Lundberg Family Farms® Honored with Leopold Conservation Award
December 06 2018 - 11:07AM
Business Wire
Lundberg Family Farms, a national leader in organic rice, rice
products and US-grown quinoa, today announced that it has been
named the 2018 California Leopold Conservation Award® winner.
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Sand County Foundation, the nation’s leading voice for private
conservation, created the Leopold Conservation Award to inspire
American landowners by recognizing exceptional farmers, ranchers
and foresters. The prestigious award, named in honor of renowned
conservationist Aldo Leopold, is given in 14 states.
The award is presented annually by Sand County Foundation,
Sustainable Conservation, and California Farm Bureau Federation.
Lundberg Family Farms received a $10,000 award and a crystal
depicting Aldo Leopold at the California Farm Bureau Federation’s
Annual Meeting.
“We are honored to receive the Leopold Conservation Award in
recognition of the environmental practices we have applied on our
farms for over 80 years,” said Bryce Lundberg, VP of Agriculture
and third generation family member. “Our grandparents instilled a
deep respect for the land in our parents. Our family has been
deeply influenced to maintain and expand upon that rich
tradition.”
“We feel a profound responsibility to enhance our environmental
stewardship in all that we do, whether in farming operations, where
we have substantially expanded our organic farming practices in the
third generation, to building wildlife habitat, including a
100-acre-plus riparian forest along the Feather River, to
increasing our use of renewable energy, with nearly two megawatts
of on-site production, to achieving Platinum Status with the U.S.
Zero Waste Council at our primary production site,” Lundberg
said.
“The Lundberg family is an absolute standout for its 50-plus
years of truly pioneering stewardship for the benefit of people and
the environment,” said Ashley Boren, Executive Director of
Sustainable Conservation, which has co-sponsored the award since
its inception in California. “They’ve led the way in so
many areas. From pioneering organic rice production in the
U.S., to boosting clean air by flooding instead of burning fields
after harvest, to establishing an egg-rescue-and-release program
that’s saved tens of thousands of migrating birds along the Pacific
Flyway. The list goes on and on.”
“The California Farm Bureau Federation is proud to partner with
Sand County Foundation and Sustainable Conservation in recognizing
farmers and ranchers who make conservation a key focus of their
business plan, with the annual selection of the Leopold
Conservation Award recipient,” stated Jamie Johansson,
President.
“This year’s California recipient, Lundberg Family Farms, has
made conservation of the natural resources on their land a way of
life, ensuring that future generations will enjoy the same vibrant
ecosystems that they inherited from their parents and
grandparents,” Johansson added. “As the most productive
agricultural state in the nation, California farmers have shown
their ability to protect the environment, while producing a
cornucopia of food and farm products that not only create
sustainable economic stimulus, but help feed the rest of our nation
and world. We are proud that so many California agriculturalists
share Aldo Leopold’s pragmatic vision for conservation and farming
and ranching.”
About Lundberg Family Farms
Since 1937, the Lundberg Family has been farming rice and
producing rice products at their farms in the Sacramento Valley.
Now led by its third generation, Lundberg Family Farms uses organic
and eco-positive farming practices to produce wholesome rice and
quinoa products while protecting and improving the environment for
future generations. For more information, visit Lundberg.com and
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415-844-6206lundberg@accesstheagency.com