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2017 Al Smith Friend of Agriculture – Announced National Agriculture Day Contest Winners Presented A record crowd attended the National Agriculture Spring Luncheon held today at the Santa Cruz County Fair Heritage Hall in Watsonville. The annual event is coordinated by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and the educational organization Agri-Culture. At the luncheon, the 2017 Al Smith Friend of Agriculture award was presented to Ted Burke, co-owner of Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola for his strong support of local agriculture. The award was announced by Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County Executive Director, Lance Linares, who was the 2016 award recipient. This award is named after Al Smith who was the founder of Orchard Supply Hardware and donated 3,000 acres (Swanton Pacific Ranch) on our north coast to Cal Poly. The ranch has row crops, timber and even a one-third-scale railroad, which was Al’s hobby. The award is on a piece of redwood with a train depicted on it. It is presented annually to an individual, business or organization not involved in production agriculture but has done much for the industry. Also presented at the luncheon were the winner of the 2017 National Ag Day Poster and Poetry Contests. Daisy Mendoza, from E.A. Hall Middle School in Watsonville, won the poster contest. And Alyssa Burchell, from Creekside School in Santa Cruz, won the Poetry Contest and read his poem at the event. It was announced at the luncheon Jose German Basurto was selected as the 2017 recipient of the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship. Master of Ceremonies for the event was Farm Bureau President Thomas Broz. Thomas spoke about the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau’s 100th Anniversary and introduced the organization’s “100 Ag-Related Activities to do in Celebration of Farm Bureau’s Centennial Year” campaign. Other notables in attendance include County Supervisors Zach Friend and Bruce McPherson; Scotts Valley Councilmember Stephany Aguilar, Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, Superintendent, PVUSD and Georgia Acosta, Trustee, PVUSD.
2017 Al Smith Friend of Agriculture – Announced National Agriculture Day Contest Winners Presented
A record crowd attended the National Agriculture Spring Luncheon held today at the Santa Cruz County Fair Heritage Hall in Watsonville. The annual event is coordinated by the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau and the educational organization Agri-Culture. At the luncheon, the 2017 Al Smith Friend of Agriculture award was presented to Ted Burke, co-owner of Shadowbrook Restaurant in Capitola for his strong support of local agriculture. The award was announced by Community Foundation of Santa Cruz County Executive Director, Lance Linares, who was the 2016 award recipient.
This award is named after Al Smith who was the founder of Orchard Supply Hardware and donated 3,000 acres (Swanton Pacific Ranch) on our north coast to Cal Poly. The ranch has row crops, timber and even a one-third-scale railroad, which was Al’s hobby. The award is on a piece of redwood with a train depicted on it. It is presented annually to an individual, business or organization not involved in production agriculture but has done much for the industry.
Also presented at the luncheon were the winner of the 2017 National Ag Day Poster and Poetry Contests. Daisy Mendoza, from E.A. Hall Middle School in Watsonville, won the poster contest. And Alyssa Burchell, from Creekside School in Santa Cruz, won the Poetry Contest and read his poem at the event. It was announced at the luncheon Jose German Basurto was selected as the 2017 recipient of the Jimmie Cox Memorial Scholarship. Master of Ceremonies for the event was Farm Bureau President Thomas Broz. Thomas spoke about the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau’s 100th Anniversary and introduced the organization’s “100 Ag-Related Activities to do in Celebration of Farm Bureau’s Centennial Year” campaign. Other notables in attendance include County Supervisors Zach Friend and Bruce McPherson; Scotts Valley Councilmember Stephany Aguilar, Dr. Michelle Rodriguez, Superintendent, PVUSD and Georgia Acosta, Trustee, PVUSD.