Farm Bureau News

Members of California Farm Bureau’s Young Farmers & Ranchers Mariah Fellows, from left, Lauren Farber, Haley Aldana and Samantha Loprieato advocate during Calling on the Capitol last month.
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Shaun Crook, second from right, and California Farm Bureau Second Vice President Ron Peterson present award to “Imagine This...” writing contest winner Porter Machado, a sixth grader from Turlock.
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At the Global Forum for Food and Agriculture in Berlin earlier this year, Kern County farmer Jenny Holtermann participated in a panel that included officials from Senegal, India and the Netherlands. 
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Assembly Bill 1585 would require that wines labeled “American” be made entirely from U.S.-grown grapes. Under federal law, that threshold is set at 75%, allowing wineries to blend in foreign wine.
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Xavier Becerra, from left, Chad Bianco, Steve Hilton, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter and Antonio Villaraigosa participate in a gubernatorial candidate forum at California State University, Fresno. The April 1 forum, which focused on agriculture, was hosted by the California Farm Bureau and other groups.
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Katie Porter, center, an Orange County Democrat and former member of the U.S. House of Representatives, speaks with Kristin Olsen-Cate, a former California Assembly minority leader from Stanislaus County, before an April 1 gubernatorial candidate forum at California State University, Fresno, that Olsen-Cate moderated.
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California Farm Bureau Chief Operating Officer Dan Durheim with Siskiyou County Farm Bureau member Bruce Fiock.
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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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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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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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