Assemblymember Rocky Chavez visits the Almond Board booth during Ag Day at the Capitol March 22. He is flanked by Almond Board’s (from left) Bunnie Ibrahim, Toni Arellano and Beth Van Meter.Almond Board of California (ABC) celebrated agriculture with a booth at Ag Day at the Capitol on March 22 in Sacramento. The event brought together farmers, processors, crop groups and more, so the public could learn about the significance of agriculture in our lives.
More than 1,000 people attended Ag Day at the Capitol, where visitors to Almond Board’s booth learned about the California Almond community’s commitment to growing almonds that are not only good for you, but also good for local communities and the environment. Almond recipes and children’s activity books were on hand for booth visitors and, of course, snacks in the form of delicious California Almonds! We gave away more than 1,200 snack packs!
Elected officials and their staffs also toured the event, and several stopped by to visit at the Almond Board booth. When Assemblymember Rocky Chavez of Oceanside dropped in, he shared stories of working in almond harvest during his college days at California State University, Chico.
“Ag Day at the Capitol is such a great event, because we get to share almonds and our community’s story with so many people,” said ABC’s Government Affairs analyst Bunnie Ibrahim. “I’d say the best part is that the visitors all tell us how much they love almonds! That’s always so nice to hear.”
