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AG Kawamura is a third generation fruit and vegetable grower and shipper from Orange County and owner of Orange County Produce, LLC. Notably, Kawamura is the former Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (2003-2010). With a lifetime of experience working in agriculture, Kawamura has always sought out solutions to current industry issues.
Kawamura’s stance on the current state of farming and agriculture is a common one- that we need to do better. “We are not at war with nature- we gotta be working with nature. That’s the story here that needs to be told, but more importantly, that needs to be accelerated.” Like most, when Kawamura was first introduced to Earthmade, he had his skepticism…until he witnessed the results.
After working in partnership with the people at Vicentia, Kawamura has become one of Earthmade’s strongest advocates. “It’s difficult to believe that we are in the middle of an agricultural renaissance, but suddenly when you can see something working well, you just change overnight.”