Bill Text: CA ACR29 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 29 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: California Agriculture Day.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 54-22)

Status: (Passed) 2013-05-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 34, Statutes of 2013. [ACR29 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR29-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 29	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  34
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  MAY 20, 2013
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  MAY 6, 2013
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Eggman and Olsen
   (Principal coauthors: Senators Cannella and Galgiani)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Atkins, Dahle, Pan, Quirk, Yamada,
Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom, Blumenfield,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos,
Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Daly, Donnelly, Fong, Fox,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gorell, Gray,
Grove, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Logue, Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez,
Mitchell, Morrell, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Patterson, John A.
P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Stone, Torres,
Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, and Williams)
   (Coauthors: Senators Berryhill, Hueso, Lieu, and Wolk)

                        MARCH 4, 2013

   Relative to California Agriculture Day.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 29, Eggman. California Agriculture Day.
   This measure would recognize the week of March 17, 2013, to March
23, 2013, inclusive, as National Agriculture Week, and would
designate March 20, 2013, as California Agriculture Day.



   WHEREAS, March 20, 2013, is designated as California Agriculture
Day, a day of celebration to commemorate agriculture's importance in
our daily lives, its vital role in keeping Californians nourished,
and its role in keeping the state's economy ranked as the ninth
largest in the world; and
   WHEREAS, The 2013 theme of California Agriculture Day is "The
California Advantage" to discover all of the advantages that make
California's agriculture the most productive in the nation; and
   WHEREAS, For more than 60 consecutive years, California has been
the number one agricultural producing state in the nation,
encompassing more than 400 crop and livestock products and accounting
for approximately 50 percent of the nation's supply of fruits,
vegetables, and nuts; and
   WHEREAS, The inexhaustible efforts of millions of farmworkers have
contributed greatly to the success of the agricultural industry; and

   WHEREAS, California's agricultural community relies on a vital
infrastructure that aids in the exclusion and early detection of
plant and animal pests and diseases that impact public health, the
environment, and commerce; and
   WHEREAS, With less than 1 percent of California's population
engaging in farming and agriculture, each agricultural worker today
provides for more than 100 other people, compared to just 13 in 1947;
and
   WHEREAS, Today's agricultural industry offers over 300 challenging
and rewarding career opportunities, from on-farm cultivation to food
science and engineering; and
   WHEREAS, Over the past seven decades, advances in agricultural
production have resulted in a drop in consumer spending on food
products from 23 percent of disposable income in 1947 to
approximately 10 percent today; and
   WHEREAS, California is the nation's leader in agricultural
exports, shipping more than $16 billion worth of food and
agricultural commodities around the world in 2011; and
   WHEREAS, California's agricultural industry constantly seeks to
incorporate the latest scientific and technological production and
marketing techniques to meet the demands of changing consumer needs
and complex world markets; and
   WHEREAS, Public-private partnerships are continually being
developed to improve quality and ensure safe handling practices on
the farm, in transit, and during processing; and
   WHEREAS, California consumers say that it is important to them to
purchase foods grown in California and that "California Grown" is
more important to them today than in previous years, and in the last
decade, California consumers have increased support of farmers'
markets, community supported agricultural programs, and
farm-to-school programs; and
   WHEREAS, A broad approach to agricultural education is vital to
ensure that California agriculture continues to flourish; and
   WHEREAS, California will lose an estimated 500,000 acres of
agricultural land by 2050, of which 300,000 acres is highly
productive irrigated cropland, and thus California should continue to
work to conserve and preserve California's agricultural heritage;
and
   WHEREAS, It is appropriate for all Californians to recognize our
farmers, farmworkers, and others involved in providing such a bounty
to our nation and the entire world; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature recognizes and honors the
men and women of California agriculture for their dedication and
productivity by observing the week of March 17, 2013, to March 23,
2013, inclusive, as National Agriculture Week, and designating
Wednesday, March 20, 2013, as California Agriculture Day; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.