[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 11]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16211]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




  RECOGNIZING THE HUMBOLDT COUNTY FARM BUREAU ON THE OCCASION OF THE 
                            CENTENNIAL YEAR

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                           HON. JARED HUFFMAN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                       Thursday, October 24, 2013

  Mr. HUFFMAN. Mr. Speaker, it gives me great pleasure to recognize the 
Humboldt County Farm Bureau on the occasion of their centennial year.
  One hundred years ago, in July of 1913, the Humboldt County Farm 
Bureau was established as a center for local farmers and ranchers to 
exchange information and industry practices. The oldest Farm Bureau in 
the State of California and the second oldest in the nation, it is a 
membership-based, grass-roots organization dedicated to promoting and 
preserving agriculture in Humboldt County.
  The establishment of the Humboldt County Farm Bureau provided the 
opportunity to host a Farm Advisor from the University of California, a 
position that changed many of the agricultural practices and provided 
scientific research to improve production in the county. With the 
development of the UC Extension Office also came the 4-H Program, and 
in both cases Humboldt's were the first in California.
  The Farm Bureau is Humboldt County's single largest general 
agricultural organization representing and supporting all aspects of 
agriculture from dairy to timber, cattle, produce, oysters, wineries, 
and the floral industry. A non-profit organization working towards 
positive solutions to the problems faced by farming and rural 
communities, it collaborates with other local, county, and state 
agriculture organizations to promote and protect family farms and 
develop better methods and practices in farming and management.
  Mr. Speaker, I congratulate the Humboldt County Farm Bureau on their 
centennial anniversary and ask my colleagues and the North Coast 
community to join me in wishing them all the best for another 100 
years.

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