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Before the Board of Supervisors in and for the
County of Monterey, State of California
Resolution No: 08-193
A Resolution honoring Richard Peixoto as the
Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau'Farmer of the Year
award recipient for 2008.
WHEREAS, Richard Peixoto, who is married to Marisela and has thre children: Ashley,
Amanda, and Ricky, is the sixth of seven children of parents who were natives to the Pajaro
Valley, and the son of a worker for a local fertilizer company, which spawne an interest in him
at an early age about growing crops and farming and eventually led to a successful thirty-five
year career in agriculture; and
WHEREAS, Richard Peixoto engaged in his first farming venture while in the 8th grade when
he acquired tomatoes that his brother had grown and hired neighborhood c ildren to pick and
pack them for market; and
WHEREAS, Richard Peixoto started his first company, Dick Peixoto Farris, while he was a
senior at Watsonville High School and operated under the guidance of his ig teachers and the
watchful eyes of his mother, who kept his books; and
WHEREAS, Richard Peixoto first expanded his farming venture into othet agricultural areas,
such as irrigation and laser leveling; brought his sister, Joanne, into the business; converted his
original land to organic farming in 1966; and later added more farmland tha currently totals 55
acres in the Pajaro Valley and over 1,000 acres across California; and
WHEREAS, Richard Peixoto is involved in the Santa Cruz County Fair; donates the use of his
equipment and products for display during the fair, contributes produce to Agri-Culture for use
in their Progressive Dinner, and donated a spectacular luncheon at his horn during last year's
live auction; and
WHEREAS, Richard Peixoto has been a member of the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau since
1976 when he became active in the Young Farmers and Ranchers program; is a current member
of the Board of Directors and the Legislative Committee; has provided a strong voice in local
water issues, and helped create NOPE, a group dedicated to challenging the high cost of the
Pajaro Valley Water Management Agency's import pipeline project.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of Monterey, B and of Supervisors
on behalf of the County and all its citizens thereof, join the members of the Santa Cruz County
Farm Bureau to congratulate Richard Peixoto on being selected as recipient of the Farmer of the
Year Award for 2008 and thank him for his unwavering commitment to the people of the
Counties of Monterey and Santa Cruz and the agricultural community of the lajaro Valley.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED on this 24th day of June, 2008, upon motion of Supervisor Calcagno,
seconded by Supervisor Salinas, by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Supervisors Armenta, Calcagno, Salinas, Mettee-McCutchon, Potter
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
I, Annette D'Adamo, Interim Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Monterey, State of California,
hereby certify that the foregoing is a true copy of an original order of said Board of Supervisors duly made and
entered in the minutes thereof of Minute Book 74 for the meeting on June 24, 2008.
Dated: June 26, 2008 Annette D'Adamo, Interim Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
County of Monterey, State of California
By
Deputy
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