environmental stewardship 2007 orchard tour march 2, 2007
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Environmental Stewardship 2007 Orchard TourMarch 2, 2007
Dave Phippen Welcome
Equipment Manufacturers
Equipment Manufacturers
Equipment Manufacturers
Nick Gatzman Talk
Nick Gatzman Talk
Chipping Debris in Hulls
Huller/Sheller Operation
Plant Tour
Merle Jacobs: Food Safety
CDFA’s Steve Schaffer
Tom Tomich, Director, UC Davis Ag Sustainability Institute
EPA’s Cindy Wire
Water Quality: Parry Klassen
State Air Board: Dale Shimp
EQIP: John Beyer
Global Warming: Dave Smart, UC Davis
Media in Attendance
Stockton Record
Modesto Bee
Capital Press
Pacific Nut Producer
The Grower Magazine
San Joaquin County Farm Bureau Newspaper
Stockton Record Article
Agencies Represented
San Joaquin Valley Air District
State Air Resources Board
State Water Resources Control Board
State Dept. of Pesticide Regulation
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
CA Dept of Food and Ag
Elected Officials
San Joaquin County Supervisor Leroy Ornelas
San Joaquin County Supervisor Larry Ruhstaller
Gary Prost, aide to Rep. Jerry McNerney
Ellen Powell, aid to Rep. Dennis Cardoza
Notable QuotesSteve Shaffer: “CDFA is looking at a comprehensive whole systems approach to sustainability”
Tom Tomich: “I’ve been away 20 years. Things that were deemed radical 20 years ago are more mainstream now”
Cindy Wire: “EPA is relying on grower’s voluntary sustainable efforts in our common goal of stewardship”
Mary Ann Warmerdam: “I walk into Schwarzenegger’s office and he says, ‘Don’t just give me the problems, give me solutions too’”.
Stewardship Tour 2008
Location and date to be determined.