Letter: Honoring our agricultural workers during National Agriculture Week | Letters to the Editor

Over the final yr, Napa County agriculture has handled and continues to cope with, many challenges, together with drought, COVID-19 and the ongoing results of wildfire, to title a couple of.

As we proceed to cope with these challenges going through agriculture at the second, it will be important to acknowledge the women and men in Napa County who’ve continued to face the problem head-on and who try to proceed to construct our financial system and communities on this unprecedented time. It is necessary for us in Napa County to pause and acknowledge the optimistic and vital impression that agriculture has on our communities.

Our native farmers, farmworkers, meals processors and different important staff in the agricultural sector have continued to carry out their crucial work and have ensured continuity of a crucial infrastructure that gives for the well-being of ourselves, our households, our companies and our complete Napa Valley group.

California is the nation’s high agricultural producer and infrequently occasions this truth goes unrecognized.

At the native degree, the agricultural sector is Napa County’s driving financial pressure.

Agriculture is predominantly inter-woven into the many companies and people who make Napa County a premier, world-class financial system and who fortify and improve our native communities. When we’re lucky sufficient to have our present challenges dissipate, we must always come out of it with a brand new appreciation for farmers and farmworkers who diligently serve Napa County and who make vital contributions to the material of our communities.

These are the devoted women and men who’ve confronted challenges head-on, and they’re actually deserving of our respect; they’ve earned it.

As the oldest and largest agricultural group in Napa Valley, the Napa County Farm Bureau is proud to symbolize over 1,000 members engaged in the agricultural sector who carry out these very important providers for us every single day. They are high contributors to our financial system, our native communities and total private well-being.

During this National Agriculture Week 2022, the Napa County Farm Bureau applauds and thanks the women and men of Napa Valley agriculture for persevering with to present their important providers during this time of unequaled adversity.

We encourage you to thank those who proceed to carry out this crucial and important work and people who proceed to make agriculture in Napa County the driving pressure that makes our house actually world-class.