It’s an honor to serve as Ag Chair of the Assembly, as this week we toured @wawonafrozenfoods in Fresno County!
Wawona Frozen Foods is a Central Valley agricultural icon in CA 🍓🍑🍐🍊 They process and ship over 100 million pounds of frozen fruit every year! #CaliforniaAgriculture #caleg #teamsoria

California's farming future is at a crossroads, with innovative solutions like urchin ranching poised to restore vital kelp forests and reshape sustainable practices.

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#CitizenPortal #EcologicalRestoration #MarineEcosystems #CaliforniaAgriculture #SustainableAgriculture

#teamsoria held an Ag-roundtable last month to discuss related legislation, commodities, regulatory challenges, and immigration issues. I want to thank all our partners for attending. #agriculture #CaliforniaAgriculture #teamsoria #fresnocalifornia #valleyvalues #immigrantrights #FarmworkerRights

#DYK: July is National Blueberry Month!
The San Joaquin Valley is a major growing region, and the industry has seen a surge in production in recent years, with a record crop estimated at 74.5 million pounds in 2024.
#agriculture #CaliforniaAgriculture #blueberries #teamsoria

Learn more about managing fallow lands here 👇

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#TWR #TheWaterReport #DustStorms #CaliforniaAgriculture #WaterScarcity

A Cal Poly study follows one Salinas Valley lettuce grower to reveal cost increases squeezing farmers. #regulatorycosts #salinaslettucegrowers #californiaagriculture #costincreasestudy #laborregulations #foodsafetycompliance #salinasvalleyfarming

A huge THANK YOU to the farmers and farmworkers who work so hard to feed us and take care of our precious soil — we are so grateful for you! 💚🌾🌱 #farmworkers #healthysoil #californiaagriculture #smallfarms #farmers

Learn more about managing fallow lands here 👇

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#TWR #TheWaterReport #DustStorms #CaliforniaAgriculture #WaterScarcity

Better get familiar with beans 🫘 now because they absolutely will be part of our future.

Bean Box 1 includes dry farmed pinto and Anasazi beans, black garbanzo grown in California (a better use of Californiaagriculture than livestock feed), and kidney beans, also resilient future food
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🚨 Will Trump's tariffs empty your grocery aisles and wine cellars? Dive into how this could raise prices and disrupt daily life in the US! 😲 What are your thou#Californiaagricultureu#SupplyChainDisruptionu#TrumpTariffsariffs

California farmers are facing a crisis as immigration policies and trade tariffs threaten their livelihoods, with crops rotting in fields and egg prices soaring.

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#US #CitizenPortal #TradePolicy #CaliforniaAgriculture #FoodSecurity #LaborReform

Farmers are urging Congress to modernize grain inspection technology to protect U.S. grain quality on the global stage.

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#US #CitizenPortal #FarmersSupport #GrainInspection #CaliforniaAgriculture #QualityStandards

U.S. farmers are sounding the alarm as they face not just trade disruptions but a staggering $40 billion bailout for Argentina while struggling with tariffs and inadequate domestic support.

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#US #TradePolicy #CaliforniaAgriculture #MarketAccess #CitizenPortal #FarmAid

#TrumpWaterPolicy #CaliforniaWildfire #PoliticalMisstep #WaterManagementFailure #LeadershipFailure #WildfireMisinformation #CaliforniaAgriculture #PoliticalBackfire #FarmImpact

I fully support this movement! This is a #CalltoAction #USCitizenship #CaliforniaAgriculture #Strike #StockUPNOW before this strike! This strike is likely to continue for weeks!! #Share
#FarmworkersNeedProtections

In a dramatic push for change, Chairman Westerman champions resolutions to reverse environmental regulations that threaten California's farmers and restore access to stunning federal lands.

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#US #PublicAccess #EnvironmentalRegulations #CitizenPortal #CaliforniaAgriculture

“Every year, we’ve seen different ways that climate change has an impact,” explains Belinda Hernandez-Arriaga, executive director of ALAS. “They’re out for days of work. They’ve lost wages. Crops are lost. Fires displaced folks.” #ExtremeWeather #Wildfire #Flooding #CaliforniaAgriculture

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Looming retaliatory tariffs could hit California farmers hard, with costs reaching billions of dollars, according to one University of California, Davis study. This could potentially surpass the cost of California’s last big drought in 2021. #californiaagriculture #almonds #wine