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14 CapitalPress.com October 7, 2016 Organic growers cheer new law reducing paperwork, fees New UI economist hits the ground running By CAROL RYAN DUMAS Capital Press By TIM HEARDEN Capital Press REDDING, Calif. — Or- ganic farmers in California say they are pleased with a new law aimed at reducing the annual paperwork and fees for registering their operations with the state. The bill by Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, passed with nearly unanimous support in the Legislature and will mark the irst update to California’s 2003 organic law. Currently the program’s registration process requires information that duplicates what producers already re- port to the USDA, and the program has operated with millions of dollars in excess funds collected as registra- tion fees, notes the Califor- nia Certiied Organic Farmers organization, which certiies organic farms. “California is the only state that requires an additional step by requiring all certiied organ- ic operations in the state to also register with the state,” said Kelly Damewood, the San- ta Cruz-based organization’s policy director. “This requires additional paperwork and fees in addition to certiication, so this has been a longstanding concern for organic producers in California.” California had 2,637 cer- tiied organic farms with 790,413 acres in 2015, accord- ing to the National Agricultur- al Statistics Service. The CCOF supported Stone’s bill, which will allow USDA-accredited organic cer- tifying agents to submit their clients’ registration informa- tion directly to the state — a shortcut the CCOF believes will save growers hundreds of hours in paperwork every year. The bill also reduces state registration fees for small pro- ducers and caps the fee sched- ule for everyone, allowing fu- ture reductions as determined by the state agriculture sec- retary in consultation with an organic products committee, a news release explains. Damewood and other in- dustry leaders will work with state oficials over the next few months to iron out details of the changes. Any reduction in fees and paperwork would be helpful, said Mary Ocasion, owner of Tim Hearden/Capital Press Mary Ocasion, owner of Churn Creek Meadow Organic Farm south of Redding, Calif., operates a booth at a farmers’ market Sept. 24 in Redding. She says she hopes a new law will reduce the paperwork for organic growers, which can be excessive compared to what conventional growers must do. Churn Creek Meadow Organic Farm near Redding. “It’s an amazing amount of paperwork that organic farm- ers have to do that conven- tional farmers don’t,” Ocasion said. “At the beginning of July, I have to ile my organic regis- tration form and they need the amount of pounds we produce in the ield for each type (of a given crop). They want a lot of detail on everything we grow.” Ocasion said her annual state registration fee is about $100, above and beyond the $995 she pays for inspection and certiication. Stone’s bill “will just sim- plify the process while retain- ing all of the protections that were already in place,” said Margaret Jensen, co-owner of Good Work Organic Farm in Round Mountain, Calif. The cost of organic certi- ication can be prohibitive for small farmers, said Laura Bur- lison of Burlison Fruit Stand in Dairyville, Calif. The farm isn’t fully organic because of the expense, though it uses many organic methods, she said. But while state registration fees can be as much as $300 for some growers, the bigger issue for producers has been the paperwork, Damewood said. “What we’ve done in the legislation is we’ve stream- lined the whole registration process so that it allows ac- credited certifying agents like CCOF to register or to review registrations on behalf of our clients,” she said. 41-2/#7 NOW SCHEDULING FOR WATER WELL DRILLING & EXPLORATION Specializing in 10” diameter and above water wells. 41-1/#14 • Deepening • Reaming • Commercial • Irrigation www.rjdrillcompany.com 509-981-6675 • ryan@rjdrillcompany.com Licensed • Insured • Bonded • Odessa, WA The University of Idaho’s newest dairy and livestock economist didn’t end up too far from his roots in agriculture, but he did take some interest- ing detours along the way. Hernan Tejeda grew up in Santiago, Chile, with a father and grandfather who were agronomists and farmers. He irst came to the U.S. with his family as a toddler in the early 1970s so his father could pursue a doctorate in agronomy and sta- tistics at Iowa State University. After returning to Chile and then living briely in Brazil, a job with the Interna- tional Fertilizer Development Center took his father and the family to Alabama. They eventually returned to Chile. His interest in mathemat- ics led him to seek a degree in industrial engineering at the Carol Ryan Dumas/Capital Press Hernan Tejeda settles into his new ofice at the University of Idaho Twin Falls Research and Extension Center on Sept. 9. Pontiical Catholic Universi- ty of Chile. He then worked as an engineering analyst and manager at a ish processing company and later at a large forest products company. But he decided he wanted to fur- ther his business education. “I was thinking I wanted to be a CEO,” he said. He took up the University of Notre Dame on a scholar- ship and returned to the U.S. He earned an MBA in 2000 but had lost interest in the business administration route along the way. “It involved a lot of cut- throat decisions, many times un- ethical decisions, and I became very disenchanted,” he said. His time at Notre Dame also involved teaching at a community college, and he found his real vocation — aca- demic research. “I realized academia was the place for me,” he said. He began looking at pro- grams where he could earn a doctorate in economics and was attracted to North Caroli- na State University, which had strong quantitative programs. He began his studies there in the mid-2000s and worked as a research assistant. And he could get away at Christmas for visits to Chile, where he met Luz Maria. The two were married in Chile in 2009. 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