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About the Rock Star Award Our Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others.  Standing atop the podium this month is our latest winner, Jessica Hyler. Jessica is a valued member of the Production Crew at our Milton location. She’s spent the last two years working exclusively in ornamental grass production. She’s earned the respect of her colleagues, as you can see from their nominations. "Jessica is hard work

Put your hands together for the ECG supergroup!Our monthly Rock Star award came into being in 2020. It’s designed to honor ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others.Our winners don’t have an album. Their greatest hits are their hard work, day in and day out, and their names are music to our ears. Let’s hear it for them again!ROCK STAR WINNERS 2021December 2021Maria Garcia MateosPicking Supervisor“Maria has helped navigate some heavy pick lists, pickin

About the Rock Star AwardOur Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others.Our final Rock Star of 2021 goes to Maria Garcia Mateos.Maria Garcia Mateos with ECG's Pensacola Manager, Chris Brown  Maria first came aboard as an ECG employee in 2005, and has risen to the position of picking supervisor at our Pensacola location.In The Sound of Music, the cast sings, “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” At ECG, the song goes, “Ho

About the Rock Star AwardOur Rock Star award honors ECG employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others. Our latest recipient: Thomas “Bama” McNair, who’s in charge of grounds at the Milton, FL location. As his nickname suggests, he hails from “Sweet Home” Alabama, and is a huuuuge fan of the Crimson Tide football team that’s Cotton Bowl-bound.If there’s one trait that all our Rock Star winners share, it’s a “whatever it takes” mindset. Flexibility is essential

About the Rock Star AwardOur Rock Star award honors Emerald Coast Growers employees who demonstrate a sustained high level of performance and inspire others.This month, for just the second time in the history of the award, we have a tie. The two employees who rose to the top of the balloting work together so well, we literally couldn’t give just one of them the award they both richly deserve. Jose Hernandez came to work for ECG in 2007. Two years later, Keith Eads joined the team. The term