The Kern Agriculture Summit highlights the strength of agriculture in California, the challenges that affect agriculture and the future trends of sustainability and growth. Examining the seeds sown in the past, cultivating the knowledge today, we prepare for the harvests of tomorrow.
U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy will be the Honorary Chair at the summit.
Bakersfield College agriculture professor and 2014 Kern Agriculture Summit committee member Lindsay Ono was published in The Bakersfield Californian for his Community Voices piece on the important information shared at the summit on how agriculture and policy affect our area - download PDF
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Time | Agenda item |
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7:00 am - 8:00 am | Registration & Continental Breakfast |
8:10 am - 8:20 am |
Opening Ceremony Welcome - Barry Zoeller: Tejon Ranch, Master of Ceremonies Presentation of Colors: Future Farmers of America National Anthem: BC Choir/John Gerhold |
8:20 am - 8:30 am |
Summit Welcome & Introduction Sonya Christian: Bakersfield College President Kevin McCarthy: Honorary Kern Ag Summit Chairman |
8:30 am - 9:30 am |
Session 1: Karen Ross Karen Ross: Secretary of Agriculture, California Department of Food & Agriculture (DC water presentation) 9:20 am - 9:30 am: Audience Q&A |
9:30 am - 11:30 am |
Session 2: California Crop & Water Trends Panel Harry Cline, Western Farm Press Jason Peltier, Westland Water District David Valadao, US Congressman Eric Everett, Kern County Ground Water District |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm |
Lunch: A Calivore Lunch Blessing & Prayer for Rain - Father Jack Estes, The Bakersfield Garden Project 12:00 pm-12:30 pm: Damian Mason, Inspirational Agriculture Speaker & Humorist |
12:30 pm - 1:15 pm |
Session 3: Paul Wenger Paul Wenger: President, California Farm Bureau |
1:15 pm - 2:45 pm |
Session 4: Farm Challenges in Kern Panel Jason Gianquinto: General Manager, Semitropic Water Storage District Greg Wegis: Wegis and Young Farming, Kern County Farmer Brenda Baldwin: P,G,&E Customer Relationship Manager Jeff Rasmussen: Crop Production Services, CAPCA State Board of Directors, PCA David Haviland: Kern County Cooperative Extension, Entomology and Pest Management Farm Advisor Ruben Arroyo: Kern County Agricultural Commissioner |
2:45 pm - 3:15 pm |
Session 5: Political Ag Challenges Jean Fuller, State Senator Kevin McCarthy, US Congressman |
3:15 pm - ? |
Summit Conclusion Barry Zoeller, Tejon Ranch, Master of Ceremonies |
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Wine with your Elected Officials Wine and Cheese reception Entertainment: Roger Martin, The Lounge Guy |
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