Farm Bureau News

Sonoma County winegrape grower Andrew Forchini, left, a mentor for the Expanding Our Roots program, works with grower and mentee Bea Charles at her vineyard in Petaluma.
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California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass, center, talks with Assemblymember Esmeralda Soria, who chairs the Assembly Committee on Agriculture, during the Calling on the Capitol legislative visits last week. At right is student Brianna McCrady, a member of Yolo County Farm Bureau. 
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Sonoma County dairy farmer Jennifer Beretta, left, is pictured this month with California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass at the American Farm Bureau Federation’s Partners in Advocacy Leadership graduation ceremony.
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California State Treasurer Fiona Ma, center, receives the Champion of Agriculture Award from California Farm Bureau Chief Operating Officer Dan Durheim, from left, President Shannon Douglass, First Vice President Shaun Crook and Second Vice President Ron Peterson.
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A container ship is pictured in the Strait of Hormuz in 2010. 
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Araceli Aceves Cortés, pictured last month in Williams, has worked for 10 years on farms in Colusa County. When California’s agricultural overtime law was phased in, Aceves Cortés lost about a third of her work hours. To make up for the lost income, she picked up a second job at a restaurant.
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Farm Bureau leaders met with Assemblyman Damon Connolly last year as part of the Calling on the Capitol advocacy visits.
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Araceli Aceves Cortés, fotografiada el mes pasado en Williams, lleva 10 años trabajando en granjas del condado de Colusa. Cuando se implementó gradualmente la ley de horas extras agrícolas en California, Aceves Cortés perdió aproximadamente un tercio de sus horas de trabajo. Para compensar la pérdida de ingresos, consiguió un segundo trabajo en un restaurante.
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Peaches are harvested in Fresno County in 2022. California’s roughly 800,000 farmworkers help produce about three-quarters of the nation’s fruits and nuts and more than a third of its vegetables. 
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A harvest crew picks Bosc pears in the Sacramento River Delta town of Courtland in 2024. Rising labor costs have contributed to a decline in California’s fruit acreage during the past two decades.
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Loren and Lisa Poncia of Stemple Creek Ranch in Tomales, with their daughters Avery, left, and Julianna, are recipients of the 2025 California Leopold Conservation Award.
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California Farm Bureau President Shannon Douglass, with First Vice President Shaun Crook seated right, speaks at the American Farm Bureau Federation Annual Convention delegate session. 

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In this 2024 photo, a stolen backhoe is being unloaded from a semitruck in Tulare after it was recovered by law enforcement. Rural crime can cripple farms, bankruptcies of which are also rising. 

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Instructor Cecelia Drissia delivers the English Advance training to a group of employees of agricultural businesses in Yolo County.

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