Students receive 'Giving Back' backpacks

Kindergartners from California ilnspire Academy in Orange, left, and first graders from San Jose Charter Academy in West Covina pick up backpacks donated by the California Farm Bureau as part of the organization’s philanthropic initiative Giving Back with Farm Bureau, which was launched in 2025 during the 107th Annual Meeting in Anaheim last month. Some 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies, learning materials and healthy snacks were donated to the OC Fair and Event Center’s Centennial Farm, which distributed the backpacks to 12 schools in Orange and Los Angeles counties.