New slate of officers for California Leafy Greens

Ryan Talley of Talley Farms has taken over as chairman of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA), replacing Jamie Strachan, Growers Express LLC, who has served as chairman for the past two years.
The LGMA, created in 2007 as a model food safety program using mandatory government audits to verify a set of science-based food safety practices are being followed on leafy greens farms, approved a new slate of officers at a board meeting in Salinas recently. In addition to Talley, other newly elected officers are Ron Ratto, of Ratto Brothers, who has served as treasurer of the organization for the past two years, and moves up to vice chairman; and Victor Tognazzini, a Santa Maria leafy greens farmer and general manager of Tri-Valley Vegetable Harvesting Inc., taking over as treasurer.
New officers will serve for the fiscal year, which began April 1, 2012. A complete list of LGMA Advisory Board and Committee members can be found at www.lgma.ca.gov/about

PHOTO: Past LGMA Chairman Jamie Strachan (right) with new officers Victor Tognazzini, treasurer (left) and Ryan Talley, chairman (center). Not shown: Ron Ratto, vice chairman.