COVID-19 Task Force Honored by Farm Bureau

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COMMUNITY NEWS COVID-19 Task Force Honored by Farm Bureau

The Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau COVID-19 Task Force has been selected as the 2021 “Farmer of the Year.”

The COVID-19 Task Force was composed of: Tom Am Rhein, Watsonville consultant, chair; Nishan Moutafian, Watsonville/Salinas manager, Driscoll’s; Adriana Silva; owner, Tomatero Farm, and Tom Broz, owner, Live Earth Farm.

This award is presented annually to the farmer(s) who have contributed beyond their normal farming duties to help the community.

The presentation was made during the Farm Bureau’s 104th Annual Meeting/ Dinner at the Rodgers House patio at the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds in Watsonville.

The board of directors felt it was appropriate to honor the COVID-19 Task Force because of its leadership during the pandemic and the work it did to be the first in the nation to provide mass vaccinations for local farmworkers.

Tom Am Rhein, who chaired the Farm Bureau COVID-19 Task Force, spoke about the work of the Task Force from its inception in early 202-- and establishing a relationship with the County Health Department, followed by weekly meetings — to the work it did in setting up the first mass vaccination clinics for Adriana Silva

farmworkers in the country — helped provide vaccinations for 1,300 farmworkers in its first week of clinics.

Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau President Arnett Young was the master of ceremonies.

Members voted for directors, filling 19 positions, with Lucas Flowers, Berries elected to 1st term, two-year term, and Anselmo Rivas, representing bees/honey, and David Van Lennep, representing timber, chosen for three-year term. New positions begin Nov. 1. n