When it comes to explaining why Don Ed Holmes and his Weslaco, Texas onion packing and marketing business is so successful, one of the Midwest’s most-established distributors of fruits and vegetables has a simple answer. “Don Ed runs a good operation. He’s good with his farmers and good with his customers,” explained Joe Comito, Chairman […]
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) was well received as a successor to the unpopular No Child Left Behind Act but it hasn’t made much of a splash in the pupil transportation arena, professionals on opposite coasts agree. Eric Woolson provides details in his latest story for School Transportation News in its April issue.
The effects of long-term climate changes, the issue of aging irrigation infrastructure and competing demands for water in the Pacific Northwest were topics of a summit organized by the Washington State Potato Commission to devise a strategic plan for the industry. Read Eric Woolson’s latest article in the March/April issue of Potato Country magazine.
Eric Woolson writes in “Video has Drivers’ Backs” the March issue of School Transportation News magazine: “Once considered a means to modify student behavior, at best, or capture proof of unruly conduct, onboard video systems are delivering a gold mine of data. Still, as more school districts and transportation contractors have employed video systems in […]
Getting U.S. potatoes onto the ocean, into other countries and through various chemical screening standards are factors that will influence bottom-line revenues for growers and processors in the year ahead, according to Eric Woolson’s latest article in the current issue of Potato County magazine.
Eric Woolson writes in “Pursuing Excellence” for the February issue of School Transportation news that school transportation industry firms like Auto-Jet Mufflers, Blue Bird Corp., IC Bus, Seon, Trans Tech and Collins Bus are seeking and adopting certifications standards to improve efficiency, add value in a competitive marketplace.
Writing his first article for New Yorker magazine, Max Rubin’s article, “Iowa Caucus’s Catnip King,” begins: Eric Woolson’s office, in West Des Moines, is decorated with images of politicians and cats. The former are photographs of clients past and present (President George W. Bush, Mayor Steve Gaer, County Supervisor Robert Brownell), and the latter are […]
Improving the characteristics of the long day onion is a mission decades in the making for generations of plant breeders, but Juan Carlos Brevis is hopeful that he and his colleagues will eventually shorten — and complete — that journey. Brevis leads the onion breeding team at the Bayer research station in Brooks Ore. His […]
The latest article by Eric Woolson, the ever-curious, always-versatile owner of The Concept Works, is featured in the current issue of Potato Country magazine. Farmers in the Pacific Northwest’s Columbia Basin may be facing challenges from late blight or blackleg in the 2016 growing season. Click on “Experts: Keep Watchful Eye on Late Blight, Blackleg […]
Eric Woolson, owner of The Concept Works and a veteran of six presidential campaigns, appeared today on the Iowa Public Television program “Iowa Press” to discuss the the state’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses. Woolson appeared with Brad Anderson, a Des Moines Democratic strategist who was communications director for then-Gov. Chet Culver, served as Iowa state director […]
