Company Info

Cal/West Seeds

Highway 16 & Rd 102
Woodland, CA 95695
530-666-3331
Fax: 530-666-5317
Website: http://www.calwestseeds.com

Key Personnel (Click name to email)
Paul Frey, President/CEO
Dr. Jon Reich, Exec. VP/COO/Dir. of Research
Bill Fife, Sr. Vice President/CFO

Company Profile

Cal/West Seeds officially came into being in January 1969, resulting from a merger of Calapproved Seed Growers, headquartered in Modesto, California, and Caladino Farm Seeds, Inc., with its main office in Artois, California. The two were rivals in seed production and marketing. It was said that "The two were virtually stepping over each other in seed production, sales and in the recruitment of seed growing members."

Caladino Farm Seeds had been in existence since 1939 and Calapproved Seed Growers was formed in 1950. Today, Cal/West Seeds maintains a membership of nearly 550 member growers, ranking it as the largest member-owned seed production cooperative in the United States. The company is headquartered in Woodland, California and is headed up by a nine-member board of directors, composed of member-growers and four operating officers.