First Place Andy Scheer Butte County Farm Bureau
Scheer married into a rice- and walnut- growing family, and as a civil engineer, he works on a lot of agriculture-related water infrastructure projects. The first time he visited his in-laws’ orchard during harvest and saw how beautiful the light was shining through the trees, he knew he had to come back with his camera. The day of the shoot, he followed the shaker, always trying to keep it lit by the morning light. “I got as close as possible to the shaker and falling nuts while trying to avoid getting hit in the head with walnuts. A walnut with the hull still on it is pretty heavy.”
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First Place Kaydence Erickson, age 12, Madera County Farm Bureau
Kaydence’s family has been farming since 1879, growing crops such as almonds, olives, pistachios, grapes and prunes. Kaydence took this winning photo of her Golden Comet pullet, Fudge, looking around curiously as she stepped down from the ramp of the coop. “I was able to catch her expression as she walked toward me.”
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