Each year, the California Chapter, ASFMRA, presents the Distinguished California Agriculturalist and Agricultural Stewardship Awards to outstanding inviduals and/or companies at its Spring Ag Outlook Confernece. Nominations for these awards were soloicted from members of the chapter and through recommendations from the agribusiness community. The Distinguished California Agriculturalist Award honors an individual who has, through accomplishment, contributed in a significant and highly visible way to the betterment of California agriculture throughout his or her career. The Agricultural Stewardship Award was developed jointly by the California Chapter, ASFMRA and Western Agricultural Services to give recognition to an agribusines in California that has demonstrated excellence in conserving, maintaining and improving our natural resources and environment by using innovative and progressive business practices. The recipients of these awards have been selected and will be announced soon.