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 A Message to Our Members



Curfew Letter for Use by Employers of Essential Workers

 

Given the recent limited stay at home order issued by Governor Newsom, it may be necessary for employers to provide employees with a letter verifying their status as an essential worker if they are required to be out between the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.

 

Attached is a template for a letter.  Please plan to incorporate this onto your company letterhead. 


Happy Thanksgiving!

 

Company Letter for Essential Employees ~ Click Here


As our state and the nation faces this unprecedented Coronavirus crisis, much confusion surrounds which services are considered critical and which are not during the current "shelter in place" order.  Farm Bureau remains committed to supporting our members and serving as a resource for information.  Please see links below:

Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program (USDA) for more information click here

Governor Newsom Executive Order can be read here.
 
To clarify, this executive order does not apply to agriculture due to agriculture being deemed as one of the 16 "critical infrastructure." The President of the United States made it clear in his March 16th directive that people working in critical industries such as food supply have a “special responsibility to maintain your normal work schedule.” Read the Cyber Infrastructure Security Agency (an operational component under Department of Homeland Security) Guidance On The Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce .
 

The States COVID19 website


Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) page to provide resources for the food and agriculture sector that can be found HERE. 


Farm Employers Labor Service (FELS), a Farm Bureau affiliate, has a comprehensive collection of links and resources pertaining to COVID-19 for agricultural businesses on its website.


The Produce Marketing Association has added sections to its website with resources for the grocery/retail, trade and labor, food service, packer-shipper, supply chain transportation, and floral sectors. Click here to visit.

 

WORKER HEALTH: What to Do If an Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19. Click here from Information

 
For further information, please contact Riverside County Farm Bureau.

 

 

The Riverside County Farm Bureau office will be closed to the public. We are still available to answer any membership questions. 

Until further notice, you can contact us via email at president@riversidecfb.com or call us at (951) 684-6732.  If you happen to get the answering machine, please leave a message and we will respond as soon as possible.


Over 100 Years Strong


One hundred years ago, local farm leaders were sheepherding a mass movement in Riverside County to form a Farm Bureau and obtain services of a farm advisor from the University of California. Their efforts culminated in the formation of Riverside County Farm Bureau and a commitment from the Board of Supervisors to fund an office that would become Riverside County Cooperative Extension.

The two organizations were created together because law provided for assignment of a farm advisor to a county only after one-fifth of the county farmers formed an organization - a Farm Bureau - that would make it possible for the farm advisor to meet with the farmers and provide them with information and training that he or she had to offer.

Frequent articles in local newspapers conveyed the excitement in the local farm communities as farmers formally formed 23 Farm Bureau centers, signed petitions requesting formation of the county organization and elected center directors to serve on a county board.

Prominent Highgrove citrus grower John L. Bishop accompanied University of California’s assistant state leader of farm advisors, Professor William B. Parker, on a tour of agricultural communities to speak to growers, to organize them into centers and then to organize the countywide Farm Bureau.

Center directors met on the morning of April 18, 1917, to present the petitions bearing more than 800 farmers’ names and to start the Riverside County Farm Bureau. That afternoon, they kept an appointment with the Board of Supervisors to obtain county funding for a farm advisor.

In those early days Riverside County Cooperative Extension and Riverside County Farm Bureau were a combined organization; today they are entirely separate entities but continue a close working relationship. ~ Written by Robert Eli Perkins.

The Riverside County Farm Bureau is a vital part of our community, providing an important voice for Riverside County agriculture as well as to the protection of our industry by continually being involved in legislative matters that affect our industry and the interest of property owners at the local, state and federal levels. Actively working on issues that affect everyone in Riverside County, such as Air Quality, Water Quality, TMDL, and Watershed planning, along with invasive species concerns and rural crime.

 

We often sponsor local teachers to attend the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom events, as well as participating in the bidding process and purchasing of animals at Jr. Livestock Auctions during the Southern California Fair, Perris and Riverside County Fair & National Date Festival, Indio each year.

 

The Riverside County Farm Bureau helps ensure that the agriculture industry here remains viable, and continues to generate financial security for the entire community.

Board of Directors

2019 - 2020

Riverside County Board of Directors

 

 

Officers


Richard Schmid as President

Ellen Lloyd-Trover as Vice President

Andy Wilson as Vice President

Paul Cramer as Vice President

 

 

Board of Directors 


Celeste Alonzo

Linden Anderson

Grant Chaffin

Stephen J. Corona

Andy Domenigoni

Cindy Domenigoni

John C. Gless

Dan Hollingsworth

Joyce Jong

Lauren Oostdam

Brad Scott

Greg Young

 

Treasurer


 

Executive Director


Rachael Johnson

 

Office Manager


Stephanie Bell


Riverside County Farm Bureau Voting Members

2019 - 2020 Nominating Committee 

Dan Hollingsworth, Chairman

Andy Domenigoni and Greg Young

In accordance with the bylaws of Riverside County Farm Bureau, election of officers and directors were held in a meeting of voting members at 4:00 pm on November 10, 2019, during the Annual Meeting.The Nominating Committee recommended the above Board of Directors for election for the 2019 - 2020 Membership year.