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Here is what people are saying about the NWA:

  • “The NWA has been invaluable to Multicorr in our marketing efforts. We are newcomers to the watermelon industry (3 years) and have found the Vineline a key marketing tool to easily reach our core audience. The NWA offers a proven and effective platform for entertaining our existing customers and spending quality time with our targeted potential customers. Through the NWA – we continue to grow our produce bin business.”
    John Goodloe,
    Vice President
  • “The NWA Transportation Program is a service designed specifically for our shippers that is managed and operated on behalf of NWA by C. H. Robinson Worldwide. It provides extensive regional capacity capability, competitive rates, 24/7/365 communication and sophisticated logistics cost analysis tools. The program is a bottom line value that assists our members in retaining existing customers and growing new business opportunities.”
    Jim Schmidt
  • “What does the NWA do for its members? This is something that I live by in my business.
    The difference is in ‘We’ and ‘I’.
    ‘I’ is one, and ‘We’ are many with the NWA. We promote and work on all issues affecting the watermelon business together, and We improve our companies and the watermelon business as a whole.”
    Nowell Borders –
    Borders Melons
  • “As an allied member of the National Watermelon Association, International Paper is proud of its support and participation in the association. The NWA provides both outstanding leadership in the produce category and great opportunities for allied members like IP to interface with the membership of the association, many of which are our customers. Whether it is a product safety issue involving packaging, promotion opportunities, or other industry trends, the NWA provides its membership with real time information for the betterment of the industry. Thanks NWA.”
    Jim Mastropietro – International Paper
  • “The most important thing to me in the NWA is networking with the people who attend and support the industry through their unselfish contributions, year after year, whether through mere attendance, service, donations, ideas, or love of the industry. They are the glue that holds this industry and this Association together, and allows a group to do more positive good than we, as individuals, can do separately. The members, with special emphasis given to board members and officers, committee members, and others willing to sacrifice personal interest for overall industry health and growth, are the backbone of the Association and the industry. That allows us to have a more organized, better, healthy, and growing industry. That is why I support NWA.”
    Anita Field –
    Wabash Valley Growers
  • “The NWA helps any person, Grower, Company, or group that needs help with any segment of the watermelon industry.”
    Tommy Smith –
    Labelle, Florida
  • “From promotions to safety issues to simply bringing us together, and acting as the mouthpiece of all the vital pieces of the American watermelon industry, the National Watermelon Association is a vital and dynamic organization. Nunhems USA recognizes this fact -- which is why we expend significant energy and a large portion of our marketing budget year after year ensuring the highest visibility to the breadth of the NWA: how they touch, and greatly benefit, virtually every segment of the watermelon chain.”
    Travis Estvold -
    Nunhems USA
  • “The NWA is the Strength, Heart, and Soul of the Watermelon Industry. Through the voluntary effort of networking together, growers, shippers, and associates continue to keep Watermelon at the forefront of the produce industry insuring infrastructure from Farm to Consumer.”
    Greg Leger –
    Leger & Son
  • “During the 2012 season there was an outbreak of salmonella in cantaloupe in southern Indiana close to where watermelons were being shipped. The information that NWA was able to obtain and quickly got out to its members allowed us to be proactive with our customers and helped us to keep shipping.”
    Chris Bloebaum –
    Delta Fresh Sales
  • “Without the NWA, I wouldn't be known in the NASCAR world as "Melon". This seemingly meaningless nickname has enabled us to capture a much larger audience's attention than the average racer with the average sponsor.
    "Watermelons" and "NASCAR" were not associated with each other in the past. Well, together we are changing that. With help from the NWA, we are putting watermelons on the forefront of NASCAR fans’ minds across the country and Canada.
    When fans see me at a NASCAR race, they don't have to look very far to see watermelons, and of course a watermelon queen. The queen program is another advantage that we utilize to put watermelons on the top of NASCAR fans’ weekly grocery lists.”
    Ross Chastain –
    NASCAR Driver
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NWA Political Action Committee (PAC)

The NWA is assembling a PAC that will support the candidacy of key federal politicians that will help to advance our efforts and needs in Washington. All contributions to the PAC are 'personal checks', and will include your membership on a PAC Board. Click here for more information or to find out how you can make a contribution.

Contacting Your Federal Legislators

Do you want to tell your State’s U.S. Senators or your U.S. House Representative how you feel about an issue?   Do you want to support the legislative efforts of the NWA?

Well, you can, and easily. Simply click on the link below and follow the steps to send an email to your legislators. Let your voice be heard!

CLICK HERE TO CONTACT D.C.

A REPORT PREPARED FOR THE PARTNERSHIP FOR A NEW AMERICAN ECONOMY

No Longer Home GrownAND THE AGRICULTURE COALITION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM discusses how labor shortages are increasing America’s reliance on imported fresh produce and slowing U.S. economic growth.

Click here to review the comprehensive report.

PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT (ObamaCare)

Health Care ReformA large part of the news in the Spring of 2010 was about the new health care law. Do you know what you need to know? Is your business included? What are the requirements? When do they go into effect?

Click here for more information

 

Electronic Employment Verification

E-Verify is a federal system designed to verify the accuracy of worker documents, and may be part of immigration reform. Find out what it is and how it works by clicking on the two documents below.

Electronic Employment Verification
E-Verify

 

Employer/Contractor Responsibility of Migrant Workers

Do you employ migrant workers regularly or for a short period of time (or do you work with a third party company that provides the workers to you?)

Do you know that you may have as much responsibility for those workers as the third party company does? It is commonly referred to as “Joint Employment.”

Attached is an article written jointly by workers and growers lawyers. They agree that growers should be well informed about the laws.

Click here to read MSPA Joint Employer

 

Labor Audits and Raids

Are you prepared if the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes to your business to conduct an audit or raid?  What about the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) or the Department of Labor (DOL)?

Did you know that you, as an employer have certain rights and those agencies have to follow procedures?

Click here for more information:

Labor Audits and Raids
How Do You Respond When ICE Shows Up At Your Business

 

Compliance Guide for Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling

COOL Best Practices
COOL Compliance
COOL White Paper

 

A new PACA rule allows a buyers and sellers to extend payment past 30 days

Click here

 

NWA 2013 FEDERAL PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES

In a cooperative effort with our members, industry and our federal lobbying partners, the Public Affairs Committee of the NWA, chaired by Greg Leger of Cordele, Georgia, has established a set of priorities that guide the NWA’s efforts in Washington to pursue legislation, rules and regulations that will help (not hinder) the association, and in many cases – the industry. Click on the link below, and take a look at what our focus in 2013 and the near future is on your behalf, and see how you can help along the way.

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U.S. Watermelon Standards
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