Rominger Brothers Farms of Winters was the winner of this year’s California Leopold Conservation Award, according to a recent Sand County Foundation announcement.
The brothers Bruce and Rick run a diversified farm, growing wine grapes, processing tomatoes, rice, and hay in ways that seek to protect the environment and continuously improve their stewardship of the land.
According to the announcement, this includes planting miles of hedgerows to benefit important pollinators like bees, restoring over 5,000 feet of stream corridors to connect riparian areas and wetlands to aid a variety of species, and managing irrigation water on their rice fields to boost declining shorebird populations.
“The Romingers have long been recognized leaders in adaptability and innovation while overcoming regulatory challenges,” said Mark Littlefield, CEO of Farm Credit West, one of the principle financial supporters of the California Leopold Conservation Award.
“Together with their conservation goals, those principles enhance their business and they truly deserved this recognition.”
