The Van Duzen River Grange in Carlotta, CA.
Wednesday, October 8 – Sunday, October 12
The state convention is an annual gathering that encompasses workshops, awards, the Grange Expo and more. Sebastopol Grange Vice President Meryl Azar was our delegate to this year’s event, hosted at the Van Duzen River Grange in Carlotta, CA.
Delegates attended educational tours, including those of Humboldt Exotics and and Lotta Farms, licensed cannabis cultivation companies in Humboldt County.
Meryl also toured the mill of the Mendocino-Humboldt Redwood Company in Scotia, one of the largest wood mills in California, and hiked among the redwoods on the roughly 700 square miles of land that make up the mill property. She also joined others to visit a fish hatchery and the Metropolitan Rock and Mineral Museum.
National Grange President Christine Hamp spoke to the assembled delegates about the Power of Unity.
“The voting delegates at the Convention discussed many important issues,” Meryl said. “We dealt with many pertinent resolutions and agenda items that will be presented to the CA legislation.”