SAVE OUR CROPS COALITION - Key Persons
Dave Simmons is a family farmer from Indiana. Dave has been farming for 29 years. Dave first planted grapes on his farm in 1998 and opened Simmons Winery in 2000.
Gary Phelps is a tree farmer from Kentucky. Gary has been farming with Greenridge Trees for 22 years. His crop was exposed to off-target 2,4-D applied by a neighboring farmer. His crop was rendered totally unmarketable for the following harvest season.
"Our company was decimated by this chemical exposure. We continue to try to regain the confidence of our customer base, but it may never be the same. I have joined this coalition to see that no other specialty crop producer has to endure the devastation that our farm has experienced."
Jean Sieler is an attorney representing growers involved in drift damage litigation in both Michigan and Ohio. Jean was raised on a farm in Riga, Michigan, where her family raised produce and grain crops, and had a small greenhouse operation.
Job Titles:
- Director of Agriculture for Red Gold
Steve Smith is Director of Agriculture for Red Gold of Indiana, the world's largest privately held canned tomato processor. Steve is an agriculturalist, born and raised on a Midwestern family farm that has continued for more than 100 years.