Agriculture is vital

Assemblymember Marie Waldron

AD-75 (R)

This week at the San Diego County Farm Bureau’s annual installation/awards celebration in Fallbrook, I was proud to recognize Gary Crouch, owner of Mountain Meadow Mushrooms, with an Assembly Resolution honoring him as "Farmer of the Year".

Farming is vital to our state and local economies. California has long been the nation’s leading agricultural state, and locally grown crops including avocados, citrus, strawberries, olives, grapes and cut flowers have put San Diego in the top tier of agricultural counties nationwide, despite (or perhaps because of) th...