YF&R program, leaders pivot in response to adversity
Lindsey Mebane
Allen Hancock College YF&R members assemble care packages to be distributed to members of their community in Santa Barbara County.
Kern County YF&R members partnered with a produce company in 2020 to donate 4,400 pounds of food to hospitals for their front-line employees.
Napa County YF&R members, assemble garden kits to be distributed to local residents to grow their own food.
Nick Rocca, past co-chair of Fresno-Madera YF&R, led the group to serve more than 600,000 meals and 1.2 million pounds of food to people in need during the pandemic.
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Madeline Meyer grew up on a dairy farm in Michigan and through connections with her college professors now works at Tollcrest Dairy in Wheatland.
On Dec. 8, Meyer, 22, won the Young Farmers and Ranchers Discussion Meet during the California Farm Bureau Annual Meeting in Sacramento. Meyer represented Yuba County in the final four that took place on day three of a four-day meeting.
To get to the final four, Meyer had to submit an entry on YouTube and then participate in a discussion via video conference. At each stage, contestants were given a different topic to discuss within the agriculture industry. Meyer said the idea is for the discussion to mirror a committee meeting instead of a debate. Topics included international trade, sustainability, rural economies, rural connectivity and natural disasters.