Grown in California

2011 Winners Grand Prize Kids & Critters on the Farm Grown in California All in a Day's Work on the Farm Rural Scenic Budding Artists Past Winners 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998

First Place

Claudia Valente, San Joaquin Farm Bureau Federation member

Claudia Valente's family shares a love of agriculture—as well as a competitive spirit. Each year, the Farm Bureau photo contest brings both to the forefront. "My husband Joe has won this contest three times, my daughter Amy (Blagg) has won twice, my son-in-law Tyler (Blagg) has won once, and now me," she said. Late-summer figs in the yard provided ripe subjects for her winning shot.

Second Place

Marlene Bell, Kern County Farm Bureau member

Marlene Bell takes hundreds of pictures of her Horned Dorset sheep—both to document the flock's progress and as a basis for her paintings, note cards and other artwork. "The photo of the triplet ewe lamb with her leg over her brother's back was unusual, since it's rare to catch a sheep lying like this," she said. "Lambs typically lie next to each other, but not as close as this."