A grove of mature fruit trees not only line the front of the property, they create a beautiful barrier from the street. And to understand how they were able to do that, you have to start with a two-inch-long minnow that smells like cucumbers. The University of California, Davis, today announced that philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, co-owners of The Wonderful Company, have pledged the largest gift ever to the university by individual donors. Meet on the grassy median on Sunset Blvd. Today, Stewart Resnick is the world's largest irrigated farmer. By 2000 there was research published with findings regarding effects of regular pomegranate consumption. Oh no, you talk great, the woman replied with a warm smile, before she began handing out copies of her book, Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business. Stewart and Lynda Resnick, the noted L.A. arts patrons and owners of POM Wonderful and other brands, are denouncing a new book that they say paints an untruthful portrait of them and their Sunset . In 2018, the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles announced a $30 million gift from Lynda and Stewart Resnick to help pay for a renovation and expansion project. Theyre mechanics.. The companys new, far-reaching health initiative also includes free exercise classes in the employee gym, a weekly on-site farmers market, and a program that pays people up to $2,700 a year to lose weight and keep it off. Her father, Jack Harris, was in show business . Contributions to "Stop the Republican Recall of Governor Newsom" by Stewart and Lynda Resnick. [49] In 2006 Resnick introduced the Wonderful Giving Program, allowing employees to direct donations to local charities. Stewart hired her to work for his janitorial business. Tax filings from 2008 show that Stewart Resnick and his wife Lynda are on the board of trustees of the highly influential Washington Institute for Near East Policy think tank, which was created as . In 1997 Tiger Woods successfully stopped the Franklin Mint from selling a commemorative medal of his win in the 1997 Masters Tournament. The population has doubled since 1990, and the influx of so many new families has meant rising costs. The luxurious lawns surround the pool, ending in a modernist pavilion clad in white travertine which provides a private family space. Around that time, Lynda started dating Anthony Russo, who worked at a think tank with military analyst Daniel Ellsberg. 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By then she had certainly seen the negative stories, such as the one in the Los Angeles Times that described Lost Hills jarring Third World conditions., Isaacson gently picked up his questioning where Resnick had left off: And that got you involved in the Central Valley of California, he said. The attention to detail was noted with great admiration by the capacity-size group of Fellows that toured the gardens led by the Resnicks curator, the most gracious Bernard Jazzar. Stewart bought his first farmland parcel in California in 1978 as a hedge against inflation, thus beginning their agricultural empire. Thursday the 28-year-old signed a contract extension with Stewart-Haas Racing that will allow him to live out his dream of racing in NASCARs Cup series for several more years. Resnick with her husband, Stewart, in their house in Beverly Hills. Lynda Rae Resnick (born 1943[1]) is an American billionaire businesswoman. In 2009, the Resnick Sustainability Institute (RSI) was established at Caltech with a $30 million contribution from Stewart and Lynda Resnick and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and a vision to foster transformational advances in energy science and technology through research, education, and communication. The Edward Snowden of his day, Ellsberg was later prosecuted for leaking Pentagon documents about the Vietnam War to the press. That is why we place such importance on our extensive community outreach programs, education and health initiatives and sustainability efforts. Resnick is married to Stewart Resnick, who is her business partner, and through their holding company The Wonderful Company, they own the POM Wonderful and Fiji Water brands, Wonderful Pistachios and Almonds, Wonderful Halos, JUSTIN Wines, Landmark Wines, JNSQ Wines and the Teleflora floral wire service company. [32] Known for its Get Crackin' campaign, Wonderful Pistachios was the United States' fastest-growing snack brand and the number-one tree nut brand in 2018. Theyre quality supervisors. In 2016, the . It feels good to move around, one worker told me afterward. In 2009 they announced the opening of a pre-school billed as one of the first in the US to be environmentally friendly. LEED-certified, state-of-the-art hub" and will "house classrooms, research and lab spaces, and student career . The Technion-Israel Institute of Technology announced today that American philanthropists Lynda and Stewart Resnick, co-owners of California-based The Wonderful Company, have pledged, through their foundation, a $50 million gift to transform the university's research and development of sustainability and catalysis. Over the last decade, Californias almond acreage has increased by 47 percent and its pistachio acreage