Small farmers sit down with Sheriff Chad Bianco to ask hard questions about land, water, education, and the future of food in California. Watch the video below for full interview.
KEY DISCUSSIONS
- California’s small farms are being squeezed by overregulation
- California has the resources to be self-sufficient in fuel, food, and water
- Education, parental choice, and local autonomy
At Boschma Farms, Pastura Films brings Sheriff Chad Bianco face-to-face with the real concerns of California’s small farming community. Widowed rancher and mother of five, Riley Boschma, speaks candidly about disappearing grazing land, homeschooling concerns, water access, and the pressures small farms face under state regulations. Bianco responds with his vision for restoring local control, protecting small family operations, pursuing voucher-based education, and strengthening California’s self-sufficiency in food, water, and fuel, including his promise that the state could become “oil independent” under his leadership.
We have to make sure that our farming and agriculture community is given all of the tools and all of the resources that they need to make sure that we can survive.
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Later, the conversation broadens as a Pastura Films interviewer questions Bianco about big-picture issues such as overregulation, imported beef, mRNA in food production, wildfire management, and the shrinking availability of seasonal labor. Bianco argues that California’s challenges are man-made, not natural (from water shortages to rising costs) and emphasizes that small farmers and ranchers are central to both the state’s economy and its environmental health. The interview offers a rare ground-level look at the issues shaping the future of California agriculture.
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