[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 8883]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 CALIFORNIA AVOCADO APPRECIATION MONTH

  (Ms. BROWNLEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize 
one of my State's most important agricultural assets--the California 
avocado. This June, during the peak of the avocado growing season, we 
celebrate California Avocado Appreciation Month.
  California avocados are both an economic driver as well as a healthy 
sodium- and cholesterol-free food option. Throughout California, family 
farms produce 90 percent of the Nation's avocados, and many of these 
farms and avocado groves are in my home in Ventura County. Growers in 
Ventura County are leading the way in avocado agriculture, and they are 
true stewards of the land. It is this stewardship and their hard work 
that makes the future of the California avocado so bright and Ventura 
County one of the most beautiful places in the country to live and 
work.
  I look forward to joining my colleagues to further strengthen this 
important economic driver for California and for our country.

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