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The Agriculture Immigration Issue

 
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According to the AMERICAN FARM BUREAU, "the average American farmer feeds 128 people."
See how the immigration issue is tied to your kitchen table!

Anti-immigration sentiment sweeps across America. A journey from Florida to New York, including a trip to the Mexican border, reveals the lives and issues of legal and illegal migrants and farmers working toward a better life.

Is the immigration system in America flawed?

Immigrants are dying to feed America.

Discrimination of immigrants has existed in the United States since the English persecuted the Irish at the beginning of this country’s history. It was once generally considered that if you were Greek or Southern Italian you were not white. Anti-immigration sentiment is nothing new in the U.S.

American farmers and agriculture rely on immigrants to do jobs that Americans won’t do or feel that are simply beneath them. This is causing problems for many people. Some see the problem first hand. Others only see the problems in the news from the perspective of those extreme points of view of the left and the right side of our political system.

American Harvest attempts to shed light on the changing face of the United States in particular as it relates to Agriculture. This film also points out the flaws and inconsistencies of the current U.S. policy on immigration.

The filmmakers follow both legal and illegal farm workers and the farmers caught in the middle of a flawed immigration policy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
 
 
 
 
 
As published in "The Packer" - March 26th, 2007

James Allen, President and Chief Executive Officer of the New York Apple Association.

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Immigration and Agriculture

have never been so inexorably tied.

     
 
 
 

New York Farm Bureau

Op-Ed Messenger Post News Paper - June 6, 2007

 

The debate in Washington on immigration reform is a crucial one for agriculture in the Finger Lakes region.

The fruit and vegetable industry, as well as many dairy farms, are dependant on a reliable, legalized workforce of migrant laborers to help harvest our crops and milk cows.

There is virtually no pool of local labor to draw from to help staff our farm operations, which are the backbone of the regional economy.

So without a supply of guestworkers from other countries, our industry would be in peril.

Over the past several weeks, the debate in Washington has been heating up again on this issue.  We are fortunate to have the strong support of Rep. James Walsh, Rep. Randy Kuhl, Rep. Thomas Reynolds and Rep. John McHugh on this issue. They have all signed on as sponsors of the AgJobs Bill, which would ensure a consistent supply of farm labor.

In the Senate, both Sen. Schumer and Sen. Clinton support us on this issue as well.  Both recognize the importance of agriculture and that labor is an essential ingredient to a thriving farming industry. 

Unfortunately, while the debate drags on, our farms have been subject to frequent raids from the immigration service.  One just last month in Central New York took away workers from a thriving vegetable operation, causing that business severe financial difficulty.  Last fall, dozens of raids throughout central and western New York left crops unharvested.

Despite the fact that our farmers diligently verify I-9 forms for their workers’ legal status, the raids continue to disrupt our businesses.  This must stop.  The only way to stop it is to pass solid immigration reform measures in Washington.

We are hopeful that the issue can be resolved in the next couple of weeks.  Otherwise, we do not hold out much hope that it would come up for debate again until after the 2008 presidential elections.  New York Farm Bureau supports immigration reform legislation that:

  • Reforms and streamlines the federal H2a program, to allow permitted seasonal workers to work the planting and harvest times through a process that is not beset with untimely delays, bureaucratic red tape, and prohibitively expensive,
  • Provides for some mechanism to adjust the legal status, with sufficient safeguards, for farm workers who have been and remain working in agriculture in this country,
  • And allows for the inclusion of year round agricultural workers, when a domestic labor force is not available, into the federal H2a program to help alleviate the worker shortage in agriculture in the dairy industry that exists because of the shrinking population in Upstate New York. 

By that time, two harvests will have gone by without a reliable labor force, which could be devastating to agriculture in our region.  As a result, consumers should expect to pay much higher prices for food and a continued downturn of the Upstate economy.

 

Mark James, Executive Director - Finger Lakes Office

New York Farm Bureau
 
 
 
 
 
         

 

 

 

     
     

AGRICULTURE COALITION FOR IMMIGRATION REFORM
National Council of Agricultural Employers

 

 

AMERICAN HARVEST supports these organizations:

April 16, 2007

Dear Senator:

The undersigned organizations and individuals, representing a broad cross-section of America, join together to ask you to support enactment of the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits and Security Act of 2007 (AgJOBS, S. 340 and H.R. 371). This landmark bipartisan legislation would achieve historic reforms to our nation’s labor and immigration laws as they pertain to
agriculture.

