Holdenried to be honored for contributions to agriculture
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA – Five Northern California women will be honored for their extraordinary contributions to agriculture and their communities during the 2020 Common Threads North Award dinner to be held at Hotel Winters in Winters on April 1.
Among this year’s honorees is Kelseyville resident and business owner Marilyn Holdenried.
All recipients have deep roots in agriculture, and each has demonstrated a history of service to agriculture and her community through volunteerism and philanthropy.
Also receiving awards will be Denise Carter of Colusa (Colusa County), Sarah DeForest of Chico (Butte County), Yvonne Koehnen of Glenn (Glenn County) and Nita Vail of Sacramento (Sacramento County).
The event will be held at Hotel Winters in Winters on Wednesday, April 1, beginning with a reception at 5 p.m. followed by dinner and awards at 6 p.m. Tickets are $65 each.
For tickets or sponsorship information, contact the Butte Agriculture Foundation at 530-533-1473 or visit www.CommonThreadsNorth.com A room block is available under "Common Threads" at Hotel Winters for $165/night standard or suites are $189/night by calling them directly 530-505-9123.
Common Threads is an annual award coordinated cooperatively by the following organizations; California Agricultural Leadership Foundation, California Women in Agriculture, the California Foundation for Agriculture in the Classroom, Center for Land-Based Learning, nine-county Farm Bureaus, several resource conservation districts, California State University, Chico and the University of California, Davis.