William Bourdeau
24 posts
William Bourdeau is executive vice president of Harris Farms, owner of Bourdeau Farms, director of the Westlands Water District, director of American Pistachio Growers, Family Farm Alliance, and chairman of the Valley Future Foundation.
Calif.’s great water experiments have failed. It’s time for real solutions.
Researchers identified that California's approach to water isn't working. But they've also exposed badly-needed solutions, writes Westlands and San Luis Delta-Mendota board member William Bourdeau.
August 2, 2022
Water, drought, and the supply chain crisis
This holiday season, every family is paying close attention to a topic no one ever expected would be a debate around the dinner table: the supply chain crisis.
December 23, 2021
Valley – and California’s – family-owned businesses can’t take another tax
The Sensible Taxation and Equity Promotion (STEP) Act will force Valley families to pay a huge tax bill on property or assets they didn’t own decades earlier, writes BizFed Central Valley chair William Bourdeau.
October 22, 2021
California water policies inhibit food production by Valley farmers
What happens when the ability of farmers to feed the nation is suppressed by policies that inhibit the certainty of domestic food production?
April 16, 2020