The legislation reflects years of negotiations on complex and contentious issues among employer and worker representatives and leaders in Congress.

A growing number of our leaders in Congress, as well as the President, recognize that our nation’s immigration policy is flawed and that, from virtually every perspective, the status quo is untenable. America needs reforms that are compassionate, realistic and economically sensible – reforms that also enhance the rule of law and contribute to national security. AgJOBS represents the coming together of historic adversaries in a rare opportunity to achieve reforms supportive of these goals, as well as our nation’s agricultural productivity and food security.

AgJOBS represents a balanced solution for American agriculture, a critical element of a comprehensive solution, and one that can be enacted now with broad bipartisan support. For these reasons, we join together to encourage the Congress to enact promptly the Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2007, S. 340 and H.R.371.

Thank you.

 

AGRI-MARK INC.
AMERICAN AGRI-WOMEN
AMERICAN COLLEGE OF OCCUPATIONAL & ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE
AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR AND CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS AFL-CIO
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE
AMERICAN FROZEN FOOD INSTITUTE
AMERICAN GI FORUM OF THE UNITED STATES
AMERICAN HORSE COUNCIL
AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE
AMERICAN MUSHROOM INSTITUTE
AMERICAN NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN SHEEP INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
AMERICAN-ARAB ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE
ASIAN AMERICAN JUSTICE CENTER
ASSOCIATION OF FARMWORKER OPPORTUNITY PROGRAMS
CATHOLIC LEGAL IMMIGRATION NETWORK, INC. (CLINIC)
CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE
CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN WITNESS/WASHINGTON OFFICE
CLAYTON YEUTTER, FORMER SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE AND U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
COUNCIL OF NORTHEAST FARMER COOPERATIVES
DAIRY FARMERS OF AMERICA
DAIRYLEA COOPERATIVE, INC.
ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING GROUP
THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH
EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN AMERICA
FARM LABOR ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE, AFL-CIO (FLOC)
FARMWORKER JUSTICE
FEDERATION OF EMPLOYERS AND WORKERS OF AMERICA
FIRST PIONEER FARM CREDIT (NY, CT, MA, NJ, NH AND RI)
GENERAL COMMISSION ON RELIGION AND RACE, THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
HAGYARD EQUINE MEDICAL INSTITUTE
HOUSING ASSISTANCE COUNCIL
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS
IRRIGATION ASSOCIATION
JESUIT CONFERENCE USA
JEWISH COUNCIL FOR PUBLIC AFFAIRS
KING RANCH, INC. (CA, FL, TX)
LABOR COUNCIL FOR LATIN AMERICAN ADVANCEMENT
LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS
THE LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
LEGAL MOMENTUM
LUTHERAN IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE SERVICE
MEXICAN AMERICAN LEGAL DEFENSE AND EDUCATIONAL FUND
MIDWEST ASSOCIATION OF FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS (MAFO)
MIDWEST FOOD PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION
MIGRANT CLINICIANS NETWORK
MIGRANT LEGAL ACTION PROGRAM
MONROVIA GROWERS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, INC
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LATINO ELECTED AND APPOINTED OFFICIALS
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DEPARTMENTS OF AGRICULTURE
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE DIRECTORS OF MIGRANT EDUCATION
NATIONAL CATHOLIC RURAL LIFE CONFERENCE
NATIONAL CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL COMMUNITY FOR LATINO LEADERSHIP NCLL
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYERS
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF FARMER COOPERATIVES
NATIONAL COUNCIL OF LA RAZA
NATIONAL FARM WORKER MINISTRY
NATIONAL FARMERS UNION
NATIONAL FARMWORKER ALLIANCE
NATIONAL GRAPE COOPERATIVE
NATIONAL GREENHOUSE MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION FORUM
NATIONAL IMMIGRATION LAW CENTER
NATIONAL KOREAN AMERICAN SERVICE & EDUCATION CONSORTIUM
NATIONAL LEGAL AID AND DEFENDER ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL MILK PRODUCERS FEDERATION
NATIONAL POTATO COUNCIL
NATIONAL THOROUGHBRED RACING ASSOCIATION
NATIONAL WATERMELON ASSOCIATION, INC.
NEW ENGLAND APPLE COUNCIL
NEW ENGLAND NURSERY ASSOCIATION
NISEI FARMERS LEAGUE
NOLTRE NURSERY SERVICES
NORTH AMERICAN HORTICULTURAL SUPPLY ASSOCIATION
NORTHERN PLAINS POTATO GROWERS
NORTHEAST DAIRY PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION
NORTHWEST GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NORTHWEST FARM CREDIT SERVICES (WA, OR, MT, ID AND AK)
NORTHWEST HORTICULTURAL COUNCIL
OFA-AN ASSOCIATION OF FLORICULTURE PROFESSIONALS
OXFAM AMERICA
PACIFIC COAST PRODUCERS
PACIFIC NORTHWEST CHRISTMAS TREE ASSOCIATION
PERENNIAL PLANT ASSOCIATION
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH (USA) WASHINGTON OFFICE
PRODUCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION
SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION (SEIU)
SNAKE RIVER FARMERS ASSOCIATION (ID, IL, OH, UT)
SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS
SOUTHEASTERN DAIRY COOPERATIVES
SOUTHERN NURSERY ASSOCIATION
SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE
TURFGRASS PRODUCERS INTERNATIONAL
UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION OF CONGREGATIONS
UNITED AGRIBUSINESS LEAGUE
INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT
WORKERS OF AMERICA (UAW)
UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST, JUSTICE AND WITNESS MINISTRIES
UNITED EGG PRODUCERS
UNITED FARM WORKERS
UNITED FARM WORKERS FOUNDATION
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION
UNITED FRESH PRODUCE ASSOCIATION
UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, GENERAL BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
U.S. APPLE ASSOCIATION

UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
UNITED STATES EQUESTRIAN FEDERATION
WESTERN ASSOCIATION OF NURSERYMEN
WESTERN GROWERS
WESTERN UNITED DAIRYMEN
WHOLESALE NURSERY GROWERS OF AMERICA
WILLIAM C. VELASQUEZ INSTITUTE
WINEGRAPE GROWERS OF AMERICA
WINE INSTITUTE
WOMEN'S DIVISION - UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
WORKING AMERICA, AFL-CIO
YANKEE FARM CREDIT (VT, NH AND NY)
ALABAMA NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
ALABAMA WATERMELON ASSOCIATION
TELAMON CORPORATION (AL)
ARIZONA NURSERY ASSOCIATION
CAMPESINOS SIN FRONTERAS (AZ)
CATHOLIC CHARITIES, PHOENIX, AZ
CHICANOS POR LA CAUSA (AZ)
ESLABON ASSOCIATES, INC. (AZ)
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST DISTRICT/UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION (AZ)
KARIN L. CRAWFORD, OWNER OF GOD'S GARDEN TREASURES, TEMPE, AZ
FLOWER FRENZY, TEMPE, AZ
JOE & VIKKI KOZORA, PRESCOTT, AZ
ROBERT A. REED A.I.F.D, CREATIONS BY REED, PHOENIX, AZ
KRIS SCHUEHLE MOUNTAIN HIGH FLOWERS, SEDONA, AZ
KEN YOUNG, PHOENIX FLOWER SHOPS, SCOTTSDALE, AZ
ARKANSAS GREEN INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION
ARKANSAS CONFERENCE BOARD OF CHURCH AND SOCIETY
CATHOLIC CHARITIES OF ARKANSAS
UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS LEAGUE OF UNITED LATIN AMERICAN CITIZENS
CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA WOOL GROWERS ASSOCIATION
FARM CREDIT OF NESS CITY
ALLIED GRAPE GROWERS (CA)
BLUE DIAMOND GROWERS
CALIFORNIA-ARIZONA WATERMELON ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF NURSERIES AND GARDEN CENTERS
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF WINEGRAPE GROWERS
CALIFORNIA AVOCADO COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA AVOCADO SOCIETY
CALIFORNIA CANNING PEACH ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA CITRUS MUTUAL
CALIFORNIA CITRUS NURSERY SOCIETY
CALIFORNIA CUT FLOWER COMMISSION
CALIFORNIA DAIRIES, INC.
CALIFORNIA FARM BUREAU FEDERATION
CALIFORNIA FLORAL COUNCIL
CALIFORNIA FIG ADVISORY BOARD
CALIFORNIA FRESH TOMATO GROWERS DBA CALIFORNIA TOMATO FARMERS
CALIFORNIA GRAPE AND TREE FRUIT LEAGUE
CALIFORNIA STRAWBERRY NURSERYMEN’S ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA WOMEN FOR AGRICULTURE
COLAB IMPERIAL COUNTY (CA)
FAMILY WINEMAKERS OF CA
FRESNO COUNTY FARM BUREAU
GROWER-SHIPPER ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL CALIFORNIA
GROWER-SHIPPER VEGETABLE ASSOCIATION OF SAN LUIS AND OBISPO COUNTY (CA)
IMPERIAL COUNTY FARM BUREAU (CA)
IMPERIAL VALLEY VEGETABLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
KERN COUNTY FARM BUREAU
KINGS COUNTY FARM BUREAU
LAKE COUNTY FARM BUREAU
