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Article: California Honey Producers to Vote on Board Promoting Them.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- January 9, 2002
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By Michael Doyle, The Sacramento Bee, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 9--WASHINGTON -- The California beekeepers who lead the nation in honey production must now judge a constitutionally tricky promotion program.
In a periodic ritual given new life by the U.S. Supreme Court, honey producers next month will decide whether to keep or cut their 15-year-old National Honey Board. The newly announced industry referendum gives San Joaquin Valley producers another say on a system that attracts both friends and foes.
"I think the good outweighs the bad," Hughson beekeeper Orin Johnson said Tuesday. "I think (the honey board) does the ...