Congressman Ami Bera, M.D. has represented California's 7th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives since 2013. The 7th district is located just east of California's capitol city, Sacramento, and lies entirely within Sacramento County.
Representative Bera is currently a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, where he serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, Central Asia, and Nonproliferation. He is also a senior member on the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Congressman Bera is also Vice Chair for Outreach for the New Democrat Coalition, a group of over 100 forward-thinking Democrats who are committed to pro-economic growth, pro-innovation, and fiscally responsible policies.
| At Skip Jacobson's farm, I saw a great first-hand example of how the Agriculture Department can partner with our local agricultural producers to help them succeed. By providing two grants to help pay for a new water recycling facility they're helping to cover the startup costs of new farm run by Skip's son. |
Agriculture is a cornerstone of our region's economy. According to the Sacramento County's Agricultural Commissioner, our region's crops had a production value of nearly $470 million in 2015.
Our local agriculture economy supports jobs from farm workers, to truck drivers, to grocery store clerks - even the cashier at your local nursery. The Sacramento region is nicknamed the Farm-to-Fork Capital – helping area farmers bring their locally grown foods to nearby restaurants and kitchens. This is a deserved point of pride for our incredibly hard working farmers and agriculture producers, for families who care about our environment and healthy food choices, and for the region as a whole.
We should do whatever we can to support this innovation and the growth in Sacramento County agriculture. That's why I voted for a bipartisan Farm Bill to support our region's agriculture economy, am working to bring emergency drought relief to our area, and am having my office do all it can to connect farmers with help and resources.
Here are some of the key ways I'm working to support agriculture in Sacramento County: