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Resolution No. o4-ozz
RESOLUTION IN APPRECIATION OF
ELDON, WENDELL, HARLANAND HOMER LUNDBERG
FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS rI'O THE RICE INDUSTRY
WHEREAS, after years of enduring the Dust Bowl in the 1930'x, Albert and Frances
Lundberg left Western Nebraska in 1937 with their four sons, Eldon, Wendell, Harlan, and
Homer; and
WHEREAS, Albeit took his family to Richvale and began a life of farming in Northern
California; and
WHEREAS, he believed in ecological farming long before it was fashionable, and
always believed that he should leave the soil better than he found it; and
WHEREAS, the four Lundberg brothers, who now run Lundberg Family Farms, were
deeply influenced by their father; and
WHEREAS, the Lundbergs carry on the belief that a healthy soil will produce healthy
food; and
WHEREAS, they have spent decades experimenting and investing in the development of
farming practices; and
WHEREAS, in the 1960's, a macrobiotic food group from Chico approached the
brothers and asked them to grow organic short-grain rice; and
WHEREAS, the Lundbergs built a small mill and marketed their rice in SO-pound bags
up and down the West Coast; and
WHEREAS, in 1975, they developed their own line of rice cakes, using the broken rice
that was a by-product of whole-grain rice; and
WHEREAS, today, they market more than a dozen varieties in more than 130 different
products, from whole-grain rice to desserts and cereals; and
WHEREAS, for more than 30 years, they have been at the forefront of growing organic
rice, forging new techniques for them to ultimately be successful at organic farming; and
WHh;RI?AS, they built their fanY~ and company on values of honesty and integrity,
treating others as you would want to be treated, paying a good day's wage for a hard day's work,
continuous self-improvement, and excellence in reputation; and
WHEREAS, the brothers built their company with the idea that their employees work
with them, not for them; and
WHEREAS, Lundberg Family Farms produces between 12 and 15 varieties of rice each
year and developed WEHANI, the industry's only aromatic colored rice; and
WHEREAS, they have developed a thriving market for a variety of organic rice
products; and
WHEREAS, Eldon, Wendell, Harlan and Homer have been honored by Syngenta, Rice
Furnain~~ magazine, and the USA Rice Federation with a Rice Lifetime Achievement Award.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that this Board, on its own behalf, and on
behalf of the residents of the County of Butte, would like to express its deep appreciation to the
Lundberg brothers for their contributions to the rice industry and to this county, and wish them
well in their future endeavors.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors this 24`x' day of
February 2004 by the following vote:
AYES: Supervisors Dolan, Houx, Josiassen, Yamaguchi and Chair Beeler
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
NOT VOTING: None
R. J. BEELER, Chair
ATTEST:
PAUL MCINTOSH, Chief Administrative Officer
And Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By:
Deputy