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ORGANIC
" It appears like agriculture can play
a really big role in reducing climate
change, " he said.
Organic exhortation
Taylor's presentation seemed to fire
up true believers in organic agriculture
and sustainable growing.
She said organic agriculture
practices could help offset
greenhouse gas emissions.
" Regenerative management focuses
on healthy plants, soils and animals,
respecting that soil is not a vessel
into which we put inputs, but a living
system that can generate essential
ecosystem services, " Taylor said.
She spoke about her philosophy or
narrative about regenerative agriculture
and stewardship of the earth.
" I believe regenerative farmers and
ranchers will be the heroes ... who
help us to avert climate disaster and
restore product prosperity, " she said.
" Agriculture is the dominant way we
tend to the earth, let's make sure it's the
way we care for each other as well. "
A family tradition
CCOF and OPN honored a ricegrower,
Lundberg Family Farms for
its longstanding commitment to
organic agriculture.
The Grower of the Year award has
been sponsored for three years by
farm equipment company AGCO
- previous winners were Thaddeus
Barsotti of Capay Organic in 2018 and
Vernon Peterson of Peterson Family
Farms in 2017.
CEO Grant Lundberg was on
hand to receive the award, along
with various
members of the
family.
" In 1937, my
GRANT
LUNDBERG
grandpa and
grandma Albert
and Frances
were farming
in central
Nebraska in
the Dust Bowl, "
Lundberg said. " They were corn and
cattle farmers and they experienced
environmental catastrophe. "
The experience motivated the family
to move to California and instilled in
them a need to take care of the soil,
Grant Lundberg said. His grandparents
would leave stubble in the field rather
than burn it. In 1969, the family
was first approached about growing
organic, short-grain brown rice.
" We've had a number of failures - in
fact, maybe more failures than successes,
but we can produce organic rice
successfully, " he said.
Today the company has 40 family
owners and 25 rice and organic quinoa
growers in northern California.
" Thank you for this recognition, "
Grant Lundberg said. " The whole
family and company is excited about
it, and appreciate all of us working
together to innovate and conserve for a
healthy world. " FGN
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