Jon Jessen

Jon was raised in Dos Palos, Ca. where his father taught school and had a small dairy. After graduating from U.C. Davis Jon served in Korea. Upon return he found a crop advisor job for a local farmers co-op in Yuma Az. In 1959 he married Caroline (Liney) Lott, a local school teacher. She was to become “The Heart” of the businesses he would form. Jon learned to fly and earned an MBA at Peter Drucker on the G.I. Bill. He is still keenly interested in agriculture, traveling the world to explore its crops, meet its people and renew old friendships.