Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group There is a capital problem in the Salinas Valley. Most people who talk about it frame it as a modernization problem — aging facilities, outdated equipment, infrastructure that wasn’t built for today’s volume or...
Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, JL White International Every organization I have ever worked with has had a culture. Most of them didn’t know what it was. That’s not an insult. Culture is one of those things that’s easier to feel than to define — and harder still...
Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, JL White International I have bought, rebuilt, and sold 23 companies across 44 countries. Before I learned to read a balance sheet, I learned to read people — and the two skills are more connected than most business schools will...
Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group I have spent a significant portion of my career on both sides of the produce buying relationship — as an operator trying to meet what retail programs require, and as someone close enough to the buying...
JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 Every time I sit down with a Salinas Valley operator to talk about GIAC, the same concern comes up within the first few minutes. It doesn’t matter whether I’m talking to a...
JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 There is a question I get asked more than any other when I’m talking to growers, shippers, or investors who are new to what we’re building at GIAC. It usually comes after...
