Thursday, August 26, 2010
President’s Message August 26, 2010
The California Legislature returned from its July summer recess to once again to confront the reality that state is overdue on a budget.. [read more]
Source: Barry J. Bedwell

Friday, July 30, 2010
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE JULY 30, 2010
We are now well into the 2010 harvest season and thus far I would report that the results for our members are mixed at best to this point. .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, May 28, 2010
President’s Message May 28, 2010
When the members of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League put together their “Top Ten Issues” for 2010, “Invasive Pest Issues and Quarantines” was listed at number 5... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Tuesday, April 27, 2010
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE APRIL 27, 2010
April 26th was the “official” start in the San Joaquin Valley of the “heat” season. Why? Because the forecast high temperature for the central and southern portions of the valley were at 85 degrees or above... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Last week the League held their 74th Annual Meeting in Carmel Valley. The meeting provided a wonderful opportunity for attendees to visit with new and old friends... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, January 29, 2010
CGTFL'S TOP TEN ISSUES
Earlier this month, we sent out a list of 20 issues to our Board of Directors with the intent to have them select the ten most important for this calendar year. Here are the results:.. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, January 01, 2010
CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM FOR 2010
The first decade of the 21st century has now come and gone with most tree fruit and fresh grape growers remaining cautiously optimistic (they are farmers after all) while acknowledging a general mixed bag of results for the past ten years coupled with a hefty douse of anxiety for the future... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, December 18, 2009
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
For this week’s commentary I thought I would pass along a couple of thoughts about the holiday season and partisan politics... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, December 04, 2009
FOOD SAFETY CORE PRINCIPLES
Last week an editorial appeared in the Fresno Bee entitled “Make food safety number 1” which made some valid points as to the need for additional regulation but it advocated those regulations to take place at the state level ..... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, November 20, 2009
CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE AND WATER USE
With the recent passage of a series of bills related to California’s water future, for this week’s message here are some thoughts in regard to how agriculture deals with the needs to be efficient with its water use... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, November 06, 2009
HEALTH CARE AND CALIFORNIA AGRICULTURE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with suggestions on how to make it even better... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, October 23, 2009
OVERALL CROP YEAR LOOKS POSITIVE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with suggestions on how to make it even better. Here are some general observations as we enter the last week of October... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, October 09, 2009
CGTFL'S NEW WEB SITE
We are very pleased to introduce at this time the updating of our web site which will serve as a valuable resource for California Grape & Tree Fruit League members to use ..... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, September 25, 2009
ABOUT THE LEAGUE
The League manages many important issues simultaneously including: comprehensive immigration reform, assuring the farmworker’s right to a secret ballot ..... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL