miller Western Farm Service
Lonnie Sloan E.I. DuPont De Nemours Co.
Bob Smith CALAMCO
Dean Storkan Trical, Inc
Jack Wackerman Haifa Nutritech [7]

Contact information

4460 Duckhorn Drive, Suite A

Sacramento, CA 95834

Phone: (916) 574-9744

Fax: (916) 574-9484

Web: http://www.healthyplants.org

External links

Steve Beckley, "State plant health group celebrates first anniversary", Western Farm Press, Nov 3, 2001.
Paul Elias, "California County Ballot Measure to Ban Biotech Crops Scares Industry: Calif. County to Vote on Modified Plants', Associated Press, January 9, 2004.
Mike Geniella, "Biotech backers pile on cash in Mendocino: $150,000 to fight modified crop ban brings total to $500,000", The Press Democrat, March 2, 2004.
"Mendocino County: Measures", The Press Democrat, March 4, 2004.
Mike Geniella, "Mendocino County voters ban biotech crops: First county in U.S. to bar gene-altered farming", The Press Democrat, March 3, 2004.
Ross S. Irvine, "'They had the money, we had the people': Passion defeats well financed biotech PR campaign", ePublic Relations, March 2004.

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protection of farmers, farm workers and nearby communities is integral to sustaining the lifeblood of our societies, and is a top priority for WPH member companies.

That’s why our products are rigorously tested, scientifically scrutinized and strictly regulated.

WPH promotes worker training to ensure the safe and responsible use of fertilizer and pesticide products.

We educate children about the importance of farming by sponsoring school gardens in urban elementary schools.

We advocate for the elimination of food deserts that do not provide vulnerable, urban communities with access to fresh produce.

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WESTERN PLANT HEALTH APPLAUDS VETO OF CALIFORNIA ASSEMBLY BILL 2146

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Sept. 29, 2022 Western Plant Health Applauds Veto of California Assembly Bill 2146 Governor Sticks to Sounds Science in ...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Sept. 29, 2022

Western Plant Health Applauds Veto of California Assembly Bill 2146

Governor Sticks to Sounds Science in Rejecting Measure Promoting Unnecessary Pesticide Regulations that Would Have Put Crops as Risk

SACRAMENTO, CA – Western Plant Health voiced support for Governor Gavin Newsom’s veto of California Assembly Bill 2146, which would have taken pesticide regulations out of the hands of scientists.

“Governor Newsom has demonstrated a highly laudable commitment to trusting science as his guide for making major policy decision,” said Renee Pinel, President & CEO of WPH. “We are pleased that he has again followed sound science and reason in rejecting this proposed law.”

Assembly Bill 2146 sought to adopt restrictions in urban and suburban areas on a class of pesticides known asneonicotinoids, which are used to combat a variety of pests, including mosquitos, bed bugs, fleas, cockroaches and a range of invasive species. Neonicotinoids are also vital for protecting backyard fruit and citrus trees that help provide important nutrition to families around the state.

Pinel said that the proposed law ignored the fact neonicotinoids prevent the spread of the Asian Citrus Psyilid (ACP) from residential trees to agriculture, including California’s $2-billion citrus industry. This is important, she said, because an estimated 8 in 10 citrus trees are grown in urban areas.

In addition, AB 2146 would have created more tinder for wildfires, Pinel said, “because the legislation would have limited use of a pesticide that protects trees and plants in forests and fire-prone areas.”

California already has the most restrictive regulatory environment in the country, and the Department of Pesticide Regulations is working to release the most conservative regulations that will impact the use of neonicotinoid products. WPH supports the Governor’s commitment to allowing the regulatory process move forward based on science and not politics.

For more information, please contact: Stevan Allen at stevan@amplify360inc.com / (916) 718-2999

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Name	Title	Compensation	Date of data
Renee Pinel	President and Chief Executive Officer	$177,671	2020-03-24
Sharon Halligan	Director of Administrative Services		2020-03-24
Moina Fong	Director of Programs		2020-03-24
Kayla Gangl	Director of Public Outreach and Communications		2020-03-24
Ken Burdullis	Chairman	$0	2018-12-31
...and 3 more key personnel	...and 3 more key personnel	...and 3 more key personnel	...and 3 more key personnel

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