has doubled, fueled in the latter case by the Resnicks advertising genius. If you value what you get from Mother Jones, please join us with a tax-deductible donation today so we can keep on doing the type of journalism 2023 demands. "I am incredibly grateful to both Lynda and Stewart Resnick for their continued recognition of UCLA's Art Department," said Opie. In support of UC Davis' longstanding commitment to addressing today's most pressing challenges in agriculture and environmental sustainability, the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Center for Agricultural Innovation will house classrooms, research and lab spaces, as well as student career and advising assistance in a 40,000-square-foot, LEED-certified, state-of-the-art hub. Billionaire couple Stewart and Lynda Resnick's charitable foundation has pursued an unusual investment strategy: lending millions of dollars to the pair's business associates. 150 UCLA Medical Plaza Los Angeles, California 90095 (310) 825-9111 Hospital information (310) 825-2111 Emergency Dept . In June 2015, Rep. David Valadao, a Republican from the Valley, introduced a bill that would force federal regulators to release more Delta water for agriculture. [45], Resnick and The Wonderful Company have made significant improvements to the communities that dot California's Central Valley since 2010, especially in the city of Lost Hills, where half of the homes have at least one family member working at The Wonderful Company. Resnick and his wife, Lynda Resnick, bought The Franklin Mint in 1986 and sold it in 2006. Lost Hills is extreme in every possible way, says Juan-Vicente Palerm, an anthropologist at the University of California-Santa Barbara. Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA and UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital have valet parking services available on Westwood Plaza. Discover exemplary care for brain and mind. Responding to prodding from Stewart Resnick, Feinstein sent a letter to the secretaries of the interior and commerce urging their agencies to reexamine the science behind the Delta environmental protection plan. We're a nonprofit (so it's tax-deductible), and reader support makes up about two-thirds of our budget. As Vice-Chair and co-owner of Teleflora's holding company, Resnick has been involved with securing flagship TV sponsorship roles. The companys new, far-reaching health initiative also includes free exercise classes in the employee gym, a weekly on-site farmers market, and a program that pays people up to $2,700 a year to lose weight and keep it off. And heres a key fact to consider against this backdrop: The Resnicks arent just pumping to irrigate their fruit and nut treestheyre also in the business of farming water itself. [31] Company executives credit Resnick with the choice to retain Roll Global's mandarin operations in 2013 despite strong competition from existing brands, and as the key architect of Halos branding. The billionaire owners of Fiji Water, Teleflora, and POM Wonderful purchased this 36-acre property in 1994 for 4,875,000. Her father, Jack Harris, produced the cult hit The Blob and later moved the family to California. In 2013 FTC commissioners denied the Resnicks' appeal. There are all sorts of costs related to poor health, Stewart Resnick said at the Aspen Institute in July. I think the Wonderful Company and the Resnicks are truly the top 1 percent wrapped in a green veneer, in a veneer of social justice, says Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla of Restore the Delta, an advocacy group that represents farmers, fishermen, and environmentalists in the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, east of San Francisco. In 2009, Resnick, with Francis Wilkinson, co-authored a book, Rubies in the Orchard: How to Uncover the Hidden Gems in Your Business, which details her life by explaining marketing and business ideas she used to build successful brands. [7] Resnick founded an advertising agency, Lynda Limited, at the age of 19. Paramount Land Co. LP, which received $576,603 in wheat, cotton, corn, sorghum and other farm subsidies from 1995 to 2002. After the fall harvest comes winter pruning, spring pest management, and summer watering and mowing. They really are trying to sacrifice one region for another, says Restore the Deltas Barrigan-Parrilla, who will testify against the plan this fall in hearings before the State Water Resources Control Board. While a $20 million pricetag attached to a Beverly Hills property is a fairly common sighting, it's rare to find one affixed to a tastefully renovated midcentury modern located in the most prime neighborhood pocket of town, where some of the nearest neighbors include heavyweights like Ellen DeGeneres, Sam Gores, and Fiji Water/Pom Wonderful billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick. Among the goals is to provide a pipeline of workers to staff its increasingly mechanized operations. There will be be a rally and press conference at this "reception" with the Koch Brothers of California Water on Thursday, October 2 from 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. at the home of Stewart and Lynda Resnick 9481 Sunset Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210.