33rd Annual Dairy Princess Coronation

Join the Tulare County Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Committee. Teams are invited from the general Farm Bureau Membership and neighboring Kings and Kern County YF&R Committees. The trap shoot requires that participants bring their own firearms and ammunition appropriate for trap shooting, safety gear such as hearing protection, and $5 cash for each round you plan on shooting. The YF&R will host dinner for all in attendance. For more info, email yfr@tulcofb.org.

The Safe Food Alliance & the California Walnut Board offer this training exclusively to walnut growers. Growers will be given one complimentary registration and subsequent registrations will be $285. To register, go to safefoodalliance.com and click on Events. Use code PSCWB2017 at checkout. Registrants using the code more than once will be billed. Registration begins at 7:30 am.

Schools awarded a garden grant from Tulare County Farm Bureau are required to complete a School Garden Progress Report annually by June 15. The progress report form can be found online at www.tulcofb.org under the School Garden Project page. In order to be eligible for a sustaining School Garden Grant from TCFB you must have completed and turned in an annual progress report of your school garden. Contact TCFB at 732-8301 for more information or for questions regarding the School Garden Progress Report form. It may be submitted by email to tcfb@tulcofb.org or by fax to 732-7029.

Ag Employment Law Issues and Compliance - Sutton Hague Attorneys Brett Sutton & Wes Carlson will offer this special presentation exclusively for members of Tulare County Farm Bureau. Brett and Wes will address the latest employment law issues for Agricultural Employers and related industries, including wage and hour hot topics and solutions, and new safety and health rules. $35 per member to attend, please call the TCFB office to register, 559-732-8301.

Farm Employers Labor Service, California Farm Bureau, and the Safe Food Alliance have partnered to sponsor a produce safety training at Spike N Rail in Selma, June 21, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Produce growers, buyers, and others interested in learning about the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Produce Safety Rule, Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), and co management of natural resources and food safety are invited to attend the training. During the training, attendees can expect to receive approximately seven hours of instruction covering: introduction to produce safety; worker health, hygiene, and training; soil amendments; wildlife, domesticated animals, and land use; agricultural water; post harvest handling and sanitation; and how to develop a farm food safety plan. The U.S. FDA’s Produce Safety rule requires in § 112.22(c) that for each farm, “At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.” The PSA Grower Training Course is the only course currently recognized by FDA. After attending the course, participants will be eligible to receive a certificate from the Association of Food and Drug Officials (AFDO) that verifies they have completed the training course. Participants must be present for the entire training in addition to submitting the appropriate paperwork to their trainer at the end of the course to receive a certificate. For questions about the training, email foodsafety@safefoodalliance.com or call (916) 561-5672. To register: www.foodsafetytrainingpartnership.com

Cold Zone, Game starts at 7 pm, gate opens at 6 pm.