California Strawberry Commission

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|agency_name = California Strawberry Commission

|logo = California Strawberry Commission Logo - Color.jpg

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|formed = 1993

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|headquarters = 180 Westridge Dr.,
Suite 101
Watsonville, California

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|chief1_name = Rick Tomlinson

|chief1_position = President

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|parent_agency = California Department of Food and Agriculture

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|website = {{URL|http://www.calstrawberry.com}} (for growers){{br}}

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The California Strawberry Commission, is a state-chartered agency of the California Department of Food and Agriculture.{{Cite web |url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=fac&group=77001-78000&file=77430-77447 |title=CA Codes (fac:77430-77447) |access-date=2008-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091017225915/http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=fac&group=77001-78000&file=77430-77447 |archive-date=2009-10-17 |url-status=dead }} Established by the California State Legislature in 1993, the commission replaced the California Strawberry Advisory Board.{{Cite web |url=http://www.calstrawberry.com/commission/hisofcsc.asp |title=CSC - California Strawberry Commission |access-date=2008-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080413034456/http://www.calstrawberry.com/commission/hisofcsc.asp |archive-date=2008-04-13 |url-status=dead }} The commission represents nearly 600 strawberry shippers, processors and growers within the state of California.

The commission is not funded by tax payers but by self-taxation or assessments on California strawberry growers. The amount assessed is approved annually by the commission board of directors.[http://www.californiagrown.org/content/members_sig_strawberry.asp ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516162901/http://www.californiagrown.org/content/members_sig_strawberry.asp |date=May 16, 2008 }}{{Cite web |url=http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=fac&group=77001-78000&file=77481-77488 |title=CA Codes (fac:77481-77488) |access-date=2008-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018045345/http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=fac&group=77001-78000&file=77481-77488 |archive-date=2009-10-18 |url-status=dead }} This assessment pays for the commission’s activities and projects.

The current president is Rick Tomlinson. He replaces Mark Murai, a third generation strawberry farmer from Orange County, California.{{Cite web |url=http://westernfarmpress.com/mag/farming_strawberry_group_picks/ |title=Strawberry group picks Murai for top position |access-date=2008-06-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061110164720/http://westernfarmpress.com/mag/farming_strawberry_group_picks/ |archive-date=2006-11-10 |url-status=dead }}