At a recent pot luck dinner held at the Lakeport English Inn, the Lake County California Women for Agriculture (LC CWA) celebrated the installation of the 2016 newly elected officers.
Diane Henderson is incoming president, Marilyn Holdenried founding president of the CWA chapter. Muffie Panella and Toni Scully, co-vice presidents. Paula Bryant, treasurer. Susie Kauffman and Lore McGuire, co-recording secretaries. Cheri Cunningham, corresponding secretary. County area representatives are Karen Hook (Kelseyville), Jill Jensen (Lakeport), Colleen Rentsch (Upper Lake) and Karen Jones (Middletown).
The Lake County Chapter is part of the statewide California Women for Agriculture. The all volunteer organization celebrated its 40th anniversary this year. The organization educates their members and the local public about issues that impact agriculture.
LC CWA also works closely with county, state and federal legislators and leaders addressing agriculture areas of interest. The local CWA chapter awards scholarships to students pursuing agricultural-related post secondary programs, offers mini-grants to teachers in local schools who provide a food and agriculture focused program for their students and sponsors AgVenture, a four day program for community leaders who want to learn more about agriculture in Lake County.
Membership in the LC CWA is open to all who are interested in learning about the many steps of our food’s ‘farm to table’ journey. Visit the website, www.lakecountycwa.org for membership information and ‘like-us on our facebook page, Lake County Women for Agriculture.
