{"id":10000,"date":"2015-12-22T08:00:31","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=10000"},"modified":"2015-12-22T08:00:31","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T15:00:31","slug":"social-responsibility-grows-into-a-tradition-at-fowler-packing-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/12\/22\/social-responsibility-grows-into-a-tradition-at-fowler-packing-company\/","title":{"rendered":"Social responsibility grows into a tradition at Fowler Packing Company"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10001\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fowler-Halos.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10001\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10001\" src=\"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fowler-Halos-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Jim Bates (CFO, Fowler Packing Company), Karen Ross (CDFA Secretary), Dennis Parnagian (President and Co-owner, Fowler Packing Company), Ken Esraelian (Plant Manager, Fowler Packing Company).\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fowler-Halos-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fowler-Halos-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Fowler-Halos.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fowler Packing Company CFO Jim Bates, CDFA Secretary Karen Ross, Fowler President and Co-owner Dennis Parnagian, and Fowler Plant Manager Ken Esraelian.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Established in 1950, Fowler Packing has been a staple in the Fresno community, operating two packing, cooling, and storage facilities covering more than 650,000 square feet at the company\u2019s Fresno location. The company\u2019s day-to-day achievements, like providing jobs and getting a lot of produce ready for the rest of us, are worthy of recognition \u2013 but what brought CDFA Secretary Karen Ross to the Fresno area for a tour recently was a different kind of accomplishment.<\/p>\n<p>The legacy of Fowler Packing includes a tradition of social responsibility which includes providing free meals at an onsite cafeteria (\u201cCocina de Samuel\u201d\/\u201cSam\u2019s Kitchen\u201d) every day to several shifts of workers, not to mention access to a health clinic for the workers and their families.\u00a0The company also maintains an active partnership with the Community Food Bank of Fresno.<\/p>\n<p>Fowler President and co-owner Dennis Parnagian summed it up well: \u201cThis is what we do.\u00a0 We want to take care of our family, our employees and we have the chance to reinvest in our company year after year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Secretary Ross added, \u201cFowler Packing is a wonderful example of the many multi-generational farm families I meet every year who have worked hard to grow their business, add family members to the team and vertically integrate to meet the ever-expanding demand of consumers for healthy California grown products.\u00a0It is my great honor to work with such great people!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the tour, Fowler Packing Company Chief Financial Officer Jim Bates spoke along with Secretary Ross at an event encouraging agricultural donations to food banks at the Community Food Bank in Fresno. 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