Aug 5, 2019
On episode 89 we welcome Kevin Murphy, former CEO of
California-based fresh berry company – Driscoll’s. Murphy has
30 years of business and agriculture experience. Kevin joined
Driscoll’s, the world leader in fresh berries with operations in
over 20 countries, in 2007 and rose to President and CEO. Prior to
Driscoll’s he was at Capurro Farms where he served for three years
as President. For roughly 15 years, Kevin was with Fresh Express
from its early inception to its acquisition. During that period he
held various jobs that included heading up strategic planning,
marketing and operations for the company.
Most recently, Murphy has become an advocate for the farmers he
spent three decades working arm in arm. Since stepping down
at Driscoll’s – Kevin has decided to take on the issue of
undocumented workers in agriculture head on. In a recent
opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal, Murphy explained that
American farmers desperately need immigration reform. The
editorial teased the readers with a subtitle – “will migrant
workers produce our food here or somewhere else?” What’s
great about it – in this WSJ piece Murphy doesn’t lament over the
problems. Instead, he lays out a three step plan to reform
immigration in this country beginning from our ground zero – the
fields that produce what sustains us and our families everyday.