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.