Larry Yee

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  "It's not easy (for grocers) to have 50 different contracts with every Tom, Dick and Harry," said Larry Yee, co-chairman of the board for the Association of Family Farms.
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  Yee, from the family farms association, said a family farmer in California recently was told by a food distributor to stop using mulch or compost on his soil, for worries that it might contaminate the food.

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  Larry Yee, Director, UC Cooperative Extension - Ventura County

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  These worries foremost, believes Larry Yee (County Director), are driving the "food revolution."
  
  People partake in this revolution in countless ways: by using reusable shopping bags at the grocery store; by boycotting bottled water; by shopping at farmers' markets; by joining CSAs and buying clubs; by shopping for humanely raised meats; by purchasing organic and locally grown foods.
  
  California, I learned, has taken this effort to the next level: Roots Of Change has drafted a comprehensive plan to create a sustainable food system in the state of California by the year 2030.This plan demands the collaboration of food producers, food distributors, businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, etc. As Yee noted, a sustainable food system — not just a sustainable agriculture system — is the goal of this ROC initiative.In a state where many people with diverse interests coexist, an "enlightened leadership," says Yee is critical to the success of this project.

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  Larry Yee, director emeritus of the University of California Cooperative Extension's Ventura County Office, told participants that "food is fundamentally connected to everything else" and that it's time to put it on a more sustainable path.
  
  "We need to de-industrialize our food system," Yee said.
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  In the 1930s, Yee said, there were 7 million farms, and most were mid-size. Today, there are 2.2 million farms. The majority are large or small.
  
  Yee joined other speakers who addressed school nutrition and food service personnel, school and university officials, legislators, administrators, farmers and food system development employees. The one-day conference was intended to discuss the critical role institutions can play in the development of a regional food system and strategic directions for forming regional food systems. It was sponsored by Washington & Lee; the Virginia Foundation for Agriculture, Innovation and Sustainability; Shenandoah Resource Conservation & Development; Virginia Farm Bureau; Virginia Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education; Virginia Cooperative Extension, Whole Foods Market and Standard Produce Co.
  
  Yee said there will be leadership, marketing and infrastructure challenges, but a change can be made.
  
  He suggested that communities create producer groups, such as food hubs, and partner with processors and suppliers.

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  Larry Yee - has been an academic staff member of the University of California Cooperative Extension since 1976.In 1986, he was appointed Director of the Ventura County office.He provides leadership for applied research and extension education programs in agriculture and natural resources, family and consumer sciences, and youth development.He is also the founder and a board member of the Hansen Trust, a multi-million dollar University of California endowment established to sustain and benefit agriculture in Ventura County.In 1995, Mr. Yee was the co-coordinator of a statewide leadership development program for the UC Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources.He has been a Kellogg Foundation Fellow at the Resources for the Future Institute (1987) and is a graduate of the National Extension Leadership Development Program (1994).Mr. Yee currently serves on the boards of Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance, Community Alliances of Interdependent Agriculture, Center for Earth Concerns, Ojai Valley Library Foundation, and is a member of the President's Council for Project Food, Land, and People.Mr. Yee received his B.S. in biological sciences from UC Davis in 1969 and an MBA from the University of Santa Clara in 1983.Mr. Yee is married, has two children, and resides in Ojai, California.

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  Larry Yee, director emeritus of the University of California Cooperative Extension’s Ventura County Office, told participants that "food is fundamentally connected to everything else" and it’s time to put it on a more sustainable path.
  
  "We need to de-industrialize our food system," Yee said. "Right now our food system favors bigness and uniformity. I see a future with a wide diversity of operations including small-, medium- and large-scale farming."
  
  In the 1930s, there were 7 million farms, and most were mid-size, Yee explained. Today, there are 2.2 million farms with the majority large or small. There’s room for organic and traditional farming, but there needs to be more mid-size farms whose operators earn a gross income of $50,000 to $500,000.
  
  Yee also suggested that communities create producer groups, such as food hubs, and partner with processors and suppliers.

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  The seed for Edible East End was planted when Brian Halweil met Edible Communities founders Tracey Ryder and Carole Topalian, and Larry Yee at a seminar Brian gave at University of California at Santa Barbara in 2004.

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  Larry Yee - is recently retired from the University of California where he was the director of the Ventura County UC Cooperative Extension office since 1986. Prior to this assignment he was with UC Cooperative Extension for ten years in two other counties. He was also the director of the UC Hansen Trust, a special endowment ($50M) which he founded in 1993. The Trust operates the UC Hansen Agricultural Center at the historic Faulkner Farm near Santa Paula, CA. In total, he managed a combined office of 10 professional academic staff and 30 support paraprofessionals. During his Extension career he served on two national strategic planning committees, one focused on the future of American agriculture.
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  Larry is also a board member of the Food Alliance and the Ag-of-the-Middle National Task Force. He is a founding member of the Ventura County Ag Futures Alliance and the Regional Civic Leadership Alliance. He has an MBA in agribusiness from the University of Santa Clara and was a fellow at the Resources for the Future Institute in Washington D.C. He is married, has two grown children and lives in Ojai, CA.

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  The writer Wendell Berry, scientist Wes Jackson, Secretary AG Kawamura, Former Secretary Richard Rominger, ROC Co-Chair Larry Yee, Food First head and 07 ROC Fellow Eric Holt Gimenez, Prison Garden innovator Catherine Sneed, UK Soil Association leader Patrick Holden, farmer and Leopold Fellow Fred Kirschenmann, and several others gathered to discuss a long-term transition plan for American agriculture.

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  These worries foremost, believes Larry Yee (County Director), are driving the "food revolution."
  
  People partake in this revolution in countless ways: by using reusable shopping bags at the grocery store; by boycotting bottled water; by shopping at farmers' markets; by joining CSAs and buying clubs; by shopping for humanely raised meats; by purchasing organic and locally grown foods.
  
  California, I learned, has taken this effort to the next level: Roots Of Change has drafted a comprehensive plan to create a sustainable food system in the state of California by the year 2030. This plan demands the collaboration of food producers, food distributors, businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, foundations, etc. As Yee noted, a sustainable food system - not just a sustainable agriculture system - is the goal of this ROC initiative. In a state where many people with diverse interests coexist, an "enlightened leadership," says Yee is critical to the success of this project.

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