2 CapitalPress.com May 5, 2017 People & Places Sustainability runs in the family LangeTwins winery follows Lodi Rules in their Central Valley vineyard Western Innovator Capital Press All in the family Today all nine adult mem- bers of the Lange family, rep- resenting its fourth and fifth generations in agriculture, are involved in the wine opera- tion, Bradford said. Marissa Lange, Randall’s daughter, is the company president. Randall’s son Aaron, the company’s vice president of viticulture operations, chairs the California Association of Winegrape Growers and is vice chairman of the Califor- nia Sustainable Winegrowing Alliance. At LangeTwins, he leads such initiatives as a 20-acre habitat restoration project with the Audubon Calendar Randall and Bradford Lange Relationship: Twin brothers Occupation: Winegrowers Age: 66 Residence: Lodi, Calif. Monday, May 8 Oregon Raspberry and Black- berry Commission meeting. 6-8:45 p.m. Hayden’s Lakefront Grill, 8187 SW Tualatin-Sherwood Road, Tu- alatin, Ore. The agenda includes the commission’s annual budget hearing. www.oregon-berries.com Monday-Tuesday May 8-9 Ag Innovation Showcase. Uni- versity of California-Davis Con- ference Center, 550 Alumni Lane, Davis, Calif. Themes of the 2017 showcase include automation and robotics, food safety, boosting nu- trition and sensory value and in- novation in the livestock and dairy sectors. Website: www.foodaginno- vation.com Wednesday, May 10 Nickels Soil Lab Annual Field Day. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Nickels Soil Lab, Green Bay Road, Arbuckle, Calif. Speakers will focus on wal- nuts and almonds. A tri-tip barbecue lunch will follow. RSVP to 530-458- 0570. Cost: $15 prepaid, $20 at the door. Wednesday-Thursday May 10-11 Managing for Resilience: North- west Grazing Conference 2017. 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Pendleton Convention Center, 1601 Westgate, Pendle- ton, Ore. Featured speakers are Kit Pharo and Fred Provenza. Pharo, cattle breeder and owner of Randall’s family: Wife, Charlene; children, Marissa, Aaron and Joseph; five grandchildren Courtesy of LangeTwins Winery Bradford’s family: Wife, Susan; children, Philip and Kendra; three grandchildren Twin brothers Bradford and Randall Lange opened LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards in Lodi, Calif., in 2006. The operation has helped build a market niche for sustainably produced wines from the Lodi area. Growers can minimize use of chemicals by taking such measures as planting cover crops, using no-till techniques and removing shoots and leaves within the vineyard to prevent the spread of the var- iegated leafhopper, a common pest in grapes. Similar programs have since been implemented throughout California, Maris- sa said. “It’s a practice-based pro- gram that encourages con- tinued improvement on the farm,” Bradford said. In addi- tion to third-party verification, “farmers self-assess what they can do to make a difference in water, air and soils.” Tim Hearden/Capital Press LangeTwins Family Winery and Vineyards co-founder Bradford Lange, right, stands with his niece, Marissa Lange, under a solar array that provides shade for the wine production operation April 27 in Lodi, Calif. The operation has helped build a market niche for sustainably produced wines from the Lodi area. California nonprofit and a partnership with the Univer- sity of California-Davis to study automated technologies in the company’s vineyards. “This winery represents our commitment to future generations of Langes,” Brad- ford said. “It’s certainly been a big step to do this and ac- complish this.” Sustainable rules As part of this mission, the family has been instru- mental in developing and maintaining the Lodi Rules for Sustainable Winegrowing, California’s original sustain- able viticulture program. And while caring for the environ- ment is a key component of Sponsored by: To submit an event go to the Community Events calendar on the home page of our website at www. capitalpress.com and click on “Sub- mit an Event.” Calendar items can also be mailed to Capital Press, 1400 Broadway St. NE, Salem, OR 97301 or emailed to newsroom@ capitalpress.com. Established 1928 Board of directors Mike Forrester Steve Forrester Kathryn Brown Susan Rana Mike Omeg Corporate Officer John Perry Chief Operating Officer By TIM HEARDEN LODI, Calif. — Marissa Lange remembers what it was like to grow up in a family of vineyard operators who were conscious of their impact on the environment and their neighbors. She recalls being admon- ished by her grandfather while riding her horse through the family’s vineyards in the heart of California’s Central Valley. “My grandfather would say, ‘Don’t kick up the dust!’” she said. “I’d say, ‘Where’s the fun in that?’” Sustainable farming has been a goal of the Lange family since it put in its first vineyard more than a century ago. The push culminated in twin brothers Bradford and Randall Lange founding Lan- geTwins Family Winery and Vineyards in 2006. The winery includes many state-of-the-art features aimed at minimizing the operation’s carbon footprint, including California wine’s first bi-fa- cial solar array above its crush pad. A bi-facial array uses en- ergy directly from the sun as well as from the sun’s reflec- tions around it. “We crushed 4,000 tons in our first year,” Bradford Lange said. The brothers also es- tablished a first-of-its-kind safe harbor agreement with the state, minimizing legal barriers for growers want- ing to do habitat restoration projects along Lodi’s South Mokelumne River. Capital Press Pharo Cattle Co., says, “The most profitable cow-calf producers that