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Now we go to the CSU Alumni Council Report
Kristin Crellin president you please give the
thank you Chair Linscheid
as many you heard the Alumni Council concluded
process for selecting the next alumni trustee last Friday
during our meeting here day the Alumni Council has elected Lou Monville
connect the monitor his term will begin at the conclusion that the May 21st
Board of Trustees meeting and will run until June 30th, 2016.
Congratulations we are grateful to have you represent us and the 2.9 million
clear track team on bill collection follows a year-long process
careful preparation for the election soliciting nominations from
campuses selecting an interview semifinalist and ultimate collection of
files that were interviewed by the full
Alumni Council board of directors the Alumni Council with dedicated to reading
fair and transparent election process and I'm pleased to report
that that goal of my special thanks to the members at the Alumni Council
trustee selection evaluation committee over while we were at Fresno State
we also have the opportunity to celebrate the third-best occurred
alumni trustee Bob Linscheid and to express our appreciation to his family
for allowing Bob to be the kind of dedicated leader
we have been to the University president castro
thank you for opening your campus throughout in our sincere appreciation
to your me
tap present-day alumni who work tirelessly
supplant execute a perfect many and memorable weekend
As Chancellor White mentioned
I'm also pleased to report that over 200 alumni and friends joined us at our
annual
the a few New York tri-state alumni reception your
largest turnout ever and again i would like to thank champ the white and many
campus presidents truck
if you attended I'm very excited to share with you the 2014 addition
at the annual working for California project the book with have been
distributed to you
there in your packet so you may you also may have noticed posters in the lobby
the working for California website features over 200 alumni
representing every camp the project with the nominations from campus to highlight
the issue and i three leaders in the industry
in the field that contribute to California economic social and cultural
well-being
I'm very proud to have with that today wanna be a long night featured
featured in this year's booklet and the poster her to display that was in the
shower
out by the government the governor copper bring
want her at the Graduate CSU Monterey Bay
with it yes environmental science technology and policy
he is the leader California idle agriculture industry
and owner jane ki organic family-run
far that provides fresh organic fruits and vegetables 200 the people in the
Monterey
Selena area he was named to the for you farmer
under 40 live in Mother Nature Network at one of the nation's brightest green
who are helping to nurture food revolution right from their very own
backyard
we've got want to join us today to share about this important work
and this is his story. Thank you.
my story starts in 1995 my father was losing five acres of land in what some
california
at the age of 12 used to bring to the farm
after school on weekends during summer breaks we started to make
ends meat and hard work but her family
dream was to on courtroom one day my father came to me and asked me
JP what do you think about working with me at the farmafter you graduate high
school
the idea hit me like a ton of bricks
my father I love my father I cannot imagine working all day in the Sun
family crest I told him a rather go to college
get a better paying job higher education and I knew how hard it was to work in
the field
in 2001 I stepped in to
CSUMB. I major in to present and business
technology universities a check from
my meters at the time after taking a science class at CSUMB
it said it became clear to me that passion for science
like the hands-on learning you know and feel
and not trapped within four walls what is really
descends apartment are with the Washington trip to return to the nearest
work interest working and habitat restoration
it when my eyes to protect our ecosystem
doctor will inherit the directive undergrad research opportunities
cue to Ann Arbor me a paid internship during the summer I got my first intership
an organic farm where learn about sustainable farming organic practices
them preserve cover crop rotation organic certification
I can offer second into shape to work in a different form
it was a little bit different heard about farmers markets also
a produce market and community support out for just the same
All these skills i learned are now used in my day-to-day farm business
after working at two different internships a brilliant idea came to me
I asked my dad that what do we start our own organic farm
my father loved the idea but he was hesitant.
our last farm had been shattered when wondershare
pop had broken a quick delivery more
and in spring 2006 with managing appear again
J for Juan and P for Pablo
I took the skills that i learned from CSUMB and the skills i learned from my family and got to work.
We started growing strawberries carrots crimes lettuce broccoli
cucumbers tomatoes and bell peppers
one-acre into two and three for
then we have a right now we have a total penny
We started advertising our own farm box electric service at CSUMB.
we had 10 customers all CSUMB students
and then staff order and the because their friends and their
the word. Word got around
In December Stanford students who visit the farm
as about getting boxes there to campus here was
new not a car person but we took
venture is insisting nutrition and health science professor doctor
doctor Martin Freeman urged us to start
from box delivered campus for students faculty
she opened or so there is a Santa Clara County community and we now do everything from
nonprofits to
churches,county employees. Through the Santa Clara health department.
we were introduced to first life. We work together to bring
organic orders to
about 150 low-income families
in the area. Meanwhile in my community we we work with their fun to school program
worries in local schools talk about the importance of sustainable agriculture
but really I think they're the very part where was when they
come to the farm and pick the strawberries straight from the vine.
they know they're actually learning
we are also were asked by the Monterey Bay Aquarium
work with what's your team's consummate habitat watch program
and they were interested in what we did we are not there you're hosting teams
at our farm and hopefully inspire them my favorite part of this is that
my face is plastered on the steps of the Salinas
Sports Complex through are
you are with the steps to have your serena's campaign
as you can see I try to give back to the community
thanks to California Development
Corporation
and the US the ape on service agency were able to purchase tanks ever cordial
and this past year
that so that we can we continue providing affordable locally grown
organic produce
to the five hundred families in the tri-county work with
Through this journey, i cannot help feel extremely proud to be a CSUMB otter and
an extremely grateful for the families nation with them
thank you
thank you very much want for being with us here today sharing
year story and congratulations on your many
thank you very much that concludes my report thank you very much Kristen