PHOTOS: Sen. Schiff Tours Ventura County Farm, Highlights Farm Bill Priorities

Ventura, CA - On Thursday, May 7th, U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, toured the Carranza and McGrath Family Farms in Camarillo, California.

Schiff, the first California Senator to serve on the Senate Agriculture Committee in over 30 years, discussed his priorities for the 2026 Farm Bill with local farmers, and leaders of the Ventura County Farm Bureau and agriculture industry.

Schiff highlighted his commitments to delivering a Farm Bill that empowers specialty crop and small-scale farmers, restores and strengthens nutrition programs, supports research investments, and provides farmers with increased opportunities to succeed in their businesses. And one that protects California's proposition 12 and delivers the relief that California's agricultural producers and families need.

Schiff on serving in the Senate AG Committee, "I've loved traveling around the state and meeting farmers and trying to get to know and understand the issues and the challenges…I can't imagine a more difficult time to be a farmer than right now, with everything that's going on between increased input costs and perennial water challenges, regulation, tariffs, boycotts, now, even stuff getting through the Persian Gulf and fertilizer costs. Seems like a perfect storm of challenges. And even at the best of times, it seems like a very challenging line of work, but it's been an inspiration to meet so many multi-generational farm families that are devoted to farming and making it work and feeding all the rest of us."

On the Farm Bill Schiff said, "We continue to want to restore a lot of the SNAP funding that was cut. I want to make sure, apart from that priority, that we're meeting these specialty crop farmers that don't tend to get much attention or help in the Farm Bill."

Background:

Last week, Schiff released an outline of his priorities for the 2026 Farm Bill following the recent passage of a Farm Bill by the U.S. House of Representatives. Over the past year and a half, Schiff has visited farms up and down California, including fields of strawberries, almonds, broccoli, celery, and leafy greens.

View photos from the visit below:   

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