LAKE COUNTY PEAR ASSOCIATION (CA)
LIVE OAK FARMS, LE GRAND, CA
MARIN COUNTY FARM BUREAU
MENDOCINO COUNTY FARM BUREAU
MERCED COUNTY FARM BUREAU
MONTEREY COUNTY FARM BUREAU
NAPA COUNTY FARM BUREAU
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA GROWERS ASSOCIATION
NURSERY GROWERS ASSOCIATION (CA)
OLIVE GROWERS COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA
ORANGE COUNTY FARM BUREAU
RAISIN BARGAINING ASSOCIATION
SACRAMENTO VALLEY FARM CREDIT
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FARM BUREAU
SAN DIEGO COUNTY FARM BUREAU
SAN DIEGO COUNTY FLOWER & PLANT ASSOCIATION
SAN FRANCISCO FLOWER MART
SANTA BARBARA COUNTY FARM BUREAU
TULARE COUNTY FARM BUREAU
VENTURA COUNTY AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION
AFSCME LOCAL 2076 (CA)
ALLIANCE OF FOREST WORKERS AND HARVESTERS (CA)
BERKELEY GLOBAL JUSTICE (CA)
BROKAW NURSERY, INC. (CA)
CALIFORNIA CHURCH IMPACT
CALIFORNIA HUMAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION
CALIFORNIA INDIAN BASKETWEAVERS ASSOCIATION
CALIFORNIA RURAL LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOUNDATION
CARECEN-LA (CA)
CATHOLIC CHARITIES (CA)
CATHOLIC CHARITIES - DIOCESE OF SANTA ROSA (CA)
CHICANO FEDERATION OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY CA
COALITION FOR HUMANE IMMIGRANTS RIGHTS OF LOS ANGELES
COMITE LATINO (CA)
FRANCISCAN FRIARS OF ST. BARBARA PROVINCE (CA)
FRESNO HEALTHY COMMUNITIES ACCESS PARTNERS (CA)
HOLY REDEEMER LUTHERAN CHURCH (CA)
HOUSEFARMWORKERS OF SANTA PAULA (CA)
IMMIGRANT LEGAL RESOURCE CENTER (CA)
KINGS COMMUNITY ACTION ORGANIZATION (CA)
LATIN AMERICA COMMITTEE OF THE LORETTO COMMUNITY (CA)
LEAVENS RANCHES (CA)
LIVINGSTON MEDICAL GROUP (CA)
MERRYHILL SCHOOL (CA)
MEXICAN AMERICAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION (CA)
NORTH COAST PAX CHRISTI (CA)
ORANGE COUNTY INTERFAITH COMMITTEE TO AID FARM WORKERS (CA)
ORGANIZACIÓN EN CALIFORNIA DE LIDERES CAMPESINAS (CA)
OUR LADY OF VICTORY MISSIONARY SISTERS (CA)
PACIFIC SOUTHWEST DISTRICT - UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST ASSOCIATION (CA)
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK (CA)
RADIO BILINGÜE, INC. (CA)
REDWOOD PEACE AND JUSTICE CENTER (CA)
SIREN (CA)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ECUMENICAL COUNCIL
SOUTHWEST COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER (CA)
TEAMSTERS 948 (CA)
VENTURA COUNTY AG FUTURES ALLIANCE (CA)
WALK YOUR TALK PRODUCTIONS (CA)
THE WATSONVILLE LAW CENTER (CA)
CAROL WHITAKER, VICE PRESIDENT, COMMERCIAL RELATIONSHIP MGR, UMPQUA BANK (CA)
PAULA BRYANT, UMPQUA BANK (CA)
RAYMOND CAMERA AND RAYMOND CAMERA, JR., CAMERA BROTHERS (CA)
