Rubber Bark Business History

Ag Link, Inc. was incorporated in 1993 for the purpose of investment, brokerage, and trading, by owners, Rob and Jana Nairn.

Rob Nairn, has a Bachelor's Degree in Agri-Business Marketing from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. In August 2000, after five years of employment as a Pest Control Advisor and salesman, Rob went to work full time for tire hauler and recycler, Golden By-Products, Inc., where he is responsible for scrap tire collection, dispatch, new accounts and the farming of 200 acres of almonds.

Jana Nairn has a Bachelor's Degree in Agri-Business Marketing from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo. Jana acquired her real estate license in 1995 and is also employed full time by Golden By-Products, where she handles the public relations, policy, marketing along with office management and finance.

Ag Link has been the Nairn's corporate vehicle for business transactions including ag real estate sales, the brokerage of complimentary nuts and dried fruit during the time that Jana was marketing exclusively for almond processor, California Independent Almond Growers, as well as investment and resale of equipment.

In the early 2000s Ag Link began providing a service to Golden in handling all of the inventory control, order entry, shipping logistics, invoicing, and collections for Golden's tire nugget (for playgrounds/ landscape) coloration division which evolved into the development of the Rubber Bark™ brand.

Since 2003, Rubber Bark™ has been the leading rubber mulch brand on the west coast sold through playground equipment distributors and landscaping companies.