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RECOGNIZING GAR BENNETT, LLC
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HON. DAVID G. VALADAO
of california
in the house of representatives
Friday, October 14, 2022
Mr. VALADAO. Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate GAR Bennett, LLC, as they receive the King's County Chamber of Commerce Ag Support Business of the Year award.
In 1929, Lon Bennett founded Bennett and Bennett Irrigation Systems in Selma, California. Twenty years later, Gar Tootelian Inc., a crop care company, began in Reedley. For decades, these two family-owned companies were essential to the success of the Central Valley agricultural community. But in 2020, these two Valley institutions merged to form GAR Bennett, LLC. Together, they have helped to provide countless resources and services to the farmers who feed the world.
For nearly 100 years, these two family-run businesses have been dedicated to the success of our farmers and growers in the Central Valley. As they have come together under a single operation, their mission of providing quality fertilizers, fertigation, and irrigation has never wavered. GAR Bennett continues to expand their resources for farmers and growers, such as providing logistical assistance on agricultural regulations, deep-well drilling, and many other important issues facing farmers today.
GAR Bennett is critical to providing resources to farmers as well as being incredibly involved in the community at large. They regularly support multiple local farmers and agricultural advocacy groups and help to support our future Ag leaders at local schools like California State University Fresno, College of the Sequoias, and Reedley College.
While their name has changed and the leadership of the companies has been passed down to new generations, the mission of GAR Bennett has always remained the same--help the farmers who feed the world. These two families have helped to make the Central Valley agriculture community what it is today, and I cannot think of a more deserving recipient of recognition.
I ask my colleagues in the House of Representatives to join me in congratulating GAR Bennett, LLC for their decades of service to the Central Valley and for being named the Ag Support Business of the Year.
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SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 163(1), Congressional Record Vol. 168, No. 163(2)
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