DON AND MARGARET EUTENIER, PEAR GROWERS, LAKE COUNTY, CA
QUERCUS RANCH (MARK NAVONE, OWNER) (CA)
LAKE COUNTY LAND & CATTLE, LLC (CA)
JOE CONANT, WHITNEY WARREN RANCH, LTD. (CA)
THE PEAR DOCTOR, INC. (CA)
BROC AND SHARRON ZOLLER, ZOLLER’S VINEYARDS (CA)
JANE SAMUEL, SUNRISE FRESH (CHERRY GROWER) (CA)
PARDEE TREE NURSERY (CA)
US AGRISEEDS (CA)
ELIZABETH ELWOOD PONCE AND KENNETH ELWOOD, LASSEN CANYON NURSERY INC. (CA)
JIM AND KATHRYNE RIETKERK, KALLISTO GREENHOUSES (CA)
LARRY R. THORNTON, PEAR FARMER (CA)
DAVID C. WEISS, BELLA VISTA FARMING COMPANY, LLC (CA)
COLUMBINE LANDSCAPE, INC. (CA)
W. F. LIMITED (CA)
3 G LABOR SERVICE, INC. (CA)
EAST WEST TREES (CA)
ANDREW J. SCULLY, PHILIP E. SCULLY TONI M. SCULLY, SCULLY PACKING CO. (CA)
JOHN DIEPERSLOOT, KINGSBURG ORCHARDS (CA)
GEORGE JACKSON, KINGSBURG ORCHARDS (CA)
DAVID JACKSON, DAVID JACKSON FARMS (CA)
KEN ENNS, ENNS PACKING CO., INC. (CA)
MIKE JENSEN, THE HMC GROUP MARKETING. INC. (CA)
HAROLD MCCLARTY, THE HMC GROUP MARKETING, INC. (CA)
PAT RICCHIUTI, JR., PR FARMS (CA)
STEVE VOLPE, ROYAL MADERA VINEYARDS (CA)
BOBBY BIANCO, ANTHONY VINEYARDS, INC. (CA)
STEPHEN BISWELL, MT. CAMPBELL DEVELOPMENT (CA)
NICHOLAS BOZICK, R. BAGDASARIAN, INC. (CA)
WAYNE BRANDT, BRANDT FARMS, INC. (CA)
ANTON CARATAN, ANTON CARATAN & SONS (CA)
CHRIS CARATAN, M. CARATAN, INC. (CA)
KIRK CERNIGLIA, ROYAL MADERA VINEYARDS (CA)
ALLAN CORRIN, CORRIN FARMING (CA)
STANLEY COSART, W. F. COSART PACKING CO. (CA)
VERNE CROOKSHANKS, VENIDA PACKING, INC. (CA)
JERRY DIBUDUO, BALLANTINE PRODUCE CO., INC. (CA)
EDGE DOSTAL, CHIQUITA FRESH NORTH AMERICA (CA)
RICHARD ELLIOT, DAVID J. ELLIOT & SONS (CA)
TONY FAZIO, TRI-BORO FRUIT CO., INC. (CA)
RON FRAUENHEIM, FRAUENHEIM FARMS (CA)
MICKY GEORGE, GEORGE BROS., INC. (CA)
DAN GERAWAN, GERAWAN FARMING, INC. (CA)
RANDY GIUMARRA, GIUMARRA VINEYARDS CORPORATION (CA)
STEVE HASH, STEVE HASH FARMS (CA)
DOUG HEMLY, GREENE AND HEMLY, INC. (CA)
PHIL HERBIG, ENNS PACKING CO., INC. (CA)
ROBERT IKEMIYA, ITO PACKING COMPANY, INC. (CA)
STEVE JOHNSON, JOHNSON ORCHARDS, INC. (CA)
BRIAN JONES, SUN VALLEY PACKING (CA)
HERB KAPRIELIAN, KCC HOLDING LLC (CA)
DAVID MARGULEAS, SUN WORLD INTERNATIONAL, LLC (CA)
LOUIS PANDOL, PANDOL BROS., INC. (CA)
DENNIS PARNAGIAN, FOWLER PACKING COMPANY, INC. (CA)
JUSTIN PARNAGIAN, FOWLER PACKING COMPANY, INC. (CA)
CLIFF ROLLAND, ABE-EL PRODUCE (CA)
CLIFF SADOIAN, SADOIAN BROS., INC. (CA)
SARK SARABIAN, SARABIAN FARMS (CA)
TOM SCHULTZ, CHASE NATIONAL KIWI FARMS (CA)
JIM SIMONIAN, SIMONIAN FRUIT COMPANY (CA)
BRENT SMITTCAMP, WAWONA PACKING CO., LLC (CA).
KENT STEPHENS, MARKO ZANINOVICH, INC. (CA)
DEAN THONESEN, SUNWEST FRUIT COMPANY, INC (CA).
STAN TUFTS, TUFTS RANCH LLC (CA)

