December ninth – Napa, CA–The Napa County Farm Bureau’s Younger Farmers & Ranchers Committee (YF&R) has been acknowledged by the California Farm Bureau as State Committee of the Yr.
The Napa County YF&R Committee was acknowledged for its partnership with the Mission Farm group backyard, which grows natural produce for the Napa County Meals Financial institution. The committee’s Barn Dance fundraiser additionally raised $13,000 for scholarships for Napa County highschool college students pursuing faculty research of agriculture. The YF&R State Committee individually acknowledged Napa County YF&R for excellence for its contributions to Harvest for All, a nationwide meals marketing campaign serving needy households.
“That is nice recognition for our Napa YF&R committee and the superb work they’ve undertaken this yr serving the group in quite a lot of methods,” stated Peter Nissen, President of the Napa County Farm Bureau. “To be acknowledged as state committee of the yr is sort of an accomplishment and so they’re actually deserving of this award.”
“The Napa County Younger Farmers & Ranchers chapter is extraordinarily honored to have obtained awards for Harvest for All and Committee of the Yr on the California YF&R Annual Convention,“ stated Shelby Thibodeaux, Chair of the Napa YF&R. “With the assist of the Napa County Farm Bureau, our chapter helped revitalize the Ag within the Classroom program and placed on two public schooling occasions at Mission Farm at St John’s Lutheran Church. Our assist of Mission Farm is why we obtained the Harvest for All award. For 2022, our chapter has a complete of 200 volunteer hours and has helped harvest over 7,000 kilos of produce from Mission Farm that has been donated to the Napa Meals Financial institution. The Napa County Farm Bureau assist of the subsequent technology has led to 2 members of our YF&R to be on the Board of Administrators. The fervour and assist of our membership and group has helped us fundraise for the Aldo Delfino Memorial Scholarship. This yr, we awarded six native highschool graduates who’re pursuing levels in agriculture with scholarships totaling $7,000. Younger professionals in Napa County come from all around the world. We would not all be from Napa County, however what united us is our love for our adopted dwelling and our ardour to encourage children to pursue careers in agriculture”.
