View PDF - California Grape & Tree Fruit League

20
LEAGUE’S AG NETWORK
The following information serves as an overview to the coalition and group efforts that the California Grape &
Tree Fruit League participated in for the 2008/09 fiscal year.
Name: Air Coalition Team (ACT)
Purpose: To act as a legal intervener on behalf of agriculture in air quality litigation.
Members: California Cotton Ginners and Growers Association; California Citrus Mutual; California
Grape & Tree Fruit League; Nisei Farmers League; Western Plant Health Association; JG Boswell
Company; California Strawberry Commission; California Rice Commission; Fresno County Farm
Bureau; Madera County Farm Bureau; Tulare County Farm Bureau; Kern County Farm Bureau;
Merced County Farm Bureau; and Stanislaus County Farm Bureau.
Annual Contribution: $5,000 to $10,000 (depending on level of legal activity).
Name: Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF)
Purpose: Works in the areas of public relations, messaging and outreach related to food safety and pesticide use.
Members: California Farm Bureau Federation; California Grape & Tree Fruit League; Western Growers Association;
Ag Issues Forum; California Dried Plum Board; California Fig Advisory Board; California Carrot Advisory Board; California
Pear Advisory Board; California Plant Health Association; California Strawberry Commission; California Table
Grape Commission; California Tree Fruit Agreement; California Association of Pest Control Advisors; Produce Marketing
Association; and approximately 20 other private companies.
Annual Contribution: $5,000 to $8,000 (based upon direct solicitation from League members).
Name: Crop Protection Coalition (CPC)
Purpose: Coalition of national, regional and local agricultural organizations seeking to obtain critical use exemptions
for Methyl Bromide, as well as, funding for alternatives research. Members: Florida Nursery, Growers & Landscape
Association; Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association; American Farm Bureau Federation; Florida Farm Bureau;
Produce Marketing Association; Western Growers Association; California Farm Bureau Federation; California
Grape & Tree Fruit League; Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association; Florida Tomato Exchange; and Northwest Horticultural
Council.
Annual Contribution: $3,000.
Name: Minor Crop Farmer Alliance (MCFA)
Purpose: An alliance of agricultural organizations dedicated to addressing pesticide registrations.
Members: American Farm Bureau Federation; American Nursery & Landscape Association; Almond Board of California;
California Citrus Quality Council; California Grape & Tree Fruit League; California Dried Plum Board; California
Tree Fruit Agreement; Cherry Marketing Institute, Inc.; Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association; Florida Tomato Exchange;
Michigan Vegetable Council; National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; National Potato Council; Northwest
Horticultural Council; Produce Marketing Association; United Fresh Produce Association; US Apple Association; and
Western Growers Association.
Annual Contribution: $5,000.
Name: Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA)
Purpose: A broad alliance with the purpose of influencing the scope and efficiency of national agricultural policy.
Members: American Mushroom Institute; American Nursery and Landscape Association; Cherry Marketing Institute;
National Onion Association; National Potato Council; Produce Marketing Association; Winegrape Growers of America;
Blue Diamond Growers; California Association of Winegrape Growers; California Citrus Mutual; California Dried
Plum Board; California Fig Institute; California Grape & Tree Fruit League; California Strawberry Commission; California
Table Grape Commission; California Tree Fruit Agreement; Western Growers Association; Western Pistachio
Association; Wine Institute; Florida Citrus Mutual; Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association; Florida Tomato Exchange;
Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association; Georgia Watermelon Association; Idaho Grower Shippers
Association; Minnesota Grape Growers Association; Missouri-Arkansas Watermelon Association; North Carolina Potato
Association; Fruit Growers Marketing Association; Oregon Raspberry & Blackberry Commission; South Carolina
Watermelon Association; Texas Citrus Mutual; Texas Produce Association; Virginia Wineries Association; Northwest
Horticultural Council; Washington Apple Commission; and Wyoming Grape & Wine Association.
Annual Contribution: $2,500 (none expected in FY 2009/10).
CALIFORNIA GRAPE & TREE FRUIT LEAGUE