CHILES WILSON, ALL STATE PACKERS, INC. (CA)
JOHN D. ZANINOVICH, ZAN FARMS, INC. (CA)
JON P. ZANINOVICH, JASMINE VINEYARDS, INC. (CA)
MARKO S. ZANINOVICH, MARKO ZANINOVICH, INC. (CA)
RYAN ZANINOVICH, V. B. ZANINOVICH & SONS, INC. (CA)
STEVE FORTIN, SIERRA-CASCADE NURSERY, INC. (CA)
BARBARA ANN SHEETER, DELANO, CA
BRASSICA NURSERY, INC., NIPOMO, CA
CHARLENE COULSON, CAMERON PARK, CA
DUTCH FLORIST, PALM SPRINGS, CA
FLOWERS BY ADELAIDE, INC., LA JOLLA, CA
FRANK QUINTANILLA - GOLDEN ROSE FLORIST, ROSEMEAD, CA
JOHN FURMAN, CALIFORNIA PAJAROSA, WATSONVILLE, CA
DWIGHT MATSUNO, KB GREENHOUSES, INC., WATSONVILLE, CA
MAXIMUM NURSERY INC., WINFRED VAN WINGERDEN, CARPINTERIA, CA
MELLANO & COMPANY, SAN LUIS REY, CA
OCEAN VIEW FLOWERS, LOMPOC, CA
SAN DIEGO COUNTY FLOWER & PLANT ASSOCIATION, CARLSBAD, CA
SHANNON KELLEY, NIPOMO, CA
STANFORD FLORAL DESIGN, PALO ALTO, CA
SUNLET NURSERY, INC., FALLBROOK, CA
WILTON LEE, LEE'S FLORIST & NURSERY, BERKELEY, CA
ASSOCIATED LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS OF COLORADO
COLORADO NURSERY & GREENHOUSE ASSOCIATION
COLORADO POTATO ADMINISTRATIVE COMMITTEE
COLORADO SUGARBEET GROWERS ASSOCIATION
COLORADO WINE INDUSTRY DEVELOPMENT BOARD
SISTERS OF SAINT FRANCIS (CO)
AMATO WHOLESALE FLORIST, DENVER, CO
CHERRIE SILVERMAN AIFD, AAF CHERRY BLOSSOMS FLORIST, WESTMINSTER, CO
DWIGHT LARIMER, BOULDER, CO
LAFAYETTE FLORIST & GREENHOUSES INC., LAFAYETTE, CO
IMMIGRATION SERVICES, CATHOLIC CHARITIES (CT)
CONNECTICUT FLORISTS ASSOCIATION
CONNECTICUT GREEN INDUSTRIES COUNCIL
CONNECTICUT GREENHOUSE GROWERS ASSOCIATION
CONNECTICUT NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
H.F. BROWN, INC. (CT)
LYMAN ORCHARDS (CT)
DELAWARE NURSERY & LANDSCAPE ASSOCIATION
LATIN AMERICAN COMMUNITY CENTER (DE)
TELAMON CORPORATION (DE)
AYUDA (DC)
CAIR COALITION (DC)