Thursday, May 02, 2013
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. Spring in the Central Valley of California once again has seemingly come and gone in an accelerated manner. We have come off the first quarter of the year with very little rainfall after a promising start in November and December. .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Monday, March 18, 2013
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. The membership of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League recently were surveyed on the issues of most importance to them in 2013 and it was no surprise to see that the top three spots were once again labor related.After holding down the number two spot for a couple of years... .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Monday, December 10, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. The 2012 election is now in the rear view mirror and while the results in many ways still seem difficult to comprehend, the staff at the California Grape and Tree Fruit League has already started work in getting to know the many new legislators in both Sacramento and Washington DC that will propose new laws that .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, July 20, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. Mark Twain made many profound and entertaining statements during his lifetime. None was probably more correct than when he said "No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session." .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, June 15, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. Under current California State Legislature rules, bills had to be passed out of the house of origin by June 1. This meant that AB 2346, a bill authored by Assemblywoman Betsy Butler (D-Marina Del Rey) and sponsored by the United Farm Workers (UFW) had to be passed by the Assembly on or before that deadline..... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Thursday, May 17, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. Grape harvest is now in full swing in the Coachella Valley while the San Joaquin Valley is beginning to see the earlier varieties of stone fruit being picked... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Monday, April 16, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The risks of farming in Central California came into focus last week when severe thunder storms struck especially hard in areas in Tulare and Kings Counties. Hail, as large as quarters in some places, fell in an approximate three mile swath that extended from about Hanford in the west to Orosi in the east..... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Thursday, March 08, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions... [read more]
Source: CGTFL

Tuesday, January 03, 2012
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. First, I would like to say Happy New Year! With the start of a new calendar year, our thoughts shift from the crops recently harvested to the outlook of what to expect in 2012... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Tuesday, October 25, 2011
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape & Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions. The 2011 harvest for tree fruit is pretty much wrapped up, while the picking of table grapes is expected to continue another six to eight weeks if Mother Nature cooperates... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Thursday, August 25, 2011
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Another summer has seemingly flown by as it seems like just a few days ago we were celebrating Memorial Day and looking forward to the harvest... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Monday, June 27, 2011
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Another one of the League’s top priorities is how to best deal with the challenges of invasive species in California.. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Wednesday, May 18, 2011
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
Welcome to the California Grape and Tree Fruit League’s website. We hope you find the information here valuable and we encourage you to contact us with any suggestions or questions... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Monday, March 21, 2011
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -- MARCH 21, 2011
Recently the Fresno Bee reported the good news for the area’s economy that Fresno Yosemite International airport had reached agreements with both Volaris and Aeromexico to once again begin service between Fresno and Guadalajara... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Wednesday, January 05, 2011
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The new administration of Governor Jerry Brown officially began at approximately 11:30 AM January 3rd upon his swearing into office by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Monday, November 15, 2010
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE
The recent elections once again showed just how different California is compared to the rest of the nation. .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Thursday, September 30, 2010
CARD CHECK VETOED, BATTLE CONTINUES
On Thursday, September 30th at approximately 10 PM and two hours before the deadline, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed SB 1774(Steinberg). This was the fourth year in a row and the fifth bill overall that the Governor has vetoed in regard to “card check”... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Thursday, August 26, 2010
President’s Message August 26, 2010
The California Legislature returned from its July summer recess to once again to confront the reality that state is overdue on a budget.. [read more]
Source: Barry J. Bedwell

Friday, July 30, 2010
PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE JULY 30, 2010
We are now well into the 2010 harvest season and thus far I would report that the results for our members are mixed at best to this point. .. [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL

Friday, May 28, 2010
President’s Message May 28, 2010
When the members of the California Grape and Tree Fruit League put together their “Top Ten Issues” for 2010, “Invasive Pest Issues and Quarantines” was listed at number 5... [read more]
Source: BARRY J. BEDWELL