San Diego County Farm Bureau

Support your local farmers market and food producers tomorrow! Checkout the City Heights Farmers' Market tomorrow from 9am to 1pm. If you’re in need of fresh v...eggies please come out and support our local producers. #freshproduce #farmersmarket #cityheights #cityheightsfm #foodaccess

Thanks to Kacey McKinnon from KUSI News for joining us bright & early in the Chevrolet Livestock Barn as we get ready for Market Hog day here at the Del Mar Fairgrounds!

We're throwing it way back this Father's Day to honor our founding Father, Giovanni Mellano. An Italian immigrant, Giovanni shared his farming techniques and pa...ssion for beauty with his two sons and daughter, Johnny, Michael and Rose Marie. Today, Giovanni's legacy is carried through the 3rd generation of Mellanos who own and operate Mellano & Company today. #FathersDay #FamilyFarm See more

Full Bloom finds ten talented and innovative up-and-coming florists bringing their spectacular creative visions to a grueling but gorgeous competition series featuring San Diego's own Mellano & Co!

The Junior Livestock Auction happening on June 26th at the San Diego County Fair. Check out all the San Marcos FFA Livestock projects that will make their way through the auction. https://tinyurl.com/smhsffalivestock

Join SDAEP and San Diego County Farm Bureau Executive Director Hannah Gbeh NEXT THURSDAY May 27th from 12-1PM to discuss accommodating San Diego agriculture in ...land use planning efforts to ensure the long term economic viability of this industry! Register here: https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg See more

Join us next Wednesday, May 12th to learn how Farmers and Ranchers can grow their equity through 1031 Exchanges. Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZUuceGrrDosHNI3FxehzcvNUq...

San Diego Grown!

It's the perfect day to help set the record straight on cattle and the environment. Click through these photos to learn about five benefits cattle have on the E...arth and environment including the ability to do the following. Sequester carbon Enhance ecosystems Convert land unsuitable for crop production into protein through grazing Contribute to healthy soils Mitigate wildfires by reducing fine fuels Learn more about why California needs cattle at calcattlemen.org.

Happy Earth Day! Check out the new blog post I wrote last night, Five Ways Cattle Can Save the Planet cattle and livestock are so rad in the sense that... they can help our planet thrive!! Check out the post here: https://flyingfranch.org//five-ways-cattle-can-save-the-pl #beefitswhatsfordinner #sustainableliving #earthday2021 #cattle #angus #diverseecosystem #ecosystem #wildfires #soilhealth #carbonsequestration

Have you saved 3 lives this week? You can on Wednesday by donating blood! Follow the link to make your appointment https://www.mysdbb.org/donor/schedules/drive_schedule/69803

A great addition for San Diego agriculture!

Prop. 15 is bad for California farmers and bad for California consumers. We agree - Prop 15 hikes taxes on every step of the food supply chain from the farm t...o the table, driving up food costs for consumers at the worst possible time. Vote NO on Prop 15! https://www.farmprogress.com//prop-15s-property-tax-provis

Prop 15 hurts everybody in California’s food supply chain. The walnut processor, the cherry packinghouse it’s all the industries in California that serve ag.... Join San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation in saying #NOonProp15 https://www.sjfb.org//sjfb/761-ag-unites-to-oppose-prop-15

Looking for Jobs or Land? Check out our classifieds! https://www.sdfarmbureau.org/classifieds/

Vote No on Prop 15!

Prop 15 will result in significant tax increases for Farmers across the State. Vote No!

Help fund your local Farm Bureau!

Supporters of Prop 15 are claiming that ag property is exempt. This is categorically false. Prop 15 hikes taxes on a range of ag property from irrigation system...s to fruit & nut trees. Read what the president of Fresno County Farm Bureau has to say below. https://gvwire.com//dont-believe-prop-15-backers-its-a-bi/

No matter what life looks like this year or next, plants will keep growing, we will keep eating, and our kids will keep learning. San Diego Ag in the Classroom is proud to announce that applications are now being accepted for the 2020-2021 School Garden Support Program. If you have a project that emphasizes agricultural principles and/or local ag literacy, they may be able to fund it or provide in-kind or technical support. For the application and more information, please visit sdaitc.org/grants/. The deadline is November 18, 2020.

Commodity with greatest amount of planted acreage in San Diego County = Avocado!