Dairyman and Farmer running for California Assembly of the 30th District
David Valadao will help return prosperity to our region, and the families of the 30th District.
David Valadao was born and raised in Hanford, California in the center of the agriculturally rich 30th Assembly District. As a lifelong resident of the Central Valley, David has been active in agriculture and dairy industry groups, as well as many local causes including Children’s Hospital Central California, 4-H, Future Farmers of America, and various Catholic Charities.
The Valadao family emigrated from the Azores Islands of Portugal to the United States in 1969. After settling in the Central Valley, David’s father started a small dairy farm in Kings County in 1973. David was born April 14, 1977. As young men, David and his brothers learned the value of hard work by rising early in the morning to labor on the dairy alongside their parents. They were blessed to achieve the American Dream of entrepreneurship and are proud of the business they have built as a family. They consider their many employees to be a part of their extended family.
Rob Vanderheuvel response to comments by Tom Mendes with California Dairies Inc. in the Capital Press Article on the Dairy Price Stabilization Act
Unbelievable, although not surprising. A true lack of leadership.
I have no problem with raising concerns with any proposal, but it's frustrating when someone blasts a legitimate effort to actually put together a solution, with no alternative solution in mind. What is Tom proposing we do? Just stick with the status quo? Continue Reading the email from Rob Vanderheuvel
PARIS (AP) -- More than 1,000 tractors descended on the French capital Tuesday as farmers protested falling grain incomes and demanded government help - even appealing to the not-very-rural French first lady to intervene.
French farmers drive tractors through the streets in Paris, Tuesday, April 27, 2010. Thousands of tractors invade Paris in a protest by farmers from the French heartland, frustrated over sinking income and demanding tax cuts and government help in getting export credits. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
The demonstration comes a day before European Union Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos will visit Paris. France's agriculture minister already is saying he will seek EU help to boost grain prices.
"We want to be heard," said Philippe Lequeux, who farms a 150-hectare (370 acre) property in the Aisne district of northern France, as firecrackers competed with megaphones on Paris' Place de la Republique.
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Source: USDA, ERS, courtesy of Dr Robert Cropp