Posted: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:00 AM
Invitees
Julie Adams, Almond Board of California; Chuck Ahlem, Hilmar Cheese; Shelly Anderson, Ag Innovations Network; Misti Arias, Sonoma County Agricultural Preservation and Open Space District; Barry Bedwell, California Grape and Tree Fruit League; Dan Best, California Federation of Farmers Markets; Peggy Biltz, Dairy Council of California; Bruce Blodgett, San Joaquin County Farm Bureau; Ashley Boren, Sustainable Conservation; Donald Bransford, Bransford Farms; Paul Buttner, California Rice Commission; Tim Byrd, Central Valley Farmland Trust/Gallo; Matt Byrne, California Cattlemen's Association; and Eric Cardenas, s'Cool Food Initiative/Orfalea Foundation.
Lesa Carlton, California Wool Growers Association; Kumar Chandran, California Food Policy Advocates; Juliet Chistian-Smith, Pacific Institute; Jim Cochran, Swanton Berry Farm; Serene Cooper, Ag Innovations Network; Judy Culbertson, California Foundation - Agriculture in Classroom; Michael Darnell, American Farmland Trust; Kimberly Delfino, Defenders of Wildlife; Doug Dickson, Pacific Ethanol; Leonard Diggs, Shone Farm/Santa Rosa Jr. College; Michael Dimock, Roots of Change; Daniel M. Dooley, University of California; John Duarte, Duarte Nurseries, Inc.; Allen Dusault, Sustainable Conservation; and Joshua Eddy, State Board of Food and Agriculture.
Also, Cornelius Gallagher, Bank of America; Bob Gallo, E. & J. Gallo Winery; Denise Godfrey, Olive Hill Greenhouses; Harold Goldstein, California Center for Public Health Advocacy; Ralph Grossi, American Farmland Trust; Martha Guzman-Aceves, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation; Luawanna Hallstrom, Harry Singh and Sons; Cesar Hernandez, Citizens Alliance To Uphold Special Education; Gary Hochman, Ag Innovations Network; Eric Holst, Environmental Defense Fund; David Hosley, Great Valley Center; Scott Hudson, San Joaquin County; Jeana Hultquist, U.S. AgBank, FCB; Glenda Humiston, Public Policy.
Edie Jessup, Fresno Metro Ministries; Tim Johnson, California Rice Commission; Thomas Jones, American Council for Food Safety & Quality; Jonathan Kaplan, Natural Resources Defense Council; John Kautz, Ironstone Vineyards ; A.G. Kawamura, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Mary Kimball, Center for Land-Based Learning; Holly King, Castle Rock Farms, LLC; Karen Klonsky, UCD Farm Business Management; Mark Kramer, The Nature Conservancy; Sibella Kraus, Sustainable Agriculture Education; Eric Lauritzen, Monterey County; Brian Leahy, California Department of Conservation; Craig Ledbetter, Vino Farms; Jill LeVake-Scott, Dow AgroSciences; and Mark Lowry, Orange County Food Bank.
Dan Macon, Flying Mule Farm; Jeremy Madsen, Greenbelt Alliance; Michael Marsh, Western United Dairymen; Paul Martin, Western United Dairymen; Larry Martin, E. & J. Gallo Winery; Joseph McIntyre, Ag Innovations Network; Jeanne Merrill, California Climate and Agriculture Network; Afred G. Montna, Montna Farms; Mike Montna, California Tomato Growers Association; Sopac Mulholland, Sequoia Riverlands Trust; John Muller, City of Half Moon Bay; Paul Muller, Full Belly Farm; Joel Nelsen, California Citrus Mutual; Stephen Ottemoeller, Friant Water Authority; and Jovita Pajarillo, California Environmental Protection Agency.
Michael Payne, California Dairy Quality Assurance: Gloria Pecina, California WIC Association; Jason Peltier, Westlands Water District; Jim Poett, Rancho San Julian; Pete Price, Price Consulting; Dave Puglia, Western Growers; Claudia Reid, California Certified Organic Farmers; Brian Rianda, Agland Trust (Monterey County); James Rickert, Prather Ranch; Emily Robidart Rooney, California Agricultural Council; Karen Ross, California Association of Winegrape Growers; Dan Schurman, Ag Innovations Network; William Scott, Agland Investment Services; Rebecca Spector, Center for Food Safety; and Frank Tamborello, Hunger Action Los Angeles.
Edward Thompson, Jr., American Farmland Trust; Andrew Thulin, Cal Poly; Robert Tse, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Kerry Tucker, Nuffer, Smith, Tucker Inc.; Nita Vail, California Rangeland Trust; Bill Van Dam, Alliance of Western Milk Producers; Arlan Van Leeuwen, New Hope Dairy; Mary Ann Warmerdam, California Department of Pesticide Regulation; Paul Wenger, California Farm Bureau Federation; Diana Westmoreland-Pedroza, California Women for Agriculture; Annette Whiteford, California Department of Food and Agriculture; Dave Whitmer, Napa County; and Chris Zanobini, Buy California Marketing Agreement.