801 South Mt. Vernon Avenue Bakersfield, CA 93307

Office 661-397-9635 • Fax 661-397-3403

www.kerncfb.com • kcfb@kerncfb.com

PROMOTING, PROTECTING

AND STRENGTHENING

KERN COUNTY’S

AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS

Providing local, state and

national agricultural

advocacy, education,

promotion and information

distribution.

Jeff Rasmussen, President — Vignolo Farms Tito Martinez, 1st Vice President — Donald Valpredo Farming John Moore III, 2nd Vice President — Moore Family Farms Rick Brauer, Treasurer — Citizens Business Bank, Agribusiness Group John Ellis, District Director — J.G. Boswell

District I Lucas Espericueta – Farm Credit West Jason Gianquinto – Semitropic WSD Jenny Holtermann (Exec. Cmte.) – Holtermann Farms Rob Goff – Wonderful Orchards Jason Giannelli – Tasteful Selections Eric Miller – South Valley Farms John Moore III (Exec. Cmte.) – Moore Family Farms Mark Palla (Exec. Cmte.) – Fred Palla Farms Greg Wegis (Exec. Cmte.) – Wegis & Young

District II Patty Poire (Exec. Cmte.) – Grimmway Farms Mark Hall (Exec. Cmte.) – Mark Hall Farming Trey Irwin (Exec. Cmte.) – Tejon Ranch Brian Kirschenmann – Kirschenmann Farms Inc. Tito Martinez (Exec. Cmte.) – Donald Valpredo Farming Steve Murray (Exec. Cmte.) – Murray Family Farms Jay Hershey III – JCH2 Enterprises, LLC Jared Britschgi – Pearl Crop Jerome Kresha – Kresha Agricultural Nursery Rick Brauer (Exec. Cmte.) – Citizens Business Bank

District III Brian Grant – Bolthouse Farms Chad Garone – McKittrick Ranch Ben Laverty, III (Exec. Cmte.) – CSTC Albert Idolyantes – Farm Credit West Todd Snider – Personal Ag Management Alan Doud – Tejon Ranch Ben Laverty, IV – CSTC Jeff Rasmussen (Exec. Cmte.) – Vignolo Farms

Beatris Espericueta Sanders, Executive Director Kristen Spence, Office Manager Oscar Miranda, Office Assistant/ Intern

About Farm Bureau

The Kern County Farm

Bureau (KCFB) was

organized in 1914 and is

affiliated with the Cal-

ifornia and American

Farm Bureau Federations through a

uniform membership agreement. Our

purpose is to surface, analyze and

solve the problems of farmers and

ranchers. By joining together, farmers and

ranchers are able to accomplish much more than

acting as individuals. Farm Bureau's roots can be

traced back to the Cooperative Extension System

and today, Farm Bureau and the Cooperative

Extension have a close working relationship.

Membership in Farm Bureau begins at the basic

level, the county. This is where one joins the

organization. Every county Farm Bureau is a

member of the California

Farm Bureau Federation

(CFBF). CFBF has 53

county members. The state

organization is a member

of American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).

AFBF has 51 members, the 50 state federations

plus the Farm Bureau representing Puerto Rico.

The entire Farm Bureau organization represents 5

million farm families nationwide and nearly

90,000 of them reside in California.

Young Farmers & Ranchers

YF&R members are active agriculturists between

the ages of 18 and 35 who are involved in

production agriculture. YF&R’s develop

leadership skills while volunteering time as active,

vital members of the Kern County farming

community.

DIRECTORS

KCFB STAFF

OFFICERS

The Unified Voice of

Kern County’s Farming Community

Involved & Engaged Representing and advancing the collective

economic, social and educational interests

of Kern County’s farming community

through organized action.

The Kern County Farm Bureau (KCFB) is

a non-governmental, non-profit, voluntary

membership California corporation.

While Farm Bureau does not affiliate itself

with any political party, it does have a

philosophical belief favoring the private

competitive enterprise system, private

property rights and pricing determined by a

free marketplace. Farm Bureau favors

streamlined government regulation and fair

taxation and it encourages its members to

support candidates for public office who

share these beliefs.

Membership dues are generally not

deductible as charitable contributions for

federal income tax purposes; however, they

may be deductible as business expenses.

Unreimbursed employee expenses may also

be deductible.

Tax ID # 95-1711972

KCFB is an IRS 501(c)(5) designated

tax-exempt ‘Agricultural Organization’;

promoting the interest of persons engaged

in raising livestock, harvesting crops or

aquatic resources, cultivating useful or

ornamental plants, or similar pursuits.

Agricultural members are individuals or

businesses who receive income from the lo-

cal farming industry and have voting rights in

Farm Bureau’s policy process. Associate

members are individuals or businesses who

do not receive income from the local farming

industry and do not have voting rights in

Farm Bureau’s policy process.

KCFB is divided into 3 geographic districts

(North, Southeast, and Southwest Kern

County) and each district is represented by a

maximum of 11 directors on the Board of

Directors. The Directors meet on the 3rd

Thursday of every month. The Annual

Meeting for all members is held in October,

at which time Officers and Board Members

are ratified by those in attendance who

Membership

Partner Discount Providers

Governing Board

KCFB: Serving Agriculture Since 1914

Farm Day in the City, 2013