Rousseau Farms Traditional Cache
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The Rousseau family has farmed in Arizona for four generations, dating back to the late 1800’s. Bill Rousseau was primarily involved in the cattle business with a feed lot in West Phoenix that he operated until 1982. His oldest son, Will, after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Agronomy from the University of Arizona in 1979, worked with Bill for three years while starting his own farming operation. By 1986, Will was farming 1700 acres of row crops before experimenting with 40 acres of carrots. That same year the youngest son, David, another University of Arizona grad (’83) returned after three years with the Farm Credit System to help form the Rousseau Farming Company partnership.
Today, the operation consists of over 10,000 acres, of which over 70 percent is vegetable production with the core crops being carrots, broccoli, onions, cantaloupe and watermelons. Rousseau Farming Company grows all these crops on a separate organic farm as well. The operation is vertically integrated with its own harvesting equipment, trucking, cooling, icing, processing and shipping facilities.
Will Rousseau was elected to the Western Growers Board of Directors in 1993 and has served continuously since. Will is the Chairman of the Board of Directors for Western Growers Association and Past Chairman of the WGA Political Action Committee.
He is a member of the Arizona Citrus, Fruit and Vegetable Advisory Council and he has been appointed to the Governor’s Committee for Agricultural Best Management Practices Air Quality Maricopa County, Arizona . He has held all offices, including President, of the Board of Directors for the former Vegetable Growers Association. He was a Director of United Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Association and a Board Member of the Arizona Cotton Growers Association, South Mountain Gin and the Maricopa County Farm Bureau. Will was honored by the Arizona Farm Bureau as their Farmer of the Year in 1995 and by the Arizona Association of Future Farmers of America as 1997 Agriculturist of the Year.
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