I know of have a low-input, grass- based program with very efficient, low-maintenance cows. These are also the happiest producers I know of.” Provenza, professor emeritus at Utah State University, is part of the BEHAVE team. BEHAVE principles, based on 30 years of research: If we understand how animals learn, we can train the animals to fit the landscapes instead of changing the landscape to fit the animals. Cost: $227 by April 14, $267 after. Web- site: http://bit.ly/2kpT9yb “Dairy Nutrition: An Engine for Economic Growth: The First 1,000 Days and Beyond.” Boise Centre, 850 W Front St., Boise, Idaho. Co-hosted by United Dairymen of Idaho and the U.S. Dairy Export Council, the conference will focus on the role of prenatal and postna- tal dairy nutrition and its impact on economic development. Website: idahodairy.com Thursday-Friday May 11-12 Oregon Board of Agriculture. 8:30 a.m. Best Western Mill Creek Inn, 3125 Ryan Drive SE, Salem. On day one, the board will hear from a panel of agriculture indus- try representatives regarding the legislative session. A separate panel, representing key industry organizations, will discuss immi- gration issues. The board will also be given a presentation on food sourcing and hunger issues in Oregon. A public comment period is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. on day one. On day two, board members will receive a progress report on the Japanese beetle eradication project in Cedar Mill and receive an update on Oregon’s Integrat- ed Water Resources Strategy the program, it’s far from the only component. The Lodi Rules’ more than 100 “sustainability practic- es” are organized into chap- ters for managing the overall business, human resources, the ecosystem, soil, water and pests, according to the Lodi Winegrowers Commission’s website. The program also includes a Pesticide Environmental Assessment System, which quantifies the environmental and human impact of all pes- ticides applied in a vineyard. Each pesticide is scored based on its impacts on farmwork- ers, consumers and the envi- ronment, and only those with limited impacts are used. ‘A natural thing’ Bradford and Randall Lange went into business to- gether in 1973, growing wine- grapes and developing a com- pany that manages vineyards for other growers as well as its own. Environmentally friend- ly practices have always been their goal. “It was a very natural thing for us,” Bradford said. “When the kids were growing up, we were able to teach them what my dad taught us. … We were able to walk along the river and plant trees. “I think the biggest thing my dad taught us is that the environment … needs as much nurturing as our own vineyards,” he said. Today the Lodi Rules have created a niche market reach- ing consumers in the San Francisco Bay area and else- where who consider farming practices in their purchasing Website: www.langetwins. com/ and a presentation on the Port of Portland’s efforts to address trans- portation issues. The meeting will conclude with reports by board subcommittees. decisions. The Lodi Wine- growers note on their web- site that by purchasing Lodi Rules-certified wines, a con- sumer is supporting a grower community that “embraces their responsibility to care for the environment and their neighbors.” Now in its 14th vintage, LangeTwins distributes its wines to most markets in the U.S. through a wholesale net- work to restaurants and wine shops, and two of its labels — Caricature and Sand Point — are available in supermarkets. The winery’s latest addition was a largely automated bot- tling facility opened in 2014, and there are plans to keep expanding. The family hasn’t calcu- lated how much, if any, added income has been brought in by the Lodi Rules label, but they do know there are con- sumers who look for the label. And wineries will pay a premium for grapes produced according to the rules, Brad- ford said. “Wine is a market-driven, free-market system,” he said. “But I think a certifiable, sus- tainable emblem on the bottle sends a message to our con- sumers that we’re actually se- rious about what we’re doing here.” For Marissa, it comes down to family values. “It’s a bit of a pure form of altruism,” she said. “We do what we do because it’s the right thing to do.” Thursday-Saturday May 11-13 87th Washington FFA State Convention. Washington State University, Pullman. www.wash- ingtonffa.org/calendar/ Wednesday, May 17 Pesticide Analytical and Re- sponse Center (PARC) Board meeting. 9 a.m.-noon. Oregon Department of Agriculture, 635 Capitol St. NE, Basement Hear- ing Room, Salem, Ore. 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Light dinner 6 to 6:30, workshop 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Course 3 on May 18 is Get- ting Organized, and Course 4 on June 1 is Passing on Management Roles. RSVP required. Organized by Clackamas Small Business Development Center and Rogue Farm Corps. Cost: Free. http://bit. ly/2opTHqO Family Business Charters. 7:30 to 9 a.m. BridgePort BrewPub, 1313 NW Marshall St., Portland. A family business charter sets forth the es- sential rules, obligations, and re- sponsibilities relating to ownership and management of the business, as well as the family values that will help sustain the business for future generations. Presented by A. Jef- fery Bird, Lane Powell PC and the Austin Family Business Program, Oregon State University. $40 per person. 800-859-7609, http://bit. ly/2gPuLYY Saturday-Sunday May 27-28 Alpaca Shearing Day and Sale. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Alpacas of Oregon, 21345 SW Aebischer Road, Sher- wood, Ore. 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