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 Most people who talk about it frame it as a modernization problem — aging facilities, outdated equipment, infrastructure that wasn’t built for today’s volume or...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, 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...
JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 When I describe PHT Growth Fund to investors who are new to agricultural infrastructure, the conversation usually runs into the same wall early on. I’ll mention cold chain, or...
JLW Jim White, PhD — Founder & CEO, PHT Investment Group June 2026 · Most infrastructure investors start with a thesis. PHT started with a place. When we decided to build a first-mile cold-chain platform, we didn’t begin with a...
