January 13, 2017
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UC workshop to teach small-scale
farmers about value-added products
By TIM HEARDEN
Capital Press
PACIFIC GROVE, Calif.
— An upcoming workshop
will teach small-scale farmers
how to make the most of turn-
ing their fresh produce into
such value-added products as
infused olive oil, baked goods,
jams and specialty sauces.
The University of Cali-
fornia Cooperative Exten-
sion-sponsored workshop on
Jan. 25 will provide small-
scale growers guidelines for
increasing their profits with
value-added foods.
Speakers will also give an
update on the Food Safety
Modernization Act and other
laws that govern value-added
products and give an intro-
duction to the roles of retail-
ers, distributors and brokers,
according to a news release.
“It’s just an opportunity
for farmers to add value to
their business,” said Sher-
main Hardesty, who leads
the UC’s Small Farms Pro-
gram. “If there are ways to
increase their profitability
or use product that wouldn’t
have been sold otherwise, it’s
a win-win.
“There’s a lot of consum-
er interest in processed local
foods as well as fresh pro-
duce and meats,” she said.
The 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
workshop will be a lead-in
to the 37th annual EcoFarm
Conference Jan. 25-28 at
the Asilomar Conference
Grounds in Pacific Grove.
Organizers say nearly
2,000 people attend the con-
Cattlemen
meet new
legislators,
plan bills for
2017 session
By TIM HEARDEN
Capital Press
SACRAMENTO — As a
new legislative session gets
underway, California’s lead-
ing ranchers’ group is meeting
new lawmakers and discuss-
ing bills to sponsor in 2017.
A big part of the Cali-
fornia Cattlemen’s Associa-
tion’s agenda will be trying
to “make some necessary
changes” to laws that were
passed last year, said Justin
Oldfield, the organization’s
vice president of government
relations.
“Last year was a pretty
tough year,” Oldfield said,
referring to new agricultural
overtime and minimum wage
laws that were opposed by
farm groups. “We’re going
into a new legislative session
with some new members. We
need to be getting off on the
right foot in terms of building
relationships and working to
ensure that these new mem-
bers understand who we are
and what our priorities are.”
Oldfield said the CCA is
working on “at least one” bill
to sponsor and will likely be-
gin rolling out proposals later
this month.
He would not elaborate on
what the proposals might be,
but one likely target for farm
groups is language in the bill
last year by Assemblywoman
Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Di-
ego. It will phase in overtime
for farmworkers after eight
hours in a day and 40 hours
in a week rather than the 10-
hour day and 60-hour week
that previously applied to ag-
riculture.
The law eliminated an ex-
emption on overtime after 8
hours in a day for managers
and family members, which
exists in every other industry.
Exemptions also applied to
specific jobs in agriculture,
such as an irrigator, which
is “a big one” for producers,
Oldfield said.
“When you have an irriga-
tor out there watching water
for a 14-hour period, maybe
only half of that (time) they
may actually be working,” he
said.
Tim Hearden/Capital Press File
A picker works at Maywood Farms in Corning, Calif., in this 2015
photo. The University of California Cooperative Extension is offer-
ing workshops to provide tips on labor management.
UC workshops to offer tips
on managing tight labor force
Tim Hearden/Capital Press File
Karen Kelly, left, an alpaca breeder from Redding, Calif., shows a map of her operation to Nancy
Shelton of Weed, Calif., before a University of California-sponsored class on agritourism last year in
Redding. The UC is offering a workshop to teach small-scale growers how to produce and market
value-added products.
ference, whose theme this
year is “Cultivating Diver-
sity.” The UC workshop is
open to conference-goers
and other members of the
public.
At the workshop, pro-
ducers will describe their
challenges and successes in
making organic, value-add-
ed products. They are Mag-
ali Brecke, who cooks and
jars batches of organic bone
broth; Kathryn Lukas, who
uses ancient fermentation
traditions in making fresh or-
ganic kraut; and Jenna Mill-
er, who runs a processing and
catering kitchen from an or-
ganic farm, according to the
release.
The workshop will also
feature representatives from
Preserve Farm Kitchens,
a specialty-foods produc-
er; New Leaf Community
Markets, which sell natural
foods; and the UC-Davis
food science and technology
department.
Registration is $75 and
includes an organic lunch.
Hardesty requests registra-
tions be made by Jan. 18.
Visit http://eco-farm.org/con-
ference/2017/register-now.
Becky Bianchi of Bianchi
Orchards in Los Molinos,
Calif., talks about her family’s
roadside stand during an agri-
tourism workshop in Redding,
Calif., last year.
TEMECULA, Calif. — A
pair of University of Cali-
fornia Cooperative Exten-
sion-sponsored workshops
next month will give growers
and farm managers tips on
efficiently managing a tight
labor force.
The workshops Feb. 1-2
will help farmers face uncer-
tainty in labor markets by pro-
viding up-to-date information
and strategies for managing
people and dealing with legal
and regulatory issues, orga-
nizer Ramiro Lobo said in a
news release.
The all-day workshops will
be at Wilson Creek Winery
and Vineyards, 35960 Rancho
California Road., Temecula.
The first event Feb. 1, titled
“Challenges and Strategies
in Agricultural Labor Man-
agement,” will review labor
issues in Southern California
and cover basic strategies for
legal and effective hiring and
organization and effective
management of worker inju-
ries.
The other workshop,
which will be on Feb. 2, will
be offered in Spanish and is
titled “Management and Su-
pervision of Personnel for
Agricultural Operations.”
The program, intended for
farm owners and managers
and first-line supervisors, will
cover effective supervision
and management in times of
labor shortage.
The Feb. 1 workshop is
$80 per person before Jan. 20
and $100 after or at the door,
if space allows; the Feb. 2
workshop is $60 before Jan.
20 and $80 after, if space al-
lows.
For both, registration is
$120 before Jan. 20 and $140
after or at the door, if space